Doug:
>We're in north-central Wisconsin at the southern edge of (what's left
>of) the north woods. The area is remarkable for nothing in particular,
>except for possibly the extreme climate. I live here mainly because of
>very cheap land prices in the early '70s, the area's remote "ruralness,"
>and the good silt loam soils. However, land prices are no longer cheap
>and we feel much less remote than we did twenty-five years ago, but the
>soil gets better with each passing year.
But for the winters we might be neighbors. I was born in Beloit, during my
last three years of high school we lived on a farm in Marquette County. I
loved it, still love Wisconsin, but prefer this four seasons/mild winters
climate and much prefer this sparse population. Southwest Wisconsin is also
a special place but the location between the Twin Cities, Chicago and Des
Moines and Davenport makes it attractive to yuppers who want a place in the
country, so it is doomed.
