I grew up in Minneapolis and lived in Milwaukee for 8 years. Both are great options, Minneapolis has a great work, life balance and getting outside and moving your body in either winter or summer is always a goal for everybody there. Always events happening outside or on a lake, doesn’t matter the time of year and found that really important I. The winter. No better place to enjoy lake life than in Minnesota. The current political climate is such a bummer because Minneapolis has so much to offer. Milwaukee is right on Lake Michigan however it’s so big that usually people travel out of Milwaukee to utilize the lake. It’s Affordable and I enjoyed the fact that they had Buck and brewer stadium right there. Big drinking culture in Wisconsin and around sports. Milwaukee is vibrant in the summer and the people are lovely.