Milwaukee's Cold World Charm

Milwaukee, Wisconsin was my starter city.

Milwaukee is as cold as they say it is, but I survived more than a decade of Wisconsin winters. Wind chills can hit 70 below in the long winter there. But prevailing wisdom, a survivor's wisdom, is that people can't perceive the difference in temperatures below a certain threshold. Ten below and 20 below both feel the same. Comforted?

A heated garage is the key to surviving a Milwaukee winter (besides deluding yourself that you can't feel it). I scored a heated garage in my final year in Milwaukee. It was life-changing.

I only had to brush snow off my car when it snowed while I was at work. And then the snow was still soft and cottony. I never had to scrape ice that winter, but I still left for New York before the next winter hit.

I think back fondly on my time in Milwaukee and I still visit as often as I can. In the summer.