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Milwaukee isn't generally known as a massive sports town, but it does host the [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball MLB's Milwaukee Brewers]][[note]]A historically middling team who have become very strong competitors since the 2010's[[/note]] and the 2021 season NBA Champion [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Milwaukee Bucks]][[note]]where Creator/KareemAbdulJabbar began his NBA career, and today the team of UsefulNotes/GiannisAntetokounmpo[[/note]], and the local private Catholic school Marquette University is a college basketball power. Milwaukeeans' greatest sport loyalty, however, is generally regarded to be to a team that doesn't even play in their city. The [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Green Bay Packers]] play 100 miles north of the city, but they played some of their home games at the old County Stadium in Milwaukee every year until the mid-'90s. Because so many "cheeseheads" call Milwaukee home, the city remains treated as part of the team's "local market" by the NFL; it is subject to the same blackout rules as Green Bay proper, and most of the reporting on the team is done by Milwaukee papers.

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Milwaukee isn't generally known as a massive sports town, but it does host the [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball MLB's Milwaukee Brewers]][[note]]A historically middling team who have become very strong competitors since the 2010's[[/note]] and the 2021 season NBA Champion [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Milwaukee Bucks]][[note]]where Creator/KareemAbdulJabbar began his NBA career, and today the team of UsefulNotes/GiannisAntetokounmpo[[/note]], and the local private Catholic school Marquette University is a college basketball power. Milwaukeeans' greatest sport loyalty, however, is generally regarded to be to a team that doesn't even play in their city. The [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Green Bay Packers]] play 100 miles north of the city, but they played some of their home games at the old County Stadium in Milwaukee every year until the mid-'90s. Because so many "cheeseheads" call Milwaukee home, the city remains treated as part of the team's "local market" by the NFL; it is subject to the same blackout rules as Green Bay proper, a separate "gold package" ticketing system continues to give former Milwaukee ticketholders two games a year in Green Bay, and most of the reporting on the team is done by Milwaukee papers.
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It is also home to what was the Northridge Mall, which remains relatively intact since its 2003 closure, and is a common sight in the online Dead Mall community, with the only reason it hasn't been torn down is a distant Chinese company now owns it and has paid enough money for the city not to declare it theirs under eminent domain, claiming they'll eventually re-develop it as a regional Asian shopping destination (which considering the major Asian communities in the area are Hmong and Indian, not Chinese, nobody in the area believes will ever succeed or even get off their poorly-rendered blueprints).

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It is also home to what was the Northridge Mall, which remains relatively intact since its 2003 closure, and is a common sight in the online Dead Mall community, with community. Until 2023, the only reason it hasn't hadn't been torn down is was that a distant Chinese company now owns it purchased the property and has paid enough money for used the city not bankruptcy and court system to declare its advantage to avoid having it theirs under taken by eminent domain, claiming they'll eventually domain. The plan was re-develop it as a regional Asian shopping destination (which considering specific to the major Asian communities area's...very small Chinese community; Milwaukee and other smaller cities in the area region are more known for their Hmong and Indian, not Chinese, nobody in Indian-American population. No progress was made, and the area believes will ever succeed or even get off their poorly-rendered blueprints).
city finally claimed the property in January 2024, and is currently beginning progress on demolition after receiving state money to knock it down.
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* ''Series/LaverneAndShirley''** ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' (Season 1 to 5, the show then moved to Burbank, UsefulNotes/{{California}})

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