Milwaukee Named Top 10 Place to visit in 2016

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I saw this article this morning.
Milwaukee Named Top 10 Place to visit in 2016 by Lonely Planet.
Glad it fits my 25 year reunion.

See here:
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/best-in-us

Then here:
Milwaukee: brewing up a buzz
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/wisconsin/milwaukee/travel-tips-and-articles/milwaukee-brewing-up-a-buzz

[keefe]

Milwaukee is a neat town but Lonely Planet is one of the least reliable sources of travel insight. Nice photos but Milwaukee has a 12-month year and those pics were snapped inside a two-month window.

[BrewCity83]

So visit here in summer.  There are few travel destinations that don't have good seasons and bad ones to visit.  Summer is awesome here.

[Golden Avalanche]

So visit here in summer.  There are few travel destinations that don't have good seasons and bad ones to visit.  Summer is awesome here.

Agree. Rarely do you hear someone say I'd love to take a holiday to Miami in July.

[keefe]

There are few travel destinations that don't have good seasons and bad ones to visit. 

Phuket? Lombok?

[Chicos' Buzz Scandal Countdown]

Phuket? Lombok?

Few = nonzero

[keefe]

Few = nonzero

I just find the whole notion of going to Milwaukee for a vacation is numbingly uninspired. It is a very nice city but it isn't worth going to see as a destination. (I would say the same of Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, etc...)

There is a huge world of adventure out there; very few cities are on that list.

[Skatastrophy]

There is a huge world of adventure out there; very few cities are on that list.

Then you should spend less of your short time on this earth working so that you have the time to tackle a longer list

[keefe]

Then you should spend less of your short time on this earth working so that you have the time to tackle a longer list

One increasing trend I see in the PNW is that younger people are much less inclined to live to work and choose to work to live. People will work for a few years then take a sabbatical lasting a year or more to live out some adventure.

Our generation broke the social contract between employer and staff so millennials have grown up with a more realistic expectation of career loyalty. In many ways it is far healthier for the soul. 

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

One increasing trend I see in the PNW is that younger people are much less inclined to live to work and choose to work to live. People will work for a few years then take a sabbatical lasting a year or more to live out some adventure.

Our generation broke the social contract between employer and staff so millennials have grown up with a more realistic expectation of career loyalty. In many ways it is far healthier for the soul.

Your not wrong. I graduated last year worked for the past year or so but on a whim am now applying to grad schools in London. Hopefully will be living across the pond for 2 years come August.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Our generation broke the social contract between employer and staff so millennials have grown up with a more realistic expectation of career loyalty. In many ways it is far healthier for the soul.

This is a real perceptive point and does not get discussed enough in society & business when people lament the 'challenge of the millennial in the workplace'. 

[StillAWarrior]

I just find the whole notion of going to Milwaukee for a vacation is numbingly uninspired. It is a very nice city but it isn't worth going to see as a destination. (I would say the same of Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, etc...)

There is a huge world of adventure out there; very few cities are on that list.

On this front, I have to distinguish between a "visit" and a vacation.  If by visit, one means a weekend, then there are lots of places -- including Milwaukee -- that I'd like to visit.  If we're talking about a vacation of a week or more, then...yeah, Milwaukee isn't going to make my cut.  Unfortunately, my finances aren't in a place where we can jet off for a weekend "visit" so those need to be within a couple of hours.

A perfect example of this for me was Pittsburgh.  My brother moved their a couple of years ago.  Although it's nearby and I'd been there a few times, I had never really seen it.  Last summer my daughters and I went and visited for a weekend and saw the city as tourists.  It was a great weekend.  I think most significant cities in the US have enough to offer for a nice weekend visit.  I think the number drops off precipitously if we're talking about a vacation.

[PBRme]

Others on the list

Fargo
Flint
Muskegon
Oakland

[keefe]

On this front, I have to distinguish between a "visit" and a vacation.  If by visit, one means a weekend, then there are lots of places -- including Milwaukee -- that I'd like to visit.  If we're talking about a vacation of a week or more, then...yeah, Milwaukee isn't going to make my cut.  Unfortunately, my finances aren't in a place where we can jet off for a weekend "visit" so those need to be within a couple of hours.

A perfect example of this for me was Pittsburgh.  My brother moved their a couple of years ago.  Although it's nearby and I'd been there a few times, I had never really seen it.  Last summer my daughters and I went and visited for a weekend and saw the city as tourists.  It was a great weekend.  I think most significant cities in the US have enough to offer for a nice weekend visit.  I think the number drops off precipitously if we're talking about a vacation.

Well said. Like Pittsburgh was for you Milwaukee was a place I have visited multiple times over the years because of family. And Milwaukee and Wisconsin has a lot going for it. (We actually bought a vacation home in northern WI but that was entirely my wife's doing. I was in my office in Jakarta when she called from Minneapolis to say that she was Fed Exing documents for me to sign...)

But one of my most dreaded rituals was having dinner at the home of one of my wife's brothers. I remember how she would inform me that we were going there for dinner followed by a glare which said, "Don't even..."

[JWags85]

Others on the list

Fargo
Flint
Muskegon
Oakland

Idk, as long as Steph Curry and crew are doing their thing, id say Oakland is worth a visit. Oracle gets rocking

[MU82]

On this front, I have to distinguish between a "visit" and a vacation.  If by visit, one means a weekend, then there are lots of places -- including Milwaukee -- that I'd like to visit.  If we're talking about a vacation of a week or more, then...yeah, Milwaukee isn't going to make my cut.  Unfortunately, my finances aren't in a place where we can jet off for a weekend "visit" so those need to be within a couple of hours.

A perfect example of this for me was Pittsburgh.  My brother moved their a couple of years ago.  Although it's nearby and I'd been there a few times, I had never really seen it.  Last summer my daughters and I went and visited for a weekend and saw the city as tourists.  It was a great weekend.  I think most significant cities in the US have enough to offer for a nice weekend visit.  I think the number drops off precipitously if we're talking about a vacation.

Pittsburgh is very underrated.

The first time I went there on an extended work assignment, I was very surprised at how pretty it was.

They have done an amazing job rejuvenating downtown. The bridges are beautiful. I think the Pirates play in my favorite ballpark in all of the majors, and I've seen most; it offers great views of the city.

Went on to discover many interesting things to see, and some good eats, too.

[77ncaachamps]

Idk, as long as Steph Curry and crew are doing their thing, id say Oakland is worth a visit. Oracle gets rocking

Oakland and surrounding cities (Berkeley, Emeryville) have outstanding restaurants and cultural spots.

Re: GSW, better go soon because they're moving to SF in a few years.

[Herman Cain]

Others on the list

Fargo
Flint
Muskegon
Oakland

Fargo is a pretty good place. Lots of people want to retire there in fact.

[JWags85]

Fargo is a pretty good place. Lots of people want to retire there in fact.

Seriously?  Who?  People from Grand Forks and parts of Saskatchewan?