I would think Brewers fans are saying the same thing about Dempster. They're too busy mozzerella sticking their way to an early grave. Strangely enough, outside of Milwaukee and Green Bay, I have found the people of the state of Wisconsin to be in exceptionally good shape in spite of all the beer drinking and cheese eating. They're just outside doing stuff a lot. This still surprises me even after going to college in Wisconsin for 4 years. I agree for the most part, but off the beaten path it's a very different story I went to UW Oshkosh, and before that a small liberal arts college outside of Sheboygan, and while for the most part, the college people were in pretty decent shape, your average townie looked like they could drop dead at any moment. Wisconsin ranks much better than Illinois for overall life expectancy. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/sep2006/db20060913_099763.htm That's what happens when you carry a humongous city who has a visible percentage of its residents at or below the poverty line and whose population dominates the state proportionally.