Brookfield is great for kids and for retirement.
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3/21/2007
Brookfield is family oriented. Good place to live with kids or retire, lots of activities and no crime. I don't ever lock my car. Shopping is pretty good too, there are 2 big malls in the city and lots of street malls with TJ MAxx, Marshalls, outlet kind of stores. Around the area there are several outlet centers, towards Chicago outlets have brandnames like Versace and Gucci. In order to live in Brookfield comfortably a family must have income at least 50-60 thousands a year. There is NO public transportation. Health care is good and unexpensive, schools are really nice. Sport facilities charge as little as 12 USD monthly membership for singles, YMCA family membership - 70. We have plenty of fast food and restaurants. It is quiet here, all entertainment is kid's or elderly oriented, young adults are having fun in Milwaukee which is 15 min drive.
There is not much of renting property here, but one can find a rent in near by places like Waukesha or West Allis.
The only cons - water and weather, winters are colder than New York, snow cover for a month or so. Though summers are nice, it is not unbearably hot and beaches are safe and mostly free.
City water is too hard to drink (for my taste), so, we have to buy water for cooking.
Elena | Brookfield, WI