[elevation]

Milwaukee's flag wasn't designed to help combatants make a split second friend-or-foe decision in low visibility. Tactically speaking, the vexillologists are correct, it's unarguably a poor design.

But Milwaukee has very little to do with global combat or diplomacy. They don't issue passports or interact with all the other cities in the country. Their flag doesn't need to stand out from all the others at a distance or to non English speakers; it is functionally a sentimental, commemorative quilt to hang at city hall. It wasn't hurting anybody.

> “I wish we would take a breath and not just get rid of everything. because good or bad, it is our history.” [0]

[0]: https://www.kltv.com/2020/06/19/webxtra-family-woman-who-por...

[dcrazy]

Milwaukee’s flag already had such a strong symbol: the gear. Why throw it out for what resembles a Tycho album cover?