Eau Claire not only Wis. city harping about brain drain

Mike Paulus |

Not a huge surprise, but – much like the Chippewa Valley – the rest of Wisconsin is worried about brain drain (aka human capital flight). And Milwaukee is worried most. From JSOnline ...

  • A majority of Wisconsinites believe the state's best and brightest are leaving Wisconsin to work elsewhere, according to polling results released Sunday that reflected a level of pessimism on several levels.
  • Milwaukeeans in the polling had a more negative outlook than the rest of the state: 68% of Milwaukeeans said the best and brightest leave Wisconsin to work, while 62% of Wisconsin residents agreed with the statement.
  • The same percentage of Milwaukeeans and statewide residents - 58% - said Wisconsin is on the wrong track.
  • "We clearly have a high quality of life overall, but it's opportunity, opportunity, opportunity," said Ken Goldstein, the University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor who directed the polling of more than 3,300 Wisconsin adults this summer.

Read the rest of the article for more poll results. The polling was conducted by Refocus Wisconsin.