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anenclaveoficonoclasm,Madisondidnotevenexistwhenitwaspickedasthecapitalsite,
and not one white person then lived here.
HereoctogenarianProgressivesminglewithaginghippiesandlegionsofuniversitypro-
fessors, and corporate and Capitol yuppies don't seem out of place. The student-body om-
nipresence is a given—everyone in Madison is considered a de facto student anyway. It re-
mains the “Madtown,” an agreeable, engaging, oddball mix. (Meanwhile, much of the rest
of the state's stereotype of Madison is of a time-warp bunch of radicals gone touchy-feely
who think they live at the center of the universe.)
