OT:Question for Bucks fans in Milwaukee

[TheBigBoss]

How far is Milwaukee from Madison? Also if you are flying in from out of town to go to Madison, what airport do you recommend flying into? Thanks for the tips in advance.

[MickeyDavis]

It's roughly 90 minutes from downtown Milwaukee to Madison. But it's a straight non stop shot on an Interstate.

Depending where you are coming from you probably can't get a direct flight to Madison. You would have to fly through Milwaukee anyway.

[MajorDad]

depending on where you are coming from, sometimes it's faster to fly into Chicago Ohare and rent a car and drive to madison via I 90. it's about a 2 hour drive from Chicago to madison. however, as most flights to milwaukee go through Chicago, you may save some time that you might have to spend waiting for your connecting flight to Milwaukee.

Think about it - it's 90 minutes from the Milwaukee airport to madison, but only 2 hours from Chicago to madison. my guess is the connection flight from Chicago to Milwaukee is more than 30 minutes. another plus is that there are a lot more flight choices/times if you chose to fly into O'hare. Don't make the mistake of flying Southwest into Chicago midway, because it will take you 2 hours just to get around Chicago.

[LUKE23]

depending on where you are coming from, sometimes it's faster to fly into Chicago Ohare and rent a car and drive to madison via I 90. it's about a 2 hour drive from Chicago to madison. however, as most flights to milwaukee go through Chicago, you may save some time that you might have to spend waiting for your connecting flight to Milwaukee.

Think about it - it's 90 minutes from the Milwaukee airport to madison, but only 2 hours from Chicago to madison. my guess is the connection flight from Chicago to Milwaukee is more than 30 minutes. another plus is that there are a lot more flight choices/times if you chose to fly into O'hare. Don't make the mistake of flying Southwest into Chicago midway, because it will take you 2 hours just to get around Chicago.

That's faster than flying to Milwaukee and then driving to Madison? Haha.

Cheaper yes. Much more of a pain in the ass with dealing with O'Hare, tolls, etc, YES.

I hate Chicago. HATE.

[Chuck Diesel]

How can you hate the city of Chicago? Yeah a lot of people from Illinois suck, but as far as cities in the U.S I don

[Chuck Diesel]

How can you hate the city of Chicago? Yeah a lot of people from Illinois suck, but as far as cities in the U.S I don

[LUKE23]

How can you hate the city of Chicago? Yeah a lot of people from Illinois suck, but as far as cities in the U.S I don

[Chuck Diesel]

Haha top 50? Wow. I

[LUKE23]

Haha top 50? Wow. I

[Chuck Diesel]

Just making conversation slappy, didn

[unklchuk]

So you fly into Milwaukee, rent a car, catch a Bucks game, maybe a Marquette game, sleep someplace, and drive to Madison.

Around here at least (Appleton, 100 miles north) Enterprise rents cars at $65 for the weekend (bring it back with a full tank).

[WEFFPIM]

Just making conversation slappy, didn

[LUKE23]

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Any sort of mention of Chicago or the state of Illinois sends Luke into a blind rage

Nah. Driving into the city will do it to me though. Wait in traffic to pay to drive on garbage roads with horrible drivers.

Only time I will head to Chicago is if it's significantly cheaper to fly out of O'Hare than out of Milwaukee or Madison. I've been there nine or ten times for leisure, I figure that's enough.

[WEFFPIM]

Chicago's a bitch to drive to and in, that's for sure. But in terms of driver quality, Illinois>>Wisconsin. I've lived in both, and driven in both. It ain't close.

[MickeyDavis]

Chicago's a bitch to drive to and in, that's for sure. But in terms of driver quality, Illinois>>Wisconsin. I've lived in both, and driven in both. It ain't close.

Say hello to the Easter Bunny for me.

[jerrod]

i'm ok with chicago, i was there on saturday


but by far the best thing to me is the skyline, i'm a sucker for stuff like that and it's beautiful. (but it's no madison from john nolen dr., i love that view)

i'm sure traffic at rush hour is insane but driving in at around 6pm on a saturday to the united center was easy, and then we got back out to my friends place in the suburbs in like 25 minutes.

[WEFFPIM]

Say hello to the Easter Bunny for me.

I did. He says stop driving 5 miles under the speed limit in the left lane

[midranger]

Chicago/Illinois is a bitch to drive in. Awful drivers.

Take the train from Kenosha to Chicago and relax. No parking fees, no tolls, no watching 35 cars trying to merge at the last possible second like a bunch of ****, no stress.

Once you are in Chicago and on foot, it's a great city. I'm not sure how anyone can argue that. I prefer it to NY City probably 9 times out of 10.

[BrewCityBBQ]

Im pretty sure Illinois drivers are some of the worst in the country, almost at the level of L.A. drivers.

[wichmae]

I lived in the CHI for a couple years and my wife is from there so I suppose I could chime in on this one. The traffic has gotten much better after the widening projects have started to finally be completed. The drivers aren't as bad as your all making them out to be either. I honestly cant stand driving in WIS more than CHI. YOu just have to put it into context. In CHI the left lane is not for speed limit drivers or barely over the limit drivers. Once you understand that concept every things gravy. Some of you must have never drove in Seattle, Boston, Pittsburgh, LA, or NYC. Those are all significantly worse IMO than CHI.
I will agree with Luke to some point about the Chicago sports fans but it is what it is. You go up to GB and not love the Pack its blasphemous same way with the Cubs and Chicago. Its one of the only sports teams in prosports that can rival the history of GB and Lambeau's mystique. This all being said while I am a huge anti-cubs guy. Everything needs to be taken into context....
That drive from O'hare to MIL is not as bad as you make it out to be. Its actually gotten much much better. Oh and word of advice to those who didnt know. If you want to avoid the tolls. Take 41 and you'll miss them....