Reviews & Comments
Green Bay, WI
re: Green Bay - NOT a frozen tundra and NOT all ab -
4/16/2014You are very wrong on this one JB. I know you are not talking about the Southern states. It is the frozen tundra here! Compare 10 months of winter here to 10 months of summer down South.
Green Bay, WI
re: As a member of one of those "Green Bay familie -
4/16/2014Very 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.
Green Bay, WI
All About Green Bay, WI -
4/16/2014Very 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 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 our is getting less and less. The government has more to do with every aspect of this state than you think it does. 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 a 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 suppose to be the best rated, however I have had negative experiences with one of the teachers in a elementary school. The school chose to ignore any problems that my child had with learning and chose to treat him as if he was a problem child. The would not test him for any learning problems until I demanded that they do. My son hated going to school and the school was calling me 4 times a week. After the schools insisted that I have him checked for ADHD, I did by a psychiatrist to find out that he had ADHD. I chose to sit in on my sons class one day after I had gone to lunch with him to find out what was going on. This is when I realized the extreme problems and falling behind, but the school was going to continue to pass him to the next grade. This year with a different teacher and also on medication my son is exceeding expectations and is on or above grade level in all areas. At the time that I sat in on class all day, this was May of the school year. This was almost the end of the school year. So don't tell me that their schools are great, I beg to differ. The housing is right on top of each other and unless you live further out of town you can spit in your neighbors yard all around you. The neighbors are snobby and do not have much to do with each other. Oh, and lets not forget to make sure that you have an electric collar on your dog if he goes outside or a fenced in yard, otherwise they will call the cops on you and you can get fined up to $380.00 and $125.00 for the dog running around the neighborhood and if the dog poops in another neighbors yard. These people are NOT animal friendly people. My suggestion is to move out of town to have more land of your own. You will pay even more for the land and house than you will for the house in town, but the taxes in town are extremely high and the roads are crappy. I hope you have good shocks and tires on your vehicle because you are going to need it to drive in this town. The roads are filled in pot holes which open back up and more after each winter. They are so bumpy it is no wonder that it doesn't mess the car up permanently. The salt in the winter time can eat your car up if you don't keep washing it down in the sub zero temps. Let's see what else. Oh, yeah the jobs expect you to go to work in a blizzard and the temps this year were below zero for a good 45-60 days straight. You need four wheel drive to get around safely and to make sure that you able to get to work that demands that you go no matter what the weather is like. The jobs require perfection and they babysit you like you are back in elementary school. They only like to give 25 cent raises a year also. No wonder the people need unions in this state. Now I know why.