The problems my friends have had were all outside Madison, and mostly in smaller cities such as Stevens Point and LaCrosse (to give Wisconsin examples.) The real estate industry in those smaller communities somehow hasn't gotten the message that people who can afford suburban houses may actually want to live in the city.
One sure sign that a city is healthy, in several senses of that word, is that the downtown or old part of the city is recognized by all, including those selling residential living, as a desirable place to live, work, and play. Madison has that in spades. In large cities, you would never find a real estate agent that didn't understand that many people, not just the odd urban freak, prefer city living. It's the smaller communities that have that problem, but those communities are going to have a hard time preserving and redeveloping their downtowns if the people who should be promoting the joys of the place dismiss it. Robbie
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