<p>sw3, to be honest with you, Madison is not that great of a city. I went there this summer, and I wasn’t impressed. It’s a small, sleepy city. (Maybe I’m saying this because I’m biased against small cities. I only like big or medium-sized cities.)</p>
<p>Besides state street, there’s really not that much to do in Madison. If you want to actually have fun or go out, then you will have travel really far away from the UW campus. Transportation can be very expensive in Madison.</p>
<p>However, Madison is a safe city. The crime rates are really low, and you can pretty much walk around at night without the fear of something happening bad to you. People there are also very genial, and they are willing to help you out.</p>
<p>The one thing that I LOVE about UW-Madison is their libaries. The school has over 40 wonderful libraries that are full of information. The librarians, especially, are very helpful.</p>