Mayfair wrote:Soup Bros in Milwakee is great.

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:I've only been there twice, but it seems like a nice city to live in. Reminds me of Baltimore, but a lot nicer.

Eierdiebe wrote:there's a lot i could tell you about milwaukee. i guess the first thing i would say is that the "cool areas" are the riverwest side and bayview. you can find nice little pockets on the southside, or the east side (which once upon a time was very cool), or brewer's hill, or even the third ward (lovely lofts though quite expensive), but these places are becoming more and more boojwazified with each passing day. riverwest is kinda ghetto and not the safest place at night, but along with bayview it probably has the most charm (communal happenings, neighborhood-owned businesses, concerts, co-ops, that sorta thing). if you're a newcomer a good place to live might be on the riverwest side east of humboldt or only a few blocks west (probably no where west of holton) near a main street (center or locust). it's kind of a sketchy area at night. not the best place to wander around alone. bayview is much safer though a little more tame. the catus club is there but it hasn't really aged well. it's a dive. the east side is all right, but it's overrun with students, whom you may or may not get along with. (oakland avenue has become very fratty). the globe shut down a few years back so most of the concerts that used to take place there now go on at mad planet. shorewood, just north of the eastside, is kinda nice, but there's no real night life there. it's a good place to raise kids (ask Rachael). same with wauwatosa, which is the first suburb west of milwaukee proper. there are some really nice dance nights in mke, particularly the get down (if you like heavy soul, rare funk, etc.) and the union cinema at uwm has an impressive program of films. (to be hoenst it totally fucking trumps providence, and i'm very proud it exists. it also happens to have a lot of killer FREE screenings.) riverwrest film video is where you wanna rent dvds if you're into that (i'm personally responsible for them carrying literally damn near 100 titles xav's picked up at my behest.) the milwaukee art museum is pretty good. doesn't hold a candle to what chicago has to offer, but it's far from third-rate. there are a lot of nice little galleries too. the bus system is pretty good. downtown is kind lame and dirty. race relations could deinfitely be better. ummm... there much more to tell, but i'm kinda drawing a blank now. it's a pretty good city. people are generally pretty unpretentious and easy to get to know. what else? oh, yeah, jeffery dahmer's from there, so there's that.

KeithV wrote:If you need a bar to go to, the Circle A is a wise choice.

That's my contribution to this discussion.

j_harvey wrote:

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:I've only been there twice, but it seems like a nice city to live in. Reminds me of Baltimore, but a lot nicer.

Comparing somewhere to Baltimore will only scare him away. You should say something like "Milwaukee is great. Not only is it *nothing like* Baltimore, it's also located very very *far away from* Baltimore."

rachael wrote:The Palm

j_harvey wrote:Comparing somewhere to Baltimore will only scare him away. You should say something like "Milwaukee is great. Not only is it *nothing like* Baltimore, it's also located very very *far away from* Baltimore."

rachael wrote:Remember, Chris is FROM Baltimore - there have to be a few screws loose anyway. Don't listen to him.

j_harvey wrote:We got rescheduled to play a show above a sushi place in Baltimore. We thought "this sucks, but at least we get to eat sushi tonight." As we are standing outside the restaurant waiting to load in we see a guy going through a huge pile of trash on the sidewalk. After much searching he pulled out an old frying pan...and proceeding to walk right into the sushi place. He was the chef. We did not eat sushi (or anything else) that night.

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:

rachael wrote:Remember, Chris is FROM Baltimore - there have to be a few screws loose anyway. Don't listen to him.

Hey. There's is no need to be a rude gus.