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Commuter Rail Proposals For Wisconsin. Did someone say RDC's?
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by zardoz</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Poppa_Zit</i> <br /><br />All of this just proves my point that Milwaukee is about to become another Chicago suburb, just like Kenosha and Racine. [(-D] [(-D] [(-D] [(-D] [(-D] [(-D] [(-D] <br />[/quote] <br />Because of the large number of people moving to Kenosha from Illinois recently, it is beginning to feel like a suburb of Chicago (and this is NOT a good thing). Racine is still mostly influenced by Milwaukee, although I suppose that will change someday as well. A market research firm reported a few years ago that there are over 10,000,000 people within 75 miles of Kenosha. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Much of Kenosha & Walworth counties have historically been more closely tied to Chicago than Milwaukee. The Geneva Lakes area in particular is where the upper & upper middle class from Chicago built their summer homes and both the CNW and Milwaukee ran service from Chicago to many parts of the area. In the days before cars, the really well-off would have their servants pick them up in steam powered boats. I forget the old name of the lake, but just east of that area was a resort area for middle class blacks. I'm less familiar with Milwaukee history and development, but I believe Milwaukee residents summered to the north and west of the city in places like Green Lake, Elkhart Lake. <br /> <br />The central and western part of Kenosha county is booming as well, but many of these people work in Chicago's north and northwest suburbs, some commuting as far south as Schamburg. Extending Metra service on the other old C&NW and Milwaukee lines might serve these people better than trying to funnel everyone down the Kenosha line to downtown Chicago, altough I'm sure there's a need for that too.
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