Illinois or Wisconsin?

[Mr. Illini]

Appropriate with the start to football season just over a week away.



Where would you rather live?

Illinois is the answer.

[TDAS04]

Wisconsin.  Chicago's great, but Wisconsin is easily better than non-Chicago Illinois.

[Goldwater]

Both have the same horrible Upper Midwest/Great Lakes climate, so I don't know. I would guess that maybe downstate Illinois has places with a somewhat more tolerable climate, but I don't know for sure.

[Mr. Illini]

Wisconsin.  Chicago's great, but Wisconsin is easily better than non-Chicago Illinois.

There's little difference between rural Wisconsin and rural Illinois

[TDAS04]

Wisconsin.  Chicago's great, but Wisconsin is easily better than non-Chicago Illinois.

There's little difference between rural Wisconsin and rural Illinois

I like trees, a cooler climate, and the more liberal culture of the North. 

[Mr. Illini]

Wisconsin.  Chicago's great, but Wisconsin is easily better than non-Chicago Illinois.

There's little difference between rural Wisconsin and rural Illinois

I like trees, a cooler climate, and the more liberal culture of the North.  

The forest-y part of Wisconsin doesn't start until you get north of Green Bay (lots of farmland in Central WI), by which you could compare how forest-y Illinois is south of Springfield.

Northern Wisconsin and Southern Illinois have shown similar voting trends - formerly Democrat, now voting pretty solidly Republican.

[TDAS04]

Wisconsin.  Chicago's great, but Wisconsin is easily better than non-Chicago Illinois.

There's little difference between rural Wisconsin and rural Illinois

I like trees, a cooler climate, and the more liberal culture of the North. 

The forest-y part of Wisconsin doesn't start until you get north of Green Bay, by which you could compare how forest-y Illinois is south of Springfield.

Northern Wisconsin and Southern Illinois have shown similar voting trends - formerly Democrat, now voting pretty solidly Republican.

Madison would probably be my first choice as a place to live if I stayed in the Midwest.  Also, I would be more used to northern Wisconsin's culture than southern Illinois's.

[Mr. Illini]

Wisconsin.  Chicago's great, but Wisconsin is easily better than non-Chicago Illinois.

There's little difference between rural Wisconsin and rural Illinois

I like trees, a cooler climate, and the more liberal culture of the North. 

The forest-y part of Wisconsin doesn't start until you get north of Green Bay, by which you could compare how forest-y Illinois is south of Springfield.

Northern Wisconsin and Southern Illinois have shown similar voting trends - formerly Democrat, now voting pretty solidly Republican.

Madison would probably be my first choice as a place to live if I stayed in the Midwest.  Also, I would be more used to northern Wisconsin's culture than southern Illinois's.

I suppose, but we wouldn't go calling South Dakota's culture liberal, now would we?

[TDAS04]

Wisconsin.  Chicago's great, but Wisconsin is easily better than non-Chicago Illinois.

There's little difference between rural Wisconsin and rural Illinois

I like trees, a cooler climate, and the more liberal culture of the North. 

The forest-y part of Wisconsin doesn't start until you get north of Green Bay, by which you could compare how forest-y Illinois is south of Springfield.

Northern Wisconsin and Southern Illinois have shown similar voting trends - formerly Democrat, now voting pretty solidly Republican.

Madison would probably be my first choice as a place to live if I stayed in the Midwest.  Also, I would be more used to northern Wisconsin's culture than southern Illinois's.

I suppose, but we wouldn't go calling South Dakota's culture liberal, now would we?

No, but it's still Upper Midwest.

[Gass3268]

NFL Championships:
Packers 13
Bears 9

Super Bowl Championships:
Packers 4
Bears 1

Wisconsin vs Illinois
38 (Wisconsin) - 36 (Illinois) - 7 (Ties)

Center For World University Rankings:
#25 University of Wisconsin-Madison
#33 University of Illinois-Champaign

City vs City
Chicago obviously much better than Milwaukee, but Madison, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Superior, Eau Claire, Stevens Point, etc. are better than any of other metros in Illinois.

Obviously Wisconsin!

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