> Having lived in the rural hamlets of Tripoli and Prentice, I didn't > find them all that god-forsaken. <g> But, yes, Wisconsin is the land of > cow farts, beer, and cheese. > > I don't know if Wisconsin stills leads the nation in love handles run > amok, but it was the nation's leader for quite awhile.
Well, Houston was revealed to be "The Fattest City in America" in a recent study. Let's just say that if you were to look around Wisconsin and then consider that fact, it would really make you tremble with fear and wonder at the thought of the denizens of Houston. --Mike P.S. Rural Wisconsin hamlets aren't actually god-forsaken. Actually, they can be quite charming, friendly, and picturesque. I've visited some declining coal towns in Colorado, certain impoverished "pocket industry" towns in Illinois, and a few rural blights in Virginia, though, that truly deserve the term. There are a number of "Swiss" towns in one area of southwestern Wisconsin that are almost enchanted, in a weird, hybrid, eccentric kinda way. And the girls there are sooooo pretty!
