Madison WI

• Why Madison WI
• Its closer to my mom - 1 hour and 15 minutes is a lot better than multiple flights
• Milwaukee is a bigger city but i don't think it would be as good of a match. 
•  LOTS of nature parks and outdoor activities - I need to learn to Ski lol
• LOTS of lakes in or near by so plenty of places to swim
• only an hour or so away from amusement park that has indoor and outdoor options (that means fun even in winter!)
• . https://www.mtolympuspark.com/parks/
• Has a farmers Market every saturday for most of the year. (not like the world market but im content)
• thriving nightlife. Lots of breweries and wineries. = Good for social life
• Lots of art and culture - LOTS of events year round
• Good Job Market. I'll need to make at least 45K-55K and there are plenty of jobs that fall in that range. 
• Thriving Pagan Community
• It has a burlesque Scene (if the photo doesn't load, it shows 3 places that offer burlesque and whats not shown is other places that have burlesque event coming up)
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• Where in Madison WI
• https://www.apartments.com/limestone-ridge-apartments-fitchburg-wi/q9xzxpz/
• https://www.limestonefitchburg.com/fitchburg/limestone-ridge/floorplans/b5-653676/fp_name/
• either a B5 room or a C1 Room. 
• Whats near by this apartment? Everything I need. 
• within a 5 minute walk to Target
• within a 5 minute walk to an Asian Market that has a liquor store, bakery, deli, burger joint, and asian restauraunt in it. like come on. WHAT <3 
• 30 minute drive from a PAGAN CHURCH!!!?
• 5 minute walk to Starbucks; 10 minute bike ride to a local coffee shop
• 7 minute walk to an ALDI
• 10 minute walk to 2 gyms
• 15 minute walk/5 minute bike ride to a nature trail
• 5 minute walk to a VET. 
• 20 minute drive to a Swimming beach on Lake Waubesa 
• 1hr 15 minutes to the amuesment park
• 1hr 15 minutes drive to my mom. 

PROS

•  Despite being a big city the traffic isn't horrendous 
• All of the above (10 pros)
• Very LGBT+ Friendly
• Lots to do year round
• Only an hour or so from Chicago for some hefty adventure

CONS

• Game of thrones level winter. like. can get -30. Pray for me. 
• on the flip side... lots of winter activities and i can always drive to mom and we can complain together. ICE FISHING. 
• And lets be honest, if you actually dress for winter then it helps a LOT. 
• Lots of bugs (Mosquitos) in summer -- not that big of a deal tbh we get them here too. 
• Higher Taxes (lower sales tax but higher everything else.)

So. Honestly. I'll brave the cold for my mom. I'm worried about her health and I want to spend every minute with her that I can.  Next blog post will be the financials and logistics of the move. 

I've decided Madison, WI.