although one type of legal description may be most common in a particular state (the Government Rectangular Survey Description is common in Wisconsin), any of the forms may be used, as well. For instance, many rural parts of Wisconsin will use metes and bounds, or a hybrid system. Some older areas may even just use a platted description. Question: What are some of positives of a given system? What are some of the negatives? Which system do you think is best and why