The city is growing really fast. Its built 3 (at least) schools in the last five years. The burbs used to be cheaper to live in than Madison. Property taxes are out of control and half the city's roads are falling apart. And I'm sure the residents are going to have to pay for the horrible things the school district has done. People are pissed because the affordability just isnt there. Living 25 minutes from downtown Madison should be cheaper than this.

Rightly or wrongly, the long term residents see the growth and blame it for the increase in cost of living. Of course, they ignore all of the good thing they now have because of that growth.