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Brown Deer Rd is very difficult to get to during high traffic times (morning and afternoons and anytime there is a major event going on or if there is construction). I have had to go to Brown Deer Road several times since I have moved up here and every time I have gone up there it has seemed, well, blah. Between the Interstate and the Lowe's it doesn't really seem dirty it just seems boring and drab. There doesn't appear to be much to do and there are very few place to stop and grab a bite to eat.

Brown Deer is not a street I would travel to if I didn't have to. As a matter of fact, as soon as I found out that there was a Lowe's closer to my house, I stopped going up to Brown Deer.

When I first saw Coffee Rd, I had to drive down it just because of the name. What I found was a road that starts off very country like and winds up right in the thick of New Berlin. Coffee Road begins at County Y (Racine Ave) and ends at National in New Berlin. It is several miles long and for the first couple you are surrounded by farmland. Pay attention because you never know when a deer may cross your path. It winds up in some very family friendly looking neighborhoods and of course National has a ton of shopping and dining establishment available for whatever you are looking for.

This road is great. The speed limit on it is 45 MPH, it's kinda hilly and there are only a few stop signs on it from beginning to end. This street leaves my neighborhood and goes all the way to Hwy 164 (Big Bend Road), right past the Rock Expressway. It is a peaceful kind of drive. During the summer/fall you are surrounded by cornfields and farmhouses. There are a few neighborhoods down this way as well. It appears to be a very peaceful and serene place to live and it is definitely one of my favorite routes going south of the city.

There has not been one time that I have had the pleasure of driving down I-94 between the I-43 cutoff and Madison when there hasn't been horrible traffic. Between construction, baseball games, State Fair, the Milwaukee Mile, and weather, the traffic is always bad on I-94 east and west bound. There is probably another very good reason why traffic moves so slowly down through there. The rough roads. I realize that the winter plowing tears up the roads some, but this stretch of highway is ridiculous.

Be prepared for slow going if you are on I-94 between Milwaukee County and Waukesha County most anytime of day or night.

The entire town of Cedarburg is one of a kind. We went there this year to the Strawberry Festival and had a ton of fun. We decided to stick around and see as much of the town as possible. Everything is accessible by bicycle. The homes are well cared for and the yards seemed to be meticulously maintained. The people are extremely friendly all over, but we seemed to run into the nicest people on Washington Avenue (County T). My daughter had ran out of water and we were stopped and the lady that lived in the house we were in front of offered to fill up her water bottle. It was wonderful. The lady was a nice as could be and my daughter proceeded to tell her all about our bike ride. She was extremely patient with her and seemed to genuinely be interested in her stories.

Silvernail Road runs between Pewaukee and Waukesha. It is a very lightly traveled road that runs along side the Waukesha Airport. Although part of it is mainly industrial, the part between Grandview and Meadowbrook (County TT) had loads to do. There is shopping, health care, fast food, casual dining and the Gasthause (highly recommended!!!).

It is also a great I-94 bypass.

This is a great street to take from Waukesha, WI to I-894 without getting stuck in traffic on the other major roads. Paved well and wide enough to accommodate more traffic than it currently carries, this road also has a 45 mile an hour posted speed limit. It certainly beats most roads in the Milwaukee area that have a 25-35 MPH speed limit.
There happens to be a very large park on this road too. (Greenfield Park i think). I went to this park for my neighbor's daughter's birthday party and was absolutely amazed to see a park that big in the city. While I was there it felt as though I had left the city for the day. No traffic sounds, lots for trees, birds, kids playing. It was great.

Bluemound (or Hwy 18) is the main route from Waukesha, WI to Wauwatosa, WI and on into Milwaukee. This road is very heavily traveled, but when the Interstate is backed up, it will get you where you need to go. There are lots of places to dine and shop all along Bluemound. One of the largest places is Brookfield Square Mall at the corner of Bluemound and Mooreland.

This street is great to get you where you need to be or to find that store or restaurant you were looking for. Due to the traffic on this road, I wouldn't recommend living on it or right off of it.

I think this street has been under construction for about the past 8 months. First, you can't get down it from Hwy 164 because it is closed just before Racine. Then, it is torn up for the next 1/2 mile. You never know how long you are going to get stuck in traffic while the construction is going on and after driving down it a couple of times, you need an alignment!

Now to get it some credit, the homes on Broadway are very well kept older houses with lots of charm. It is apparent that the people who live here take pride in what they have and where they live. Broadway is also fairly accessible by bicycle and Buchner Park (with one of the city pools) is there are well.

My street is great. I was worried about moving across the country a year ago, site unseen, but I am so glad that I picked this neighborhood! It is close to both the Elementary school as well as the High School for this area. There are a ton of kids in the neighborhood, and they all seem to get along well with each other and even welcome newcomers to the neighborhood. We have Minooka Park and Heyer Park about a block away from the neighborhood and sidewalks throughout. Our neighbors are great. Our first winter here was a bad one and we didn't have much of a snowblower. It was great to see neighbors helping each other out so that we could all get out of the snow! I would recommend this neighborhood to anyone!