Yeah even as a skyscraper fan, I appreciate the fact that Madison has those height restrictions. It helps give the city a little bit of a European feel

​@@CityGeekIt could lift restrictions in certain sections while still having a historic downtown like Wilmington

@@Mothmann. Actually, not really. The east side of the capitol, the isthmus itself, has height restrictions for a different reason: the airport. The only area in the town that's going up higher is further west, near Hilldale.

Yeah it’s in a beautiful location!

I went to college at UW love the lakes

Except the algae blooms within a month of summer starting means rashes and possibly worse when going in the water.

@@panthro5703 Yup! Was looking for someone to mention how gross they are by the last half of summer 😅

@@jaredgenova2228 Not really the last half, just a portion of the hottest part. The algae bloomed early this year then was gone in July.

Nice

I came as an immigrant to Madison and i am loving it

Thank you! I agree that it has a European vibe!

Yeah I love Madison as well! Thank you! I’ll have to explore that. When I started the channel I wanted to fill the niche of short, compact city videos, but I’m sure you’re right in that the algorithm would help me out more if they were longer. Thanks for the feedback!

Thank you!! Yeah Madison is a beautiful city!

They're gonna sink that isthmus with all that jump around though lol

Yeah I thought aspect of its history was fascinating!

Lol

Yeah they are both beautiful cities!

Thank you! It’s a great city!

Thank you! Hopefully you’re able to!

Thank you!! Glad I could help!

Time to move back then! You can do it.

Thank you!

Thank you!!

Thank you! Happy new year to you!

Good eye hahahah

Lol. Thanks!

Thank you!

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

Its a small town not a city

Madison is a small town? It has a population of around 300,000.... That's a city ... Not a "small town" lol

Thanks! Sometime later this year

Hi there, Madison has really good public transport and you can pretty much go anywhere with the bus!! It’s awesome and pretty consistent, clean, and safe. It can definitely get crowded but it’s awesome having a consistent bus schedule.

Yup, it’s bus system is vast. And it’s the only motor transportation that can go on state street making them have relatively fast cycles in certain areas

They're currently reworking the transit system to make traffic lights prioritize buses.

Yeah back in the 90's or so I think AT&T was going to build much higher but it wasn't approved.

Lol

Chicago is one of my favorite cities in the country so I’ll definitely do a video on it at some point. I’m waiting on doing major cities like Chicago, NYC, LA and DC until my channel is a little bigger so it may be awhile

Just like any other left cesspool in the US.

I haven’t had that request yet but I’ll add it to the list 😊 Thanks for the suggestion!

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I was wondering about that, if they want to grow they have to build up.

LoL! There is not a single place thats dangerous here in Madison…..been here my whole life

Suburban hell, lol. You have no idea what you're talking about.

@@nesmith2621 Last time I was in Madison, I stayed at a hotel that couldn't have been more than a mile from downtown and there was a six lane freeway between my room and the stores across the street in what should have been a walkable neighborhood. Something like that would never happen in Chicago or Milwaukee.

@@KnightBoat I’m curious, were you staying in a hotel near the mall on East Washington or more towards the coliseum on the other side of the city? Because even though East Wash is 3 lanes on each side there are many bridges/tunnels for pedestrians to cross unimpeded, they are most often found along the bike paths but I know that some others also exist a bit farther off. The same goes for all of the larger roads especially when you get closer to downtown. If you were staying closer to the campus or the west side I must admit that I don’t go there as often on bike but when driving in the area I can say that there are pedestrian bridges along some of the larger roads there too. If you’re talking about the beltline, yeah I can see that but the same can be said there as was said for the other streets just slightly less so and it’s not exactly in the middle of the city either.

Generally speaking, Madison is blue and Wisconsin is purple.

Dem candidates usually get +75% of the vote in Madison. One of the most solidly blue cities in the country.

It is very left…..yuck.

Madison is left but that doesn't mean they are cool. People here are uptight and wound up during and after the pandemic.

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I love it!❤

Oh, that’s awesome! Can’t wait to visit this summer!!

universities can control cities?

He created the original design, which was updated- when the project was finally approved. The exterior is still mostly his, but the design for the interior was done by one of his apprentices.

"Communist Cuba" Come on. It's a successful city and the citizens are engaged with each other and their government.

Was there something in the video you were referring to?

@@pre-q8s just the beginning when they were talking about the “origins” of madison

@@willaedwards9055 oh gotcha. Well there are certainly some dark moments in American history, but I wouldn’t say that everything started with genocide. There are far more things to be proud of America for than to be ashamed imo

@@pre-q8s for sure but I can’t help but see it more negative sometimes.lots to be proud of but also so much to regret .I guess that’s everywhere in the world tho .I guess the only difference is how we learn about it all .everywhere is different

@@willaedwards9055 It helps when one considers the ongoing genocides in other parts of the world today. I know it helps me feel a bit more grateful.

Like all democratic places

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Most the time the lake's are not safe to go in ! And it's getting a lot like Milwaukee !

@@alanfoix9911 If you think Madison is anything close to dangerous, you need to get out more

@@BillyT886 you sound like the best president ever. Ever thing is great 👍

Yep I am hearing that a lot more and more. It was a matter of time before it went to hell

Madison had a cool vibe 10 years ago. Now it's very uptight.

What part of the city did you live in?

@@James-ev4bb I have lived in Middleton, DeForest, Stoughton, and the south side of Madison. It’s all the same, but it’s been getting way worse the past couple of years.

I can totally see where you're coming from. I grew up in the area and stayed for college, and I left after my last final exam and didn't even walk in my graduation ceremony so I could gtfo asap. Never looked back. Too many folks there have a utopia-like attitude towards the city that I think is misplaced. Sure, certain areas of downtown and certain parks are pretty, but it's just not a very big city, so the "cool" stuff gets stale within a few years. And once you've exhausted yourself on those places and things, you're left with being entirely reliant on driving and living in ares of town that are basically overpriced run of the mill strip-mall suburbs. It's not a very exciting place, coupled with kind of dirty tap water (especially downtown), overly inflated rent prices, poorly run public transportation, and a highly educated populace that can make the job market difficult for job seekers. I'm happy I left, and I rarely visit. I think it could be an easy place to live if you're more of a homebody and want to get home from work relatively quickly, with easy access to a grocery store or two along the way. Oh, and the lakes are effing gross. No one talks about that. You go in Mendota or Monona July-Sept and most years there is, like, flesh eating algae in the water. We used to go in when we were kids, and even as a seven year old I thought they stunk and were super gross.

Yeah it has gone downhill I keep reading

Lived here all my life and never smelled sewage "throughout the city". Maybe you were smelling algae from the lakes?

Everyone keeps saying that. It wa sonly a matter of time

Yeah everyone says this but it not dangerous. Yes this is crime but this no bad neighborhoods. I am pretty sure it just made a list recently for safest places to live

I live here and experience none of that.. the police force has always been exceptional

No it isn't. You're just watching too much news.

@@robertpreston2220 No, they literally are not. These opinions are coming from a few paranoid shut-ins and close-minded small-towners terrified of other people.