La Crosse named one of the top 10 places to live

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Wed, 06/10/2009 - 9:45am
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La Crosse named one of the top 10 places to live
U.S. News & World Report magazine has named La Crosse one of the nation’s 10 Best Places to Live, ranking with Albuquerque, N.M., Austin, Texas, and St. Augustine, Fla.

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The story describes La Crosse as “a great staging ground for exploring the natural wonders of the upper Mississippi River,” with an “active outdoor culture” that includes camping, hiking, hunting, fishing and skiing. With a 2008 median home sale price of $113,000, it’s also an affordable destination, the story said

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I have lived in the Coulee Region since 1995 and love it here. There is so much natural beauty all around us from the bluffs to the river. The people are friendly and crime is low. The cost of living is quite reasonable. We go back to Sheboygan every few months and get sticker shock shopping at the grocery stores there. Everything is so much more expensive and the selection is dismal. That's one of the first things we noticed when we got here. We went to Festival and were amazed at how huge the store was. Then we found Woodmans and were blown away.

What don't I like?

  1. Winter. Hate it. If I could be a snowbird, I would.
  2. Too far from family. Not really La Crosse's fault. It's just too far from Colorado where my family lives.
  3. Not enough tech jobs. This is a sticky one for us. If my husband loses his job, we may be forced to move just because it would be hard for him to find another one here. Sad

What about you? Love the area? Hate it? Think the top 10 ranking is spot on or they must have been smoking something?

Michelle

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Wed, 06/10/2009 - 3:47pm
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Re: La Crosse named one of the top 10 places to live

I moved here in 1975 to find my biological family because I was adopted. Big mistake but most are gone now and I dont have to deal with them at all. I grew up about 100 miles north of here so that is what I consider home. My Job, my daughter and son in law and new grandson keep me here.Don't get me wrong-La Crosse has some great qualities to it, and some beautiful scenery, but it is becoming too big city for me. On many weekends you will find me heading out of town and heading anywhere up north.
I have a feeling that the people who voted for this award do not live here though.
If I recall correctly about 1975 or 76 La Crosse was voted the best city to live in also.I dont know if that was country wide or state wide.
I dont mind the winters here so much. I drive a Jeep so I usually look forward to a snowfall.

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Wed, 06/10/2009 - 8:00pm
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Re: La Crosse named one of the top 10 places to live

When I lived in SLC Utah, I researched 13 cities to figure out where to move to. La Crosse was one of them. La Crosse was one of the two best cities in regards to schooling, crime rate and cost of living. The other was in Tennessee. I moved here cause I knew someone in Black River and though we could be friends (which didn't happen, but that's ok). I still love it here in regards to scenery, but I think some of the schools aren't all that they're cracked up to be and some of the ways here in regard to family life are not what I like them to be.

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Thu, 06/11/2009 - 2:44pm
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Re: La Crosse named one of the top 10 places to live

You did a lot more research than me... I looked at Green Bay and La Crosse and La Crosse didn't require as much math in CS. Ironically, I ended up being a math minor anyway... Big smile

I haven't had much experience with the schools, yet, so we'll see on that.

Michelle

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Thu, 07/02/2009 - 4:14pm
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I've lived here since 1968 when it was a lilly white town it's very diverse now.The new people I talk to like Lacrosse because of the Bar scene, cheap beer and lots of it, thats why I stayed here when I was young.Now I don't drink anymore but I still like watching people have fun especially Octoberfesters and Riverfesters.Did they mention Beer in the Poll?

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Thu, 07/02/2009 - 9:23pm
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I love LaCrosse! I live in

I love LaCrosse! I live in Boscobel but have a daughter who is a medical assistant and Mohs Lab tech at Gund-Luth and her husband works for the LaCrosse county sheriffs dept. My oldest son graduated from the tech school there last year, did his work study and internship with Schneider Heating and Air conditioning, and was hired on by them before graduation. He and his finace, an RN at Bethany Lutheran Nursing Home, just bought a house in LAX in December.

I am volunteer driver for Grant and Crawford counties so I am in LaCrosse all most everyday, Monday thru Friday. I love the riverfront! While waiting for clients, I spend my time there feeding the ducks and seagulls, and walking. I love the Christmas lights each year and usually bring van loads of people to see them. I used to enjoy Goose Island until they made us stop feeding the deer. I used to bring a van load of people on Saturdays just to go to the island to feed the deer and then to dinner. I never miss the airshow and I bring and introduce new people to it each year.

When my granddaughter was little, I often took her to Myrick park and the Kids Museum. I do all of my doctoring in LaCrosse with Dr Mulrennan at Gund-Luth. I can spend hours just shopping at the food coop and I also love shopping at Woodmans and Festival. I do about 90% of my shopping in LaCrosse and if things go as I plan, I will prolly be living in LaCrosse in a very short time.

YES...I LOVE LaCrosse!!!

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Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:53pm
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Re: La Crosse named one of the top 10 places to live

Wow, I didn't realize you were up here so much. Now you just need to get a book signing up here. Smile

Michelle

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