Milwaukee ...DIVE or nice city?

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Milwaukee ...DIVE or nice city?

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If you like Chicago you will love Milwaukee. Milwaukee cleaner both appearance wise and politically. Entertainment, sports, first class.Abundant lakes for winter and summer enjoyment. Reasonable rents and home prices.Museum, library, zoo[world class] very good. Five very good universities ,and decent high school in the city, in the suburbans excellent high schools.
As with all metro areas in the USA crime is a problem. City has no more or less than comparable size metro areas.

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nice city i suppose i have a good friend that lives near Milwaukee..
Milwaukee is an okay city. It's just like regular big cities, there's alot to do there. Also there's alot of crime. But, all-in-all, I wouldn't be against living there. I enjoy where I live right now, low-crime, very quiet and alot of things to do. I live in IA.
Depends on who you ask, you could start a small war easily. People of Milwaukee just love their city, while people a bit further south just think Milwaukee is a dump. I am not from that part of the world I have have visited Milwaukee 3-4 times on business, I find the people very friendly, the town is clean for a city that size with good beer and good food, what more would you want.
Milwaukee is a small Chicago. The down town really is horrible though. It has been under construction for ever. Not a lot of things to do either. Except go to the lake.
Definitely DIVE!
Improving. It used to be kind of falling apart, and the downtown area was an eyesore. But a few years ago, the Midwest Express Center opened downtown, the new art museum (which is beautiful) arrived, Wisconsin Avenue (one of the main thoroughfares downtown) began sprouting new businesses, and the RiverWalk developed.

It's still not Chicago, and probably will always be in the shadow of nearby Chicago. But it's very friendly, the downtown is improving, and the city is rapidly improving. I don't think it's a dive, not anymore.
A nice spot to visit on a weekend. Miller beer has a great tour where at the end of the tour you get to sample 3 of their beers. There is a bar on Front Street called Safehouse. You need a password to get into after 8pm but if you don't know it they won't turn you away and it is spy themed. There is something in the ladies room where a car alarm goes off in the bar if it is touched. Harley Davidson has a factory tour in Milwaukee too.