08/20/21 Grif.Net - Survey Results
Robert Griffin
There is a tug in my heart between Minnesota and Wisconsin. I was born and reared in Minnesota and did my undergrad at Pillsbury College. But did the rest of college/grad school in Wisconsin. Had our first apartment as newlyweds in Wisconsin and pastored two churches 14 years in Wisconsin. All three of our kids were born in Wisconsin and now in retirement we have moved back in that state.
An unbiased survey was taken (of only Wisconsin residents) on why Wisconsin rules over Minnesota. They all know that, of course, but for some reason, those people over there in Minnesota have this idea that THEY are somehow better than we are. They even have a Facebook page (with like 100 people) declaring that Minnesota is better than us.
But here is a baker’s dozen of irrefutable reasons why Wisconsin is SO much better than Minnesota:
1. Wisconsin has MORE than 15,000 lakes but we’re not obsessed with talking about how many we have.
2. Wisconsin has the Packers who actually wins Super Bowls.
3. Wisconsin has 6 times more freeway miles compared to Minnesota for easy travel to every part of the state.
4. Wisconsin’s cold and snow are charming, but Minnesota's is not even tolerable for Eskimos.
5. Wisconsin cheese rules. Can’t imagine a place where you can’t buy fresh or fried curds as an appetizer.
6. Wisconsin has 4 times the tourism and people come to visit the state, not just to drive through it to get somewhere nice.
7. Wisconsin people do not talk like their weird western neighbors (youbetcha).
8. Wisconsin celebrates brats and burgers, not lutefisk and lefse.
9. Wisconsin has more people, less tax (Minnesota even taxes social security checks on us retirees) and is much more conservative politically.
10. Wisconsin cost of living is 80.6 compared to 97.2 (under 100 is good, but lower score is better)
11. Wisconsin is ‘America’s Dairyland’, with half the state as farmland, giving new meaning of ‘farm to table’.
12. Wisconsin has far more natural attractions, local festivals, food that tastes great but will probably kill you, and greater diversity of population.
Bonus: Wisconsin and Minnesota are almost identical in total population, but Wisconsin’s top ten city metro areas contain 24% of the population compared to nearly 60% of Minnesotans trapped in the Twin Cities metro.
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Dr Bob Griffin
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"