I've always wondered why they picked Port Washington, WI as where they live. Most people have likely never even heard of the town because it only has like 2,000 people in it. I live in Milwaukee so I've been to Port Washington many times.

So maybe like one of the producers has some connection with Port Washington or grew up there!

1990 had a population of 9338. In 2000 Port Washington had a population of 10,467 people.


You can find this information out by going here and it tells you about any city, town or place in the USA.

http://www.seta.iastate.edu/

1990 had a population of 9338. In 2000 Port Washington had a population of 10,467 people.


You can find this information out by going here and it tells you about any city, town or place in the USA.

http://www.seta.iastate.edu/

Cool! Maybe this show promoted life in Port Washington! :lol: Sorry, I'm such a weirdo.

I've thought about this too and I guess the producers or creators wanted a different setting compared to the big cities most other sitcoms take place in. But of course, since Step by Step was filmed in a SoCal studio like mostly every other show out there, Port Washington seemed like every other city in TV world! :D

Was an address for their house ever mentioned??

This thread must be the Wisconsinites meeting place. I am from central/northern WI myself. I have been passed Port Washington coming back from Milwaukee but couldn't see much from the highway.

Anyways, like you guys mentioned you get something different then all the city or suburban shows. With Port Washington you can have your country part of the show (camping, outdoors), your city stuff (near Milwaukee) and your sports (Packers, Bucks mentioned in the show a lot but not Brewers or Badgers...).

P.S. There probably isn't a lot of room for Cody's van if you live in a big city or even in the suburbs (who would let you park a van on your lawn in the burbs?).

It's similar with That 70's Show... the gang could always go to Green Bay or Milwaukee for a concert but then head out hunting near their fictional Point Place town.


Both shows pretty much have all around down to Earth, blue collar casts so Wisconsin is a fitting place.

It is a good location for a blue collar family like that. But usually when settings on shows are in small towns, they're fictional towns (like Point Place or Lanford, IL), Port Washington is real!

My town Örnsköldsvik is a little town too, so I like the idea of this setting. But even tiny little Örnsköldsvik have two High Schools, while Port Washington only seems to have one according to this show. (Why would they call a High School "Port Washington High" if there was more than one High School in the town?)

That's weird... Why did that school get the honor of carrying the county's name?

But then, Port Washington only had a few thousand inhabitants. So I guess one High School would be enough for such a small place.