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That's a good point, but is it more depressing than living in WI is?

Madison is quite nice. There isn't as much excitement as in New York or San Francisco, but I'd take it over suburbia (including Bay Area suburbia) in 1/5 of a heartbeat.

If the three worst things about a place are December, January, and February... that's a pretty good place to live.

And the massive amounts of water pollution from all of the industrial interests that have been around for most of the 20th century.

It's what made Wisconsin great but it's also a horrible legacy to leave the population with.

It sure is beautiful in the spring and summer. Door County is amazing.

I grew up less than a mile away from the Fox River, one of the worst in the state, and I must say, I never thought of myself as saddled with a horrible legacy. There are plenty of places to go if you like being in the water.

That's not to say that I don't think all the pollution sucks, I do, I just don't think it factors in very much to the everyday quality of life as much as say, the weather.

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