[The Champ]

screamingchief...

Not sure why you make so many points about WI in responding to my post - I live in Southern MN - close to IA - one of the top rated states...

Schools (K-12),yeah they kinda suck down here,but I dont have kids,so that does'nt necesarily directly affect guys like me much,so I dont really keep track of those sorta things,but it seems like schools are pretty much screwed up everywere these days.

You may not have kids, but you have to deal with the kids that are attending schools that "kinds suck" (your words, not mine).

You can easily schedule things every week (weekend) of the year if you wanted to.

How did that Super Bowl in Dallas work out for you...

And medical care here is pretty good too,definitely better than it is back where I lived in Wisconsin (Racine),that city is well known as having seriously substandard medical facillities,most folks wont even use the hospital there,they go to Milwaukee (Froedert) or down into Illinois instead.

First of all - Racine is basically part of Illinois.... Secondly - I live 25 miles from the Mayo Clinic in MN - which is my standard of care. Having had the benefit of getting in on Mayo's 2 for 1 surgery special back in 2006 (first surgery I was brought in in an ambulance and as a result of that one they discovered I had cancer) - I really appreciate quality health care. FWIW - on November 6th I will celebrate my 6th anniversary of being cancer free.

As for the crime statistics,those look that way because states like Texas have more than just one major metropolitan area to factor into those numbers,Texas being a really big state has like 4-5 major metro areas to take into account,so that tends to stack up the numbers somewhat compared to less populous states with only one or two metro areas to account for.

Crime rates are calculated on a per capita basis. Texas has more people to spread the crimes over.

Lets see you go golfing,fishing,or drag racing in January-February up in Wisconsin,LOL.

And let's see you try to go downhill skiing, snowmobiling, sliding or ice fishing down in Texas any time of the year...

Every state has pros and cons. And what is a positive for one person can be a negative for another.

I lived in Texas. IMHO it was merely "OK". I have no desire to live there - but that's me. Obviously many people choose to live there - good for them.