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Absolutely--MKE is my first-choice relocation spot for a host of reasons.

Medium-sized city in B10 country; on Lake Michigan; excellent property value and schools in the "first ring suburbs"; four seasons; and close enough to visit relatives via car but not so close they can just drop by whenever they like.

That's what I want to hear, and it sounds like we have nearly identical criteria for what makes a place livable.

My family still lives there...mom, dad and a little sister. My buddies still hang out at the local diner; they're very close to the owners. When I was living there, we were friends with a renegade who had a heart of gold. Kind of a rough exterior but deep down he cared for his friends. Kind of a weird dude - always wore blue jeans and a leather jacket. He was the Evil Knievel of Milwaukee and once almost got eaten by a bunch of sharks while waterskiing. My older brother got kidnapped out of nowhere. One day he was there and by the next seas- ...day he was gone. Miss ya, Chuck.

Milwaukee gets like 5 inches less snow than Lansing.

I had an old friend who lived in Milwaukee, but he became something of a drifter. He grew into an alcoholic and got interested in cannibalism. Apparently they found body parts in his refrigerator and a corpse in a huge vat of acid. The crimes were so brutal the city even tore down his apartment building on 25th street. A few years later he was bludgeoned to death in jail.

Lansing: Average High = 58, Average Low = 39
Milwaukee: Average High = 56, Average Low = 40

Wrong side of the lake, in Bucky Badger country. Try Grand Rapids for a larger city that has what you are looking for. Beer City USA. MSU is only 1 hour away. great arts scene and so close to E. Lansing for sports, 3.5 hrs. to Chicago. Great sandy beaches you don't find on the Wisconsin side of the lake are 1/2 hr. away and tall, good looking, blonde Dutch girls. What more is there? No, really?

I'm a a fan of Milwaukee, but above are some of the drawbacks. And one you didn't mention is that GR is on the western edge of the Eastern time zone, which means it stays light until 10 pm in the summer.

They drink beer out of glass boots and eat fried cheese curds. I'm bullish on Millwaukee.

Really? Bland Rapids has a great arts scene? If being cheap and boring is an art form then yes the scene is vibrant.