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Posted: 12/17/2019 9:55:48 AM EDT

I have a job opportunity that may have me looking to relocate to WI in February. Specifically the Richfield area but I'm willing to commute 50-100 miles for the right town. I'd prefer to be more in town/suburbs than out in the sticks. Areas to avoid? I'm in and out of the area so I already know it's fucking cold. I'll be keeping TX as my official residence for now. This is more of a third home for me.

Posted: 12/17/2019 10:08:09 AM EDT

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The main areas to avoid in Wisconsin is Milwaukee and Madison.

At least if you’re in Richfield Cabela’s wont be far away

Posted: 12/17/2019 11:16:51 AM EDT

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Milwaukee burbs are okay too, especially outside of Milwaukee Co. They're all pretty conservative. And despite all the out-state hate for the MKE metro area, the Milwaukee burbs are where the lions share of the votes that keep the GOP in control of the legislature come from.

Essentially, you just need to avoid the northwest angle from the center of Milwaukee, and any areas immediately bordering it. https://d3cdtxx03omvla.cloudfront.net/26510345_1560366396990.jpg

Other than our taxes, WI is extremely livable, and Milwaukee is plenty nice to visit in plenty of places for the day.

Posted: 12/17/2019 1:21:10 PM EDT

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I moved from Texas to WI about 7 years ago.

If you choose to change your residence, your car insurance will be half in WI. Registration is the same. Some counties have inspections. State income tax is the down side.

Texans think they can drink...they don't hold a candle to WI on that!

There's no whataburger

Posted: 12/17/2019 4:00:07 PM EDT

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Thanks guys. Yeah, TX car insurance is nuts but the tax savings are way worth it. I drive for Millis so I'm in BRF and Richfield at least once a week. The only way I get back to DFW is if I ask for a run and I don't take much home time down there. Looks like a lot of good hunting and fishing in the area. If it pans out, I'd bring my 20' Duckworth back to fish Lake Michigan.

In the short term, I'd like to just rent a room in the Milwaukee area and get a feel for the place so if anyone knows of a room for rent, I'd be much obliged.

Posted: 12/17/2019 4:01:45 PM EDT

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Texans think they can drink...they don't hold a candle to WI on that

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No kidding! It's staggering the amount of beer I haul in WI

Posted: 12/17/2019 7:47:28 PM EDT

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I moved from Texas to WI about 7 years ago.

If you choose to change your residence, your car insurance will be half in WI. Registration is the same. Some counties have inspections. State income tax is the down side.

Texans think they can drink...they don't hold a candle to WI on that!

There's no whataburger

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I will second this. Moved up here in 2011.

Posted: 12/17/2019 7:54:35 PM EDT

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I moved from Texas to WI about 7 years ago.

If you choose to change your residence, your car insurance will be half in WI. Registration is the same. Some counties have inspections. State income tax is the down side.

Texans think they can drink...they don't hold a candle to WI on that!

There's no whataburger

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Whataburger is no match for Culver's.

Posted: 12/18/2019 12:36:20 PM EDT

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Thanks guys. Yeah, TX car insurance is nuts but the tax savings are way worth it. I drive for Millis so I'm in BRF and Richfield at least once a week. The only way I get back to DFW is if I ask for a run and I don't take much home time down there. Looks like a lot of good hunting and fishing in the area. If it pans out, I'd bring my 20' Duckworth back to fish Lake Michigan.

In the short term, I'd like to just rent a room in the Milwaukee area and get a feel for the place so if anyone knows of a room for rent, I'd be much obliged.

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@Prebans

He has some rental properties.

Posted: 12/18/2019 8:35:17 PM EDT

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Whataburger is no match for Culver's.

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I moved from Texas to WI about 7 years ago.

If you choose to change your residence, your car insurance will be half in WI. Registration is the same. Some counties have inspections. State income tax is the down side.

Texans think they can drink...they don't hold a candle to WI on that!

There's no whataburger

Whataburger is no match for Culver's.

I don't know how Whataburger's prices are, but I feel like I need to take out a second mortgage if I take the entire family to Culvers. And heaven forbid if anyone wants to upgrade to cheese curds (they always do)!

Posted: 12/19/2019 9:22:31 AM EDT

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I don't know how Whataburger's prices are, but I feel like I need to take out a second mortgage if I take the entire family to Culvers. And heaven forbid if anyone wants to upgrade to cheese curds (they always do)!

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Their prices are in line with everyone else. Wife and I go there for lunch occasionally if we're in Rhinelander or Antigo shopping. Usually $15-20 for both of us. It costs about the same at Pizza Ranch, Hardees, or Arbys. And Culvers has the best food.

Posted: 12/19/2019 5:15:58 PM EDT

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Thanks guys. Yeah, TX car insurance is nuts but the tax savings are way worth it. I drive for Millis so I'm in BRF and Richfield at least once a week. The only way I get back to DFW is if I ask for a run and I don't take much home time down there. Looks like a lot of good hunting and fishing in the area. If it pans out, I'd bring my 20' Duckworth back to fish Lake Michigan.

In the short term, I'd like to just rent a room in the Milwaukee area and get a feel for the place so if anyone knows of a room for rent, I'd be much obliged.

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Wisconsin is an outdoorsman's paradise. Amazing fishing, deer hunting, turkey hunting, Duck and Goose hunting, etc. If you like the outdoors, you'll love it here.

Posted: 12/19/2019 5:49:21 PM EDT

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Their prices are in line with everyone else. Wife and I go there for lunch occasionally if we're in Rhinelander or Antigo shopping. Usually $15-20 for both of us. It costs about the same at Pizza Ranch, Hardees, or Arbys. And Culvers has the best food.

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I don't know how Whataburger's prices are, but I feel like I need to take out a second mortgage if I take the entire family to Culvers. And heaven forbid if anyone wants to upgrade to cheese curds (they always do)!

Their prices are in line with everyone else. Wife and I go there for lunch occasionally if we're in Rhinelander or Antigo shopping. Usually $15-20 for both of us. It costs about the same at Pizza Ranch, Hardees, or Arbys. And Culvers has the best food.

I guess I find $20 for a meal for 2 people at a fast food joint to be expensive. I've always been frugal though, so maybe it's just me. I have 4 kids, so taking the entire family out to any place like Culvers gets expensive fast. It is nice to get a big, greasy double-cheeseburger from there once in a while, but man do I pay for it an hour later.

Posted: 12/21/2019 2:03:44 AM EDT

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I'm not gonna call Richfield Milw.
You have a lot of towns in the area.

Liqour taxes are lower.
Shall issue CCW.
Different pace of life.
Shovel snow.
More public land than TX.

Posted: 12/21/2019 10:14:45 AM EDT

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We will be building in Richfield in a year or two. It’s a great community.

Posted: 12/21/2019 1:43:57 PM EDT

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I guess I find $20 for a meal for 2 people at a fast food joint to be expensive. I've always been frugal though, so maybe it's just me. I have 4 kids, so taking the entire family out to any place like Culvers gets expensive fast. It is nice to get a big, greasy double-cheeseburger from there once in a while, but man do I pay for it an hour later.

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Yeah unfortunately that's what fast food has come to. Nothing cheap about it anymore.

Posted: 12/21/2019 1:51:34 PM EDT

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Yeah unfortunately that's what fast food has come to. Nothing cheap about it anymore.

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kwik trip for the win

Posted: 12/21/2019 2:39:55 PM EDT

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I'm not gonna call Richfield Milw.
You have a lot of towns in the area.

Liqour taxes are lower.
Shall issue CCW.
Different pace of life.
Shovel snow.
More public land than TX.

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Fuck shoveling snow. I have a vacation home in Yuma

Posted: 12/21/2019 2:44:10 PM EDT

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kwik trip for the win

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KT is awesome. I'd run WI regional and shovel snow just to never have to spend another night at a TA or Petro.

But god damn you guys have some homely looking women.

WTF? Do they just live on cheese curds, vodka, and beer? Dallas is PACKED with smoking hot women. Looks like It's boiling down to do I want to hunt turkey, deer, birds, and fish or do I want to get laid.

Posted: 12/21/2019 2:54:53 PM EDT

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KT is awesome. I'd run WI regional and shovel snow just to never have to spend another night at a TA or Petro.

But god damn you guys have some homely looking women.

WTF? Do they just live on cheese curds, vodka, and beer? Dallas is PACKED with smoking hot women. Looks like It's boiling down to do I want to hunt turkey, deer, birds, and fish or do I want to get laid.

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On the bright side you only have to find one

And honestly I would take hunting and fishing over women any day

Posted: 12/21/2019 9:40:53 PM EDT

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On the bright side you only have to find one

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I'm getting that way myself. Flying down to Mexico every three months helps take the edge off

Posted: 12/23/2019 4:12:01 PM EDT

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KT is awesome. I'd run WI regional and shovel snow just to never have to spend another night at a TA or Petro.

But god damn you guys have some homely looking women.

WTF? Do they just live on cheese curds, ~~vodka~~ brandy, and beer? Dallas is PACKED with smoking hot women. Looks like It's boiling down to do I want to hunt turkey, deer, birds, and fish or do I want to get laid.

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Fixed it for you.

Posted: 12/23/2019 5:08:11 PM EDT

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But god damn you guys have some homely looking women.

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LOL... nobody here trying to argue or deny it.

Posted: 12/24/2019 3:22:31 PM EDT

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Wisconsin is an outdoorsman's paradise. Amazing fishing, deer hunting, turkey hunting, Duck and Goose hunting, etc. If you like the outdoors, you'll love it here.

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STFU.

It sux here, .... and we're full.

Posted: 12/24/2019 8:17:22 PM EDT

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STFU.

It sux here, .... and we're full.

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... and the womenz is fugley. Nothing here, move on.

Posted: 12/26/2019 12:09:46 AM EDT

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I'm just a couple miles north of Richfield in the Town of Jackson. IM me when you get into the area. I'll take you out for a whiskey and a Wisconsin fish fry.

Posted: 12/30/2019 9:22:42 PM EDT

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Thanks guys. Yeah, TX car insurance is nuts but the tax savings are way worth it. I drive for Millis so I'm in BRF and Richfield at least once a week. The only way I get back to DFW is if I ask for a run and I don't take much home time down there. Looks like a lot of good hunting and fishing in the area. If it pans out, I'd bring my 20' Duckworth back to fish Lake Michigan.

In the short term, I'd like to just rent a room in the Milwaukee area and get a feel for the place so if anyone knows of a room for rent, I'd be much obliged.

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Any concerns about your employment since Millis just sold out?

Posted: 1/7/2020 6:09:17 PM EDT

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I'm not worried about it short term. We're hoping that it will allow us to run out west instead of wearing a groove between Atlanta and Richfield. So far we are being told that it will be three years before there are any changes. If I am still in trucking in three years, my life plans have gone drastically wrong

Posted: 1/31/2020 6:19:16 PM EDT

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No kidding! It's staggering the amount of beer I haul in WI

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Texans think they can drink...they don't hold a candle to WI on that

No kidding! It's staggering the amount of beer I haul in WI

Good pun worthy of WI

Posted: 1/31/2020 7:20:59 PM EDT

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I'm not worried about it short term. We're hoping that it will allow us to run out west instead of wearing a groove between Atlanta and Richfield. So far we are being told that it will be three years before there are any changes. If I am still in trucking in three years, my life plans have gone drastically wrong

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Lots of trucking jobs here. I drive a redi mix truck and make more than most of my OTR friends. And I'm home every night.

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