Driving Around Downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin in 4k Video

Filmed on Tuesday, August 15 2023, I drive around LaCrosse, WI to see what's going on.
The name of the city originated from a form of field hockey which was played by Native Americans there, the sport which would evolve into the modern sport of lacrosse. "la crosse" means "the stick" in French.
There is no written record of any visit to the site until 1805, when Zebulon Pike mounted an expedition up the Mississippi River for the United States. Pike recorded the location's name as "Prairie La Crosse".
In 1841, the first white settlement at La Crosse was established by Nathan Myrick. Myrick first moved to Prairie Du Chen to get involved in the fur trade, but due to too much competition in the area he moved upstream to the site of Prairie La Crosse.
The spot Myrick chose to build his trading post proved ideal for settlement. It was near the junction of the Black, La Crosse, and Mississippi Rivers. In addition, the post was built at one of the few points along the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi River where a broad plain, ideal for development, existed between the river's bank and the tall bluffs that line the river valley.
More permanent development took place closer to Myrick's trading post, where stores, a hotel, and a post office were constructed during the 1840s.
By 1855, La Crosse had grown in population to nearly 2,000 residents.
During the second half of the 19th century, La Crosse grew to become one of the largest cities in Wisconsin. It was a center of the lumber industry, for logs cut in the interior of the state could be rafted down the Black River toward sawmills built in the city. La Crosse also became a center for the brewing industry.
As of the census of 2020, the population was 52,680.
The racial makeup of the city was 85.6% White, 4.9% Asian, 2.9% Black or African American, 0.5% Native American, 1.2% from other races, and 4.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.2% of the population.
The median income for a household in the city was $46,438, and the per capita income for the city was $27,398. About 22.9% of the population were below the poverty line.
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[@JMMidwest321]

I’m someone who has been born and raised in this town, and still live here. Thank you for visiting! Love watching this! 😊

[@exploreusacities]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kevinritter9964]

La crosse is my hometown

[@SidLaw500]

Another gem of a town.

[@DeeRuss]

Here because if code blue cam

[@exploreusacities]

love code blue cam. the guy who runs that must live in La Crosse, how else can he get so much body cam footage from there

[@YOUR-LOCAL13]

Not many cars driving around. Looks like a very nice town.

[@martyaz]

Seems to be a pretty decent town.

[@user-zx8de8op9l]

Thanks for sharing I might have been there once.

[@Midnight_stars3399]

Great footage. I was born and raised in La Crosse. You should’ve driven thru Riverside.

[@user-vb9hv3og7u]

I moved to lacrosse. I stayed for maybe a couple of months. I got home sick and I miss my girlfriend and I went back home.

[@Evbang]

Love the video, do you have an email I can use? I'd love to get this drive-by footage in a documentary my team is creating!

[@ChadClark-by2hb]

I live there

[@exploreusacities]

do you love it?

[@user-dc2cl7uh3z]

Taffy

[@vicnighthorse]

Small? That would be the 3rd largest city in the state if it was in WY.

[@exploreusacities]

What population # moves a city out of small town status?

[@vicnighthorse]

@@exploreusacities I was just being playful. La Crosse is a small town to most everyone - just not to us reclusive Wyomins:-)

[@exploreusacities]

I really wanna know, though! Is it 25,000? 10,000? 50,000 probably is too big to be called a small town.

[@exploreusacities]

I changed the title of the video JUST FOR YOU! 😆

[@vicnighthorse]

@@exploreusacities It's like with a house or a boat. Bigger than yours is 'big' and smaller than yours is 'small'. I lived in a town of about 45 in South Baja for about 3 years once, I really liked it there but everyone really knew each others business. You could think too loudly to yourself in the bathroom and when you got to the afternoon/evening drinking circle they'd be talking about what you said. Now I am stuck in a town/city of 10k as I try to move to a town of 770 which seems about right for the services vs small town feel ratio.

[@Rockstar69000]

If you are a single guy out of college lacrosse, Wisconsin is the worst town to drive in anywhere there ain’t nothing to see here

[@ericpernell7785]

Seems like it

[@jonboll2066]

How is crime? Is it rising there?

[@ChadClark-by2hb]

No

[@ChadClark-by2hb]

I live there

[@608_diesel]

It definitely is, seems like there is a shooting reported in the news every week these days.

[@ckdanekfan3397]

Will i be accepted there if i decide to move there? I am from europe

[@ckdanekfan3397]

@@Lordknows1982 why

[@brianl6964]

You will be fine. Just don't be a plug shank.