I won't exaderate like many of the comments below. This is personal observation. I grew up 4 blocked from the Stadium. Everytime the Packers scored a touchdown or 1st down, you knew without even watching the game. You will get the smell of the papermills now and again but that is dealable. Summers are nice and warm, and the winters cold and somtimes brutal. Recreation is everywhere. Biking, dinning, museums, boating, zoos, fishing, and shopping. The people are more than friendly and very helpful. Even the gas station tendant knows right where such and such street is. Crime is also on the low side. I moved out of town but I never see anything. The police doo a good job partoling. As far is stances with other people go the only true arguments I ever have is when we discuss politics, oh boy never get a Wisconsinite fired up about politics. All in all it's a community with alot of pride in it's community. They strive to make the town better.
Nappa | De Pere, WI | Report Abuse

Very high property taxes and lowering housing values. Gas is 50 cents more per gallon than down South. Daycare is around $160.00, but is probably higher since I have not had to pay for all day daycare in 3 years. The housing is not what is stated for a median house value per the US Census Bureau. That is probably an old post. Per the US Census Bureau population for the whole state is 5,742,713. Median value of housing is $169,000, USA median value is $181,400. Median household income 2008-2012 $52,627, USA $53,046. Poverty is high and any wage under $10.63 is considered poverty level per a democratic and US Census Bureau report for this area. Since our governor chose to not extend the Medicaid for our poor people, insurance rates are sky rocketing and pay per hour is getting less and less. The government has more to do with every aspect of this state than you think it does, even wages. The wages are kept low and this state chose not to increase the minimum wages. When I moved from SC to here I was making $15.50 an hr in SC and had to start at $12.50 for the same type of job with 23 yrs of experience in that field. This state DOES NOT pay very much for experience, but request that you have experience to get a better than minimum wage job. The winters are 10 months long and I DO NOT consider 50 degrees to be Spring. Don't let them lie to you, there are not 4 seasons in this state. There are 2, 10 months of freezing your butt off and 2 months of somewhat warmer weather. You may get 5 days or add or subtract a couple in the 90's, otherwise it can get into the 60's in the summer as well. If you have a college degree, which you need to get anywhere in this state, you still start at the bottom of the payscale in your field. When you check websites to check for the average or median, subtract about $5.00 at least from that total to start out at that job. If you quit, get fired, or layed off of your job, you start back down at the bottom of the payscale. The government is more interested in helping the big businesses and retail stores than its own people. The middle and poor people do not have a chance in this state. I hope you are rich, then you will be just fine moving here and I hope you love the cold because you are going to freeze your butt off. The schools are crappy and do not care about the children. I speak from personal experience on this one. The roads are terrible and the salt from the winter snows can eat up your car if you do not keep them rinsed off even though it will be below zero temps. I hate it here and I would love to move back down South where it is warmer and people have a fighting chance to make better for themselves, but my husband was born and raised here and trying to get them to move is like trying to move a brick wall. The neighbors don't have much to do with each other and are snobby. They will call the cops on you in a heart beat if you do not have an electric collar on your dog. If you get caught again, the fines are steep so don't half wake up to let the dog out without putting on the shock collar first. These people are NOT animal lovers here. If you live out of town the cost of a good home is the same price or more to have land and a home, but you will have to do redecorating for the whole house because these people do not do updates on their homes interior or exterior. The in town are the same way with added high property taxes to add in. If you do not consider $4800. high, then you will be ok. Jobs require that you be at work no matter if you have a snow blizzard or not, so you will need a four-wheel drive vehicle to make sure that you are able to get where ever and when ever you need to go.
Fedup | Green Bay, WI | Report Abuse