Ok, another big difference from Portland. The coffee shops in Madison are few and far between, and there aren’t many Starbucks around, and if there are, they are drive thru, or at Target. And the east side of Madison is really low on coffee shops..
I have been to a couple of shops on the east [...]
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Stumbled across this site - http://www.cityofmadison.com/reportaproblem/Potholes.cfm
You can report potholes in Madison. First off, can I just report an entire road? All of 151/East Washington/University from the Interstate to Middleton. And then how about every road surrounding the East Towne Mall. Add into that just about every side street in town.
I swear the roads in [...]
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One big difference between Madison and Portland is that it is tough to find stuff in Madison, unlike Portland. Portland is a big enough city where it has its own Citysearch and Craigslist is used a lot more. Madison just fits into the “National” citysearch, and craigslist is pretty empty.
Portland as the Mercury and Willamette [...]
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Ok, you all knew it was coming. Since I did my “Portland Differences” series, you had to expect I would start a “Madison Differences” series. Well, here is #1.. Parking Meters..
So, in Portland, the parking meters are like high tech. You can put your debit/credit card in, pick some time, it prints a sticker, you [...]
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