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Location: Wisconsin | Debating with some friends. I say Hwy 8. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Wisconsin starts in Madison and the Northwoods begins when you cross the stress line (Hwy 8) |
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Location: The desert | I thought Madison belonged to Illinois? |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | highway 8 on 51, highway 70 on 53 |
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Location: Contrarian Island | when I see the T Bird country bridge! ; ) |
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| Pointerpride102 - 12/11/2012 2:27 PM
I thought Madison belonged to Illinois?
We don't want it!
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Location: The desert | esoxaddict - 12/11/2012 2:12 PM
Pointerpride102 - 12/11/2012 2:27 PM
I thought Madison belonged to Illinois?
We don't want it!
Crap. |
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| I had a geography professor who used population evidence to "prove" that Hwy 29 divided "civilization" to the south from "wilderness" up north.
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| with all the IL plates in the parking lot at Wingra and Twin Valley every weekend you'd think you were in IL! lol. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | BNelson - 12/11/2012 3:01 PM
when I see the T Bird country bridge! ; )
indeed
Hodags own the T-Birds in the GNC ...
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Location: Smith Creek | I voted 8, then realized Pelican is south of 8. Therefore, Worrall made a name for himself fishing "southern" Wisconsin.
Interesting.
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| Statistics - 12/11/2012 3:38 PM
I had a geography professor who used population evidence to "prove" that Hwy 29 divided "civilization" to the south from "wilderness" up north.
I'd agree with you if not for the fact that "civilization" is a lot less civilized than the wilderness. One of my friends asked me a while back "Why on Earth would you want to move way up THERE with all the bears, and bobcats, and coyotes??"
I said "Its safer up there with the bears than with the animals down here who call themselves human. And if bear threatens me out on the woods, I can shoot it and go on about my day."
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Location: Not Where I Want To Be | My stress level seems to get cut in in half when i hang a right on hwy 8 in Monico. |
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Location: Elgin, IL | BNelson - 12/11/2012 3:01 PM
when I see the T Bird country bridge! ; )
Agreed, also. Where it starts for me.
And Madison is another planet. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Bears aren't that tough ... and when pressured the lead one usually quits. |
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| jonnysled - 12/11/2012 4:47 PM
Bears aren't that tough ... and when pressured the lead one usually quits.
Nice. lol |
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Location: oswego, il | The muskie season says hwy 10. It can be what ever you want it to be. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Hwy#2 ,.... Up Nort! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 64. That's the line between MOST of the agriculture except for potatoes, and the timber. |
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Location: Minnesota | looked at a map looks to me any place north of hwy 2 |
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Location: Wisconsin | 64 is good, but on the western part of the state, 64 is right in line with the Twin Cities and runs through a bunch of farm country. On 51, most don't even notice passing 64 in Merrill. I'd say Hwy 8 because on 51 it drops to 2 lanes, and on the western part of the state many consider driving "up" to St Croix Falls and over on 8 to turtle lake as getting up north. Well, I have had some people in Kenosha tell me that Slinger was getting up north. It was a fun conversation with a couple of people from different parts of the state. |
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| Wisconsin up north begins at wrigley field!
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Highway 70 gets my vote. |
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| It starts when the first person passes you on 51 and you call them vulgar names for going so fast, which is also about the same time when you can only find country, the Bible channel, and Brewers/Packers on the radio.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | http://www.uwec.edu/webprojects/geog367/northwoods/meet_the_team.ht... |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI |
The northwoods region as defined by presence of pasty shops ? Really ?
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Location: WI | My uncle says "don't trust anyone south of 29", so I'll go with that since he's been alive longer than I have. |
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| The St. Croix River. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | If it's 8, I live up North. By 150 feet.
If it's 70, we have a place a whole half mile in the Northwoods.
Far as economics go, it's pretty much always been 64. Snowmobiling has traditionally been Hwy 29. Lately it's been Hwy 70.
Ice out, pretty much 64 again.
Far as good old honest WI rednecks, 64 does it pretty well. I know this because I lived in Elcho for 9 years.
Lakes, hwy 64 again.
True definition? Go to Google Earth and look for the timber line. |
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | In my section of the world (Langlade Cty.) up north is easily seen every day I drive home from work. Hwy V intersection on Hwy 45 is the mark. That is the end of the ag land and the start of timber. There is even a hill you climb after the intersection proving that you are heading "up north"
This intersection is about 5 miles north of 64 and 20ish miles south of Hwy 8.
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