Living in Madison, Wisconsin
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5/22/2005
We've lived in Madison for the last 21 years. The biggest thing that stands out to me about living here is the long winter season. About half of the year the weather is nice, the other half is cold.
We don't have bumper to bumper traffic, the crime rate is low, our children get a decent education.
We have two malls, one for the east side of town and one for the west side. There is about a 20-30 min. drive between the two sides of town.
The University of Madison is downtown. The active area there is State Street, where you can find many things to do.(shop, eat, drink, see a play, children's museum, farmer's market)
I would say that Madison is a liberal city.
There are a few lakes,nice parks.
The property taxes are high. Madison isn't senior citizen friendly when it comes to taxes.
The unemployment rate is low.
Overall, I believe Madison is a nice place to live if you can put up with the long, cold, harsh winter season year after year.
We've been looking for a better place to live for the last few years, but haven't been able to find anything else that lives up to what we have here.
Debbie | Madison, WI