Similarities

Both near bodies of water

Both have new ballparks

Lots of mid-week concerts of major acts, never a good weekend set

In a year, both cities might not have NFL teams

Drinking is an integral part of culture

Working hard in both towns consists of bartending four nights a week

Walkable, smallish Downtowns

The Northern suburbs for the most part, and for lack of a better word, suck.

Ballpark beer- you have to finance your beer at both stadiums

Major inferiority complexes- San Diego to Los Angeles and Milwaukee to Chicago

Large congregation of drunken idiots- Gaslamp aka Fratlamp is comparable to Milwaukee’s Water Street

Slow drawls: The lazy slow drawl of the San Diegan meet the lazy slow drawl of the Midwest

Drunken jackassery at Miller Park SO reminiscent of our old, beloved “Murph” aka Jack Murphy Stadium aka Qualcomm Stadium

Schools with an over-inflated sense of their place in the academic world: University of San Diego meet Marquette University. Both think they are Notre Dame or better.

Differences

You can afford living near a body of water in Milwaukee

Tailgate areas- nearly non-existent in San Diego, plentiful in Milwaukee

Nachos- the peppers on my stadium nachos had the spice of bell peppers

Better start times for football on the West Coast. Game here end too late.

Old racial slurs- All the Mexican jokes I heard as a kid, they’re here now. San Diego clearly has all the newer slurs.

Last names –Lots more last names that end is –sky or –ski; not as many ending in –ez

Music: Bon Jovi and Mellencamp is played 24/7; I miss New Wave music played on 91X and 94.9.

Travels: No easy jaunts to Las Vegas for the weekend.

Arizona: People from WI love AZ and move there, San Diegans despise ‘Zona and Zonies, especially with ever fiber of their being

Driving: Everywhere but in Milwaukee, the green traffic light is the cue to speed up.

Crime: Milwaukee’s is off the charts.

Carne asada: I’d kill for a - -erto’s Carne Asada burrito. The carne asada here tastes like it was marinated in dirty bath water.

Girls: As the old Sprung Monkey song goes, “San Diego girls that drive me crazy!”

Milwaukee has less stabbings during sporting events.

The GOD DAMNED WINTER!!!