We're a glass half full group of folks over here at OnMilwaukee.com. We love Milwaukee and we rarely have any trouble telling you why. Check out our multiple 100 things to do in Milwaukee lists for proof of that.
But we live and work and play here, too -- just like you -- and so it's only natural that we have our pet peeves about our beloved hometown.
We told you about the 100 things we're thankful for, 100 great Milwaukee dishes, 100 things to love about fall in Milwaukee and much more.
That being said, here are some of those gripes -- in no particular order -- and we know we don't have to tell you that you oughta comment on them and add your own using the Talkback feature at the bottom.
- Only three domes
- Winter weather
- Complaining about winter weather
- Too many Milwaukeeans affected by poverty
- Only second most relaxed city
- 9 p.m. booze buying cutoff time
- Sinkhole ate my SUV
- Housing market crash hampered Downtown housing boom
- Edison Street red light district replaced by condos and parking
- Seemingly arbitrary parking rules appear designed as back door route to revenue
- No Downtown movie theaters
- Smoking outside a bar in January
- We want our Downer Avenue popcorn wagon back!
- Bronze Fonz just stands there; not animatronic
- Milwaukee Packers games now a distant memory
- Decline of Grand Avenue mall
- O'Donnell Park catastrophe
- Lack of light rail
- One of the most segregated cities
- Little Park East development
- Aging Hoan Bridge
- Only 11 days of Summerfest
- Absence of World Series trophies
- Failure of the Pabst City entertainment district plan
- Slow to embrace new ideas
- No city-wide Oktoberfest
- One-way streets Downtown
- One company owns newspaper, two radio stations and one TV station
- Speed limit too low on Lake Parkway
- Too few indie bookshops
- No more winter equivalent of Summerfest
- Two hour drive to IKEA
- Water quality of local rivers
- Overcoverage of Packers, weather
- Potholes
- No Guinness at Irish Fest
- Freeway on-ramps that quickly become off-ramps
- Little county/city cooperation
- Inferiority complex to Chicago and other cities
- Bernie's chalet has no beer
- No political balance on talk radio
- Dustin Diamond among our biggest local celebrities
- Too many surface parking lots Downtown
- No Major League Soccer franchise
- Still not bike friendly enough
- Property taxes too high
- Too few record shops
- City magazines run by or aimed at aged suburbanites
- Limited recycling program
- No subway, though plenty of Subways (which don't suck)
- Not enough venues for local musicians
- No real dim sum experience in town
- Homer Simpson sign keeps getting taken down
- Lack of snow plowing in alleys
- No year-round trolley
- Daily paper's annoying ad drop on our porches
- Nasty smells in the Valley, Bay View and Walker's Point
- No longer world's brewhouse
- Too few vegan options
- Loss of small theater groups
- 100 percent less Pizza Man
- Still hooked on Oriental Drugs, but no way to get fix
- Too much water in our basements
- Sewage releases into the lake
- Budget cuts affecting Milwaukee County Parks
- Polaris has stopped spinning on a regular basis
- Can't hail a cab
- Prospect Mall is an eyesore
- No Chinatown and, therefore, no Chinese New Year parade
- Milwaukeeans overly thrifty
- Lack of multi-lingual signage for international tourists
- Can't shake old stereotypes of Milwaukee
- Seagull poop
- Zoo closes too early
- High drop-out rate among students
- Observation deck closed at US Bank building
- Only a few neighborhoods offer retail and dining amenities
- Too many failed city marketing slogans
- "Urban renewal" erased much of the old Third Ward; new development was slow to come
- Most old movie palaces razed or shuttered
- Have you seen the city flag?!
- Inability to navigate roundabouts
- Airport not especially international
- Too close to keep Cubs fans away, but also too close to get them to stay overnight and pump money into our economy
- Only one local band signed to Sub Pop
- Riverwest currency not legal tender in Halyard Park, Harambee
- Walker's Point rebranded by realtors as Fifth Ward
- 30 mph speed limit on Lincoln Memorial Drive
- Not enough Downtown gas stations
- Smell of dead alewives on the beach
- Replacing all-caps street signs is an expensive pain in the butt
- No Downtown stadium
- Limited library hours
- Local a.m. TV shows lack verve
- Too many uncontrolled intersections
- Great bands often sound bad at some local venues
- Still sad about the closing of the natatoriums
- Where's our Chinese mall, dammit?
- Too many creepy Dick Bacon clones at Bradford Beach
- Still devastated by Al Jarreau's decision to move away