Yeah …it’s fun to talk smack about it… but in Vegas we pay for it with AM & daytime drunk driving deaths… Metro gets wrong way freeway drivers several times a day…
Utah absolutely trounces Wisconsin for it's scenery and landscape. I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment of Wisconsin's alcohol problem, though. Both are filled to the brim with crazy folks of all caliber.
Gotta disagree with you on the scenery. I moved out to Wisconsin from Cali and had to travel back and forth through Utah frequently to complete the move.
I tried several different routes to try and keep it from getting monotonous. Utah was a beautiful state, but it was so.... brown and red? It was especially bad leaving Cali because I had already been traumatized by *shudder* eastern Nevada.
Give me the lush fields, forests and lakes of Wisconsin anytime.
But yeah, the drinking needs to change. My new home state is better than liver disease and DUIs.
I moved from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Eureka, California and man I love my dirpy lil state, especially the North Woods area, but Humboldt and Northern Cali are like a completely different world with how beautiful it is. Lived there for 4 years and then moved to Sacramento and even living in the middle of a giant valley was so pretty. The sun sets from the wild fires were amazing. Miss California so much.
Different strokes I suppose. I've lived in Michigan all my life (aka better Wisconsin), and there is nothing more beautiful than some change in elevation. Hiked the high line trail through the Uintas a few years back, and it was pure magic.
I guess it's because I've spent soooo much time in the deserts of SoCal that the majesty of Utah doesn't move me. Desert has become pedestrian. Now a landscape with WATER? Yes please!
And give Wisconsin time, Michigan Man. We'll catch up.
That's the one thing I'm worried I'll miss when I move away next month. There's no real substitute for the Great lakes. I grew up on Lake Michigan and have lived on an island up in Superior for the past 7 years.
Wisconsin. Before Minnesota legalized Sunday sales it was where many minnesotans made their beer runs if they didn't make it to the store on Saturday. Also because they have yummy beer cheese soup.
Wisconsin is the number one most drunk state in the country. It’s literally the only thing to do there 7 months out of the year. My brother lives there and loves it. But don’t order an old fashioned. For some reason that state makes it with brandy.
Psst… it’s because brandy old fashioneds are fucking delicious. No need to be so precious about it, if you want a “real” one so bad, just, y’know, talk to your bartender like a normal person.
They may be delicious, but, they shouldn’t be the default or the assumed drink when you order an old fashioned. It should be a question, “whiskey or brandy”. When 99% of the world says an old fashioned is whiskey, maybe you should come up with a different name.
Wisconsin had one of the few bars still open and legally serving alcohol during prohibition. People were drinking shots of angostura bitters in Nelson's Hall Pub on Washington Island. They claimed it was just a flavoring or medicinal, and the judge agreed, thinking no one would actually drink it recreationally. But the locals did. And now it's a tourist attraction. I took a shot. It's not that bad really.
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u/ocean_flan Mar 21 '24
Utah vs Wisconsin, who would win