Review of Madison, Wisconsin


Nice, but cold Easters, high taxes, very liberal
Star Rating - 4/1/2018
Madison offers quite a bit for a metro area of 600,000. It is like a small big city. But it suffers these faults: 5 months of winter-like weather (I have seen snow from Halloween to Mothers Day), high property taxes, very liberal focus in politics, love of bicycles to the exclusion of cars so the roads are pathetic in term of repair and are way under built, very high rents and house prices for a mid-western town, and a beautiful airport with less than a dozen non-stop flight cities and outrageous air fares wherever you go. Stay away from government and university employment as this state does not give pay raises that even keep up with 2 percent inflation. The best part of the city is that the lakes and warmist summers are BEAUTIFUL! Late winter to early Spring is the hardest time living here because you just want winter to leave.
Randal | Verona, WI
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The best aspect of Madison is it’s bike friendly culture. They need to double down & build more bike infrastructure. Automobile centric planning has been a failure. The most prosperous cities with the highest quality of life in the near to distant future will not be automobile centric.
Eric | Aurora, CO | Report Abuse

I agree with everything except the bit about the roads/exclusion of cars. Yes, they are awful, but it has nothing to do with cyclists. Trust me, cyclists hate bad roads more than car drivers do.
Joey | Mount Horeb, WI | Report Abuse

I agree with everything except the bit about the roads/exclusion of cars. Yes, they are awful, but it has nothing to do with cyclists. Trust me, cyclists hate bad roads more than car drivers do.
Joey | Mount Horeb, WI | Report Abuse
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