Madison a cosmopolitan city???

XMan · May 25, 2015

Plus madison has as Scott Walker. Ufdah.

nsmike · May 25, 2015

Madison differs from some college towns because it's a capital city but it falls far short of being cosmopolitan. A cosmopolitan city requires a major airport, an active international business community, along with an active arts scene.

station19 · May 25, 2015

nsmike said:
Madison differs from some college towns because it's a capital city but it falls far short of being cosmopolitan. A cosmopolitan city requires a major airport, an active international business community, along with an active arts scene.

station19 · May 25, 2015

nsmike said:
Madison differs from some college towns because it's a capital city but it falls far short of being cosmopolitan. A cosmopolitan city requires a major airport, an active international business community, along with an active arts scene.

hungan1 · May 25, 2015

Huh???????

alchemy2u · May 25, 2015

Grant said:
Ruppert
What is that you need to do in life that you can't do in Madison? Just curious. Thanks.

Carry on an intelligent conversation.

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Killjoy · May 25, 2015

hungan1 said:
Huh???????

station19 is just showing us that Alexandria is a cosmopolitan city. I can vouch for that personally since I have flown into their airport, visited that plant, and seen great theater at that playhouse. station19 didn't even mentioned Big Ole, the Kensington Runestone, or the summer band parade down Broadway. Madison can't even begin to touch Alexandria for being a cosmopolitan city! :clap:

Northrop · May 25, 2015

nsmike said:
Madison differs from some college towns because it's a capital city but it falls far short of being cosmopolitan. A cosmopolitan city requires a major airport, an active international business community, along with an active arts scene.

Does that rule out Fargo?

station19 · May 25, 2015

Killjoy said:
station19 is just showing us that Alexandria is a cosmopolitan city. I can vouch for that personally since I have flown into their airport, visited that plant, and seen great theater at that playhouse. station19 didn't even mentioned Big Ole, the Kensington Runestone, or the summer band parade down Broadway. Madison can't even begin to touch Alexandria for being a cosmopolitan city!

Either that or Station19 is just being weird again. Happens often.

ruppertflywheel · May 26, 2015

Love Alex. 19. Stayed at Arrowwood many a time in my travels as a peddler.

GopherHomer · May 26, 2015

Northrop said:
Does that rule out Fargo?

I would say that Madison and Fargo are pretty comparable (Madison probably gets the slight edge). If you take away my sports hatred for both cities, they are fun places to spend a weekend and have a drunken good time (Madison for the sheer amount of bars and Fargo for the blackjack). Neither, though, would be considered "cosmopolitan." I've never been to Corvalis, so I don't know where I stand on the premise of this thread but people need to stop comparing Madison to Minneapolis - there is no comparison. Minneapolis is the FAR more sophisticated, interesting city. If they suddenly reinstated prohibition, Madison would be St. Cloud.

ruppertflywheel · May 27, 2015

Corvallis is about 60,000 in population. Really a nice campus for a community of that size. Oregon is a beautiful state and I enjoyed my travels there. Portland is very cosmopolitan with a great river walk area along the Willamette ( sp? ) river.

wait!what? · May 27, 2015

it's a good time

this weekend - i'll spend some time picking out steaks at hoeslys- get some wine down on Monroe street and work in some fishing on wingra. yep at fb and mens bb they have fielded decent teams for 20 yrs. good for them.

ruppertflywheel · May 31, 2015

wait!what? said:
this weekend - i'll spend some time picking out steaks at hoeslys- get some wine down on Monroe street and work in some fishing on wingra. yep at fb and mens bb they have fielded decent teams for 20 yrs. good for them.

Yep, I'm sure the wines come from those beautiful vineyards outside the Madison city limits. I'd fish the Wingra. It's a good Spring muskie lake. I wouldn't swim in it, or any of the other 4 lakes in the city limits. A lot of run off from all the homes.

LesBolstad · May 31, 2015

Oh, oh..

XMan said:
Plus madison has as Scott Walker. Ufdah.

Political D-bag alert. Save it for the off topic board, tool.

MNGoldenGophers1 · May 31, 2015

LesBolstad said:
Political D-bag alert. Save it for the off topic board, tool.

I agree walker and anyone like him is a d-bag but disagree that this belongs on the off topic board given the title of this thread.

LesBolstad · May 31, 2015

MNGoldenGophers1 said:
I agree walker and anyone like him is a d-bag but disagree that this belongs on the off topic board given the title of this thread.

No, this means you and your ilk are D-bags for making political statements on a football board. Take it to other topic board, tooly.

MinneStoa · May 31, 2015

LesBolstad said:
No, this means you and your ilk are D-bags for making political statements on a football board. Take it to other topic board, tooly.

Because this thread is the pinnacle of football discussion...

Outrage!

stocker08 · May 31, 2015

GopherHomer said:
I would say that Madison and Fargo are pretty comparable (Madison probably gets the slight edge). If you take away my sports hatred for both cities, they are fun places to spend a weekend and have a drunken good time (Madison for the sheer amount of bars and Fargo for the blackjack). Neither, though, would be considered "cosmopolitan." I've never been to Corvalis, so I don't know where I stand on the premise of this thread but people need to stop comparing Madison to Minneapolis - there is no comparison. Minneapolis is the FAR more sophisticated, interesting city. If they suddenly reinstated prohibition, Madison would be St. Cloud.

St. Cloud is fun for a while. After a while......get the hell out of there.

LesBolstad said:
Political D-bag alert. Save it for the off topic board, tool.

Yes.....let's all be mature and name call.

dpodoll68 · May 31, 2015

LesBolstad said:
No, this means you and your ilk are D-bags for making political statements on a football board. Take it to other topic board, tooly.

Had he said that Walker is the greatest, you wouldn't have made a peep.

wait!what? · Jun 1, 2015

the new arctic display at the zoo was pretty nice compared to how it used to be. got some lasagna from gino's - saw some old moolies from the old neighborhood - goodtimes. In madison where people used to wear packer gear - they now wear badger gear...thats a lot of donations 19.99 at a time.

Killjoy · Jun 1, 2015

dpodoll68 said:
Had he said that Walker is the greatest, you wouldn't have made a peep.

+1 Thanks for the laugh and the insight as to the reality as to how the GopherHole operates.

beat bucky · Jun 1, 2015

Isn't Madison the home of the cheese factory job that Mike Nelson (sporting lit cigarette and hair net) held before being launched onto the Satellite of Love by Dr. Clayton Forrester?

DougMN · Jun 1, 2015

My thoughts on Madison and Wisconsin....

KD6-3.7 · Jun 1, 2015

itt: people who never go to theaters and museums (er, musea).

theTurning · Jun 1, 2015

I remember getting a burrito as big as my head there once. That's pretty cosmopolitan.

Grant · Jun 1, 2015

I ate sushi there once. Not terrible.

ruppertflywheel · Jun 1, 2015

Grant said:
I ate sushi there once. Not terrible.

Probably from Lake Wingra. Did you glow in the dark that evening?

MNGoldenGophers1 · Jun 1, 2015

ruppertflywheel said:
Probably from Lake Wingra. Did you glow in the dark that evening?

That's very funny! Probably true, but still very funny &#55357;&#56836;

ruppertflywheel · Jun 4, 2015

MNGoldenGophers1 said:
That's very funny! Probably true, but still very funny ��

Ordering sushi in Madison would be like drinking out of the tap in Tijuana. Bottom line. Don't get out of your element.

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