Travel / Which city is better to visit: Warsaw or Krakow? [169]

Dec 29, 09, 19:10 - Thread attached on merging:
Warsaw -vs- Krakow

Which city is better to live in? If you prefer a big city scene. I hear Warsaw is like a gray dirty version of Chicago and I hear Krakow is beautiful and very well preserved and Warsaw is more modern. Is one city more foggy? I hear Krakow is the better of the two cites but I prefer big cities and transportation is important to me as well. From what I have heard that Krakow is better to visit and live. I have seen a lot of pictures of the two and Warsaw looks great but I hear so many negatives from people that traveled their. I live in Milwaukee, USA and looking to travel if not move to Poland in the next couple of years. Any info on the two cities would be great! I enjoy a good nightlife scene and vibrant city.

USA, Canada / American Polonia. Wisconsin - the most Polish state? [112]

Okay! I have to jump in this dog fight. As for not being any true poles in Milwaukee that is just crazy. Many times I see cars in Milwaukee with polish flags hanging from their mirrors. There are 10+ polish deli's, only 6 polish bars but many other bars in Milw serve polish beer. There is a polonia milwaukee page on Facebook with 1600+ members from Milw and Poland. There is a ton of polish churches polishchurchesofmilwaukee.com. I have been shopping and on public transportation many of times and heard polish being spoken. Most poles in Milwaukee moved south of Lincoln ave. There is polanki.org Milwaukee's polish women organization. the polishcenterofwisconsin.org and the syrenadancers.com who hold dances and other polish celebrations in Milwaukee. There is way too much too list here.

There is another forum that discusses this as well: city-data.com/forum/milwaukee/206681-polish-neighborhoods-2.html

I have met several poles from Poland in Milwaukee and most people I run into know how to pronounce Majewski. You see polish flags hanging from homes on Milw's south side.

True we only have two polish restaurants but we have other restaurants owned by poles from Poland. Milwaukee is no Chicago in terms of how polish it is but it's not like Milwaukee's polish community is dead or near death. 60,000+ call themselves polish in Milwaukee. We have a lot of parks and schools named after famous poles in Milw.

There is also syrenkachildrenspolishdancers.org/Syrenka/Home.html and adees.com which sells polish stuff in Milwaukee. We also have the Krakow dancers of Milwaukee and /Illuminating-Particular-Photographs-Milwaukees-Polish. I can buy polish newspapers an DVD's and music in Milwaukee. Let's not look past the poles that have moved to Milwaukee in recent years.

So let's not act like Milwaukee only has 3 real polish people left.