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Viroqua Wisconsin
Reviewer: Jason McKee | See all reviews by Jason McKee
Section: Hippie Havens | Category: Place | Area: Wisconsin
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Viroqua is 30 minutes SE of La Crosse, approximately 3.5 hours from Milwaukee and the Twin Cities, 4 hours from NW Chicagoland; just 20 minutes to the Mississippi River.
Three Chimney's Rock Formation is just outside of Viroqua. It highlights the anchient seafloor mountain range that makes up the topography of the area.
As a fascinating aside, the entire Valley was slated to be flooded as part of a huge Army Corps of Engineers damn project. For several reasons the project was halted in 1973... now, we can enjoy the land and its spirit everyday, just as it has been for thousands of years. A large part of the Valley is permanently protected in the 8,500 acre Kickapoo Valley Reserve.
There's much to do in Viroqua, many hidden shops and hippie hang outs but the most impressive feature of Viroqua is the alternative high school.
The old, rich soil has supported decades of farming, and has been particularly suited to organic farming. The surrounding area has become one of the most successful organic farming regions in the entire world! In fact Organic Valley / CROPP organic farming coop, located 20 minutes from Viroqua, has grown into a multi-million dollar international company!
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Viroqua has been at the center of a 12,000 yuear-old history of humans in North America... the land where if lies has seen a 100- million-year-plus history of sea, land and life... now as Viroqua's newcomers bring ideas that add to the rich tradition of the original settlers, Viroqua is a town in evolution, in real-time!.... an evolution you not only can experince, but, indeed, contribute to. Come evolve...
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Visitor Comments about Viroqua Wisconsin
Posted by cajun123 on 2008-03-08 18:41:50
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Comment: This is a message for "Angryresident" who posted a comment about how, among a few things, that he disliked that hippies lived in Viroqua, and that he thought that the Waldorf kids don''t know how to spell, punctuate, capitalize, and so on. You are entitled to your opinion, but for you to put those kids down for their lack of knowledge on sentence structure, spelling, punctuation etc. is downright hilarious considering your own obvious lack of knowledge in this area.
If I were to grade the little paragraph you wrote, you would do very poorly, and there would have been SO many red marks on the paper, you wouldn''t be able to see down to the original print.
I am not saying that I am perfect at writing, far from it, but NEXT time you put someone down for being a moron, make sure you check your own work to make sure YOU don''t look and sound like a moron, as you visciously spew your angry comments!
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Posted by Jason McKee on 2008-03-05 00:24:59
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Comment: I have found that Viroqua has been very friendly to me as an outsider and it is strange to find such accepting alternative hippy type people in this very unique community. I did not experiance any negative elitist hippies when i was there but i''m sure if they met that last poster theyed be rather scared and standoffish as well with good reason.
Viroqua has good quality sepping from it''s very streets and country side, yes they are plagued with flood in the lowlands and Viroqua sits on top of the ridges. I guess I don''t know that private school too well but I''ve been inside it and reserched what the waldorf education system is all about and I kknow that it is a tuition based school.
many people are on badger care because of low income but they still work and Viroqua is a working community. These hippies are all very active working adults with a broad interest in there community. You last poster, why hate? as an organic farmer i feel that anything growing is good, your input is necessary but your strategy is just going to spread anger discontent along the forums. peace to all!
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Posted by Angryresident on 2008-02-26 15:29:18
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Comment: Hi,
First of all, don''t assume that we all don''t want hippies here. We don''t have a problem with you until you start pushing your ideals upon us. Isn''t the true philosphy of hippy to get along with everyone, not create chaos? You drive down our property values by not upkeeping your homes, allowing noxious weeds to grow in our community and now want to raise disease-carrying poultry and livestock...shouldn''t you be in the country? NO, that''s right...you can''t AFFORD to purchase a home in the country. In fact, you can''t afford health insurance for your children, so we pay for that, too! (Badgercare!) Viroqua hippies are elitists that want things their way and that''s it! And, as far as the alternatiave high school....thePUBLIC school system pays for it...it''s a satellite school sponsored by the public school system. And, having subbed in the room before I can tell you that teh QUALITY of work (other than artwork) that comes from your Waldorf-education system STINKS!!! Your kids don''t know how to spell, let alone capitalize or punctuate. GO AWAY HIPPIES!!!! DON''T BE FOOLED....YOU ARE NOT WANTED HERE. IT''S JUST THIS SMALL ELITE GROUP WANTING TO USE YOU TO GET WHAT THEY WANT FROM VIROQUA!!
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Posted by desertmama on 2008-02-20 03:34:58
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Comment: Viroqua is great in many ways, colder than cold in winter. Several educational options, but the high school mentioned is not so great, had great ideals when formed but now taken over by right wing demagods who put their own cultish ideals ahead of doing good for the kids. They think they are so cool they don''t have a clue how to treat people like decent human beings, are exclusionary and all about "themselves" - NOT a school for open minded people and their kids. A great charter school though and lots of homeschooling options. It is like paradise in the spring, summer and fall but stick to the highlands and the hills cuz the valleys flood - big time. The soil is so fertile, it is awesome for growing just about anything. Strong Amish community that is cool and into sustainability. Interesting things to do, lots of culture for a small town, but a strong midwestern stodginess pervades in the air and the hippie crowd can be a little too elitist and not open so much to newcomers. Driftless Cafe is awesome, great organic co-op and a few organic restaurants. Great farmers market!
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