Driving Around Downtown Madison, WI in 4k Video
Filmed on Sunday, May 28, 2023, I drive around Downtown Madison, Wisconsin to see what's going on.
Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee.
Before Europeans, humans inhabited the area in and around Madison for about 12,000 years. The Ho-Chunk called the region Taychopera, meaning "land of the four lakes".
Madison's modern origins begin in 1829, when former federal judge James Duane Doty purchased over a thousand acres of swamp and forest land on the isthmus between Lakes Mendota and Monona, with the intention of building a city in the Four Lakes region. He purchased 1,261 acres for $1,500.
When the Wisconsin Territory was created in 1836 the territorial legislature convened in Belmont, Wisconsin. One of the legislature's tasks was to select a permanent location for the territory's capital. Doty lobbied aggressively for Madison as the new capital, offering buffalo robes to the freezing legislators and choice lots in Madison at discount prices to undecided voters.
Doty named his city Madison for James Madison, the fourth President of the U.S. who had died on June 28, 1836, and he named the streets for the other 38 signers of the U.S. Constitution.
Madison was incorporated as a village in 1846, with a population of 626. When Wisconsin became a state in 1848, Madison remained the capital, and the following year it became the site of the University of Wisconsin (now University of Wisconsin-Madison).
The original capitol was replaced in 1863 and the second capitol burned in 1904. The current capitol was built between 1906 and 1917.
As of the census of 2020, the population was 269,840.
The city was 71.0% White, 9.5% Asian, 7.4% Black or African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.8% from other races, and 7.8% from two or more races, and 8.7% Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The per capita income for the city was $39,595. About 6.0% of families and 16.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over. #driving #travel #drivingtour
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I've lived in Madison for 24 years, it's great, I love Madison! I love it, but to just dwell on the few bad things about it for a moment: • the homeless beggars can be aggressive • Most mid-priced restaurants are of low quality • Lots of marijuana, lots, it’s everywhere • traffic is bad bc the lakes bottle things up • Housing and rents are too expensive • Good luck trying to find a dine-in coffee shop open after 8 p.m.
Went to school in Madison in the 60's. BEST CITY EVER.
@BobKlax
4 ай бұрын
It’s not for the middle class anymore, it has completely changed.
@user-nz7db9hg4c
2 ай бұрын
Hi, can we have a chat about the place because i'm currently working on a novel which takes place in Madison and I have never been there. Your feedback will be immensely appreciated. Thanks!
Hello. Nice city, nice video. Thank you very much.
Nice City, thanks
thanks for this. watching because i get anxiety about driving & parking in big cities :D
@user-nz7db9hg4c
2 ай бұрын
Hi, can we have a chat about the place because i'm currently working on a novel which takes place in Madison and I have never been there. Your feedback will be immensely appreciated. Thanks!
❤ thank you for the awesome video 📸 been wanting to visit Madison for years🎉 haven't gotten to yet 😢 your video helped to get an idea of the landmark... thank you again ❤
@exploreusacities
Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
Thank you for the video. I have not had a chance to visit this city yet but it's still in my plan. Just reminding you to be careful when stopping at the red traffic light (2:56) because some intersections have a warning sign . People forget that sometimes 😂
@exploreusacities
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, I drove down a whole road I wasn't supposed to. I guess it's for busses only. Never seen that!
@mciramp688
10 ай бұрын
@@exploreusacities Yes, State St. For the longest time, State St was restricted for vehicular traffic, but there was a small period of time they opened it up to all cars (within the last 10 years). I was just in Madison a few weeks ago and saw it is back to busses, bikes, pedestrians and emergency vehicles. Rightfully so, there are so many people on State St. it's more of a mall than a street IMO. I can tell you drove through there early in the morning for that street to be as empty as it was.
Might consider moving here in the near future
@BobKlax
4 ай бұрын
It’s expensive, You have to make at least 6 figures to live comfortably here otherwise it’s best to live outside of Dane county.
Cute town. I worked for Hamilton Relay in the mid 2000s that took me to Madison. The biggest take away? Spotted Cow and New Glarus beer.
12:51 Favorite part of the city.
@exploreusacities
Жыл бұрын
It’s fabulous! Madison has it all
@user-nz7db9hg4c
2 ай бұрын
Hi, can we have a chat about the place because i'm currently working on a novel which takes place in Madison and I have never been there. Your feedback will be immensely appreciated. Thanks!
I really enjoyed this. Having left Madison over 50 years ago, I still could name the streets downtown but then got lost when in the residential area. The last half of the video was leaving town to the east down E. Washington Ave. If it's going that far from downtown, maybe it should have driven around the UW campus that borders downtown instead.
Nice video. I work in Madison and photograph the Capitol building regularly with my drone. My question about your video is: how did you get away with driving down State Street behind that bus? The only vehicles allowed on that street are buses, police, and - I believe - taxis.
@exploreusacities
11 ай бұрын
Hehe, yea, I had no clue where I was going, but I did see my blunder while editing the video. Not the worst I’ve done on camera! 😆
The only thing i miss about this city is the calmness and freeness. Missing alot of things to bring out its full potential
@Emmanuel-yo8rv
7 ай бұрын
Leaving New York soon to move here it looks calm.
I went to school at UW in the 70 s and moved to Austin , Texas in the late 80s where I still live. I found the 2 cities to be very similar. I believe the UW rowing team used to train in Austin at certain times of the year. Not sure if that’s still the case. Going to Madison for a few days in June. Really looking forward to see how much has changed both on campus and around the city
Thanks for the video. Lots of things changed - I went to school here from 94 to 98. Cheers from Jakarta, Indonesia
@user-nz7db9hg4c
2 ай бұрын
Hi, can we have a chat about the place because i'm currently working on a novel which takes place in Madison and I have never been there. Your feedback will be immensely appreciated. Thanks!
@lilsippy5721
21 күн бұрын
@@user-nz7db9hg4c hmu i live in madison
Great vid of a great area! I just wish it didn't cost so much to live there...
Beautiful city. Please don’t come mess it up.
Surprisingly dense for a city of its size, almost reminds me of a miniature San Fran
@grey59s
Жыл бұрын
It's bc we're an isthmus. The capitol square is only 6 blocks lake to lake. We gotta squeeze a lot in, and contractors legally can't build over a certain number of stories within so many feet/miles of the state capitol. Madison isn't as nice as it seems. There's a shooting almost every day. Be careful out here. Even downtown make sure you look over your shoulder. Most the time it's a beautiful, and nice/safe place, but it gets cracking out here too. Mostly refugees that come up here from Chicago Milwaukee thinking they can commit crimes here with impunity bc we're some untapped market or something.
@Chopakachi
10 ай бұрын
@@grey59syou don’t know wtf u talking about a lot of crime homicides and assault are done by local white men also smh racist mofo
@Am0ungNonMae
10 ай бұрын
@@grey59s do you just like to lie in your fun time?
@Kitkatty1313
8 ай бұрын
People used to call Madison the little San Francisco in the 90s. But that was more because Madison was known to be a liberal island in conservative rural Wisconsin, and San Francisco was the most liberal city people could think of. Fun fact: Madison WI was just listed as one of the least "sinful" cities in the US.
I was living in Madison love the schools and the city 🥰
I lived there for nearly 40 years until about 12 years ago. I thought this was pandemic footage ive never seen so little traffic or people before. Then I saw it was Sunday.
@user-nz7db9hg4c
2 ай бұрын
Hi, can we have a chat about the place because i'm currently working on a novel which takes place in Madison and I have never been there. Your feedback will be immensely appreciated. Thanks!
Looks like Pasadena or Glendale California. Egh.
Lol 9:04 you drove down a street that is only for buses and emergency vehicles (state st) 😬 good video and cool camera set up tho
@exploreusacities
4 ай бұрын
I should count as a bus
Big capitol building.
@exploreusacities
Жыл бұрын
It was grand, indeed. Next state capitol to be visited will be Missouri, which I learned only last week is Jefferson City. We shall see how their capitol stacks up.
@the4thempire
6 ай бұрын
Largest stat capital building in the US.
@jkong7023
3 ай бұрын
😆
Too bad this mksss the beautiful University of Wisconsin campus located on the other lake on the west side of the Capitol.
Looks nicer than I though it would...Madison had a bad reputation a few years back.
@exploreusacities
Жыл бұрын
The city itself is fabulous, it's undeniable
@CamelloDric
Жыл бұрын
Why
@jacquelineflores8393
Жыл бұрын
@@CamelloDric crime was high drug dealers etc...but it got cleaned up and looks very nice again
@RaeMae0613
9 ай бұрын
@@jacquelineflores8393 It's is worse than ever. Just went back for a visit yesterday and could wait to leave. Awful,crime and drug infested place. Sad.
@jacquelineflores8393
9 ай бұрын
@@RaeMae0613 really....that's awful to hear.. 🙁
they sell on the street, like asian countries.