OT: Thrillist Map of the State of Michigan
September 5th, 2023 at 2:31 PM ^
I did chuckle at the burning couch graphic. What does Michigan Arrogance have to say about this?
September 5th, 2023 at 3:56 PM ^
Akrit
September 5th, 2023 at 2:36 PM ^
That seems...about right. I'm not sure exactly where Nugent goes on there though. Is he still in Michigan?
September 5th, 2023 at 2:52 PM ^
I know he has a house near Waco, does he still have the house in Concord, MI?
September 6th, 2023 at 1:31 PM ^
He still has his compound and hunting grounds in southern Michigan.
September 5th, 2023 at 2:39 PM ^
I feel like something is missing in the Houghton Lake area -- like, "Cheap Vacationing Detroiters"
September 6th, 2023 at 12:33 AM ^
Given the price my MIL's cottage on the lake was just assessed at, not sure "cheap" is the right word.
September 6th, 2023 at 12:33 AM ^
Given the price my MIL's cottage on the lake was just assessed at, not sure "cheap" is the right word.
September 5th, 2023 at 2:41 PM ^
whats the "rich vacationing detroiters" section? (im not from Michigan)
September 5th, 2023 at 2:41 PM ^
Traverse City area.
September 5th, 2023 at 4:13 PM ^
Having lived there for 26 years, I'd wager Springfield, Illinois is more represented than Detroit. Things may have changed in the last 10 years, but Traverse City/Leelanau was always more of an Illinois vacation spot in my experience.
September 5th, 2023 at 7:17 PM ^
Vast majority of the plates still Michigan so unless Chicagoans/Illini fly versus drive and get rentals I'd wager the Michigan/Detroit lean is still accurate. That's been my 60 years of experience. 30 years Torch Lake; 30 years TC. Will live there full time in 2 years or less.
Many more other state plates than I have ever seen. Missouri/Cali/Wyoming/Minnesota/Alabama versus the usual OH/IN/IL ones. The world is getting smaller.
September 6th, 2023 at 12:37 AM ^
Kinda wish no one had found Elk Rapids.
September 6th, 2023 at 9:45 AM ^
Yes. Cousins live there. Relatives use to own the laundromat in town. Saw Gone with the Wind there at the theatre in 1972. 2 1/2 tv channels...good times.
September 6th, 2023 at 10:37 PM ^
Then you remember Ed the Butcher. The family that owned the ice cream shop were fellow Pointers.
Heck, you probably remember the Cherry Bucket on 31.
September 6th, 2023 at 11:59 PM ^
Not sure but use to get our sandwiches for our 2nd week of September fishing trip (1980-1990) from the butcher downtown and there was an ice cream shop down from Chef Charles toward town center that had enormous banana splits for a dollar. They didn't last long. Around '70-'72 I believe. My cousins turf mostly. We were Torchlake northeast end with Brownwood and Central Lake as our stomping grounds after too many miserable non-airconditioned short weekend trips to build a cottage.
Given that I had never been in Pearl's until 8 years ago and told the manager that after all these years (nobody in my family except me liked cajun) and he sent over a courtesy Oysters Rockefeller for my Buddy and I. That was cool.
Loved Brownwood entertainment late '60's early 70's and the all you could eat shrimp.
September 6th, 2023 at 12:36 AM ^
Yeah, no. Am old enough to remember the Detroit-to-TC pipeline getting up and going in earnest back in the 70's. Turns out a number of B'ham'ers found out TC did not in fact need a lot more accountants.
September 6th, 2023 at 9:47 AM ^
Same B'ham pipeline but from the 1960's. Dad since the 1950's when there was no I-75.
September 6th, 2023 at 1:34 PM ^
There's also a huge Cincinnati/Ohio presence in Leelanau County.
September 5th, 2023 at 4:06 PM ^
"rich vacationing" makes sense, but I wouldn't refer to it as Detroiters.
That area gets a lot of wealthy visitors, vacationers and vacation home owners from all over. It is a diverse geographic demographic footprint of families though.
Honestly, if West Bloomfield wasn't full of lakes we would probably have a ton more Detroiters in that region of the state. But Henry Ford did do his yacht and dance hall thing up there, so, whatever floats your boat.
September 5th, 2023 at 4:22 PM ^
I live out of state and every once in awhile fantasize about moving back to Michigan and living on a lake. I didn't realize that Bloomfield and surrounding areas had a bunch of lakes. (I'm from the Westside originally.) No wonder rich auto-execs live there.
September 5th, 2023 at 5:00 PM ^
Being from grosse pointe and Chicago, I have to laugh at you’re description of west Bloomfield having lakes. You mean ponds.
September 6th, 2023 at 12:40 AM ^
I grew up in GP too; maybe it's not a pond but Lake St Clair ain't exactly big either.
September 6th, 2023 at 7:22 AM ^
Lake St. Clair is ~5.5 times the size of the Sea of Galilee, but nobody walked across it in a storm.
September 7th, 2023 at 3:10 PM ^
One of the largest lakes after the Great Lakes. Significantly larger than the ponds of the west side.
I raised my family 4 doors down from Lake Michigan so that’s what my children now think of as a lake. I told them when they were young they would be disappointed by the size of all other lakes after that. Having daughters I know there’s a joke in there but I’m leaving this comment now.
September 5th, 2023 at 6:05 PM ^
Yeah my family was middle class from the Flint suburbs and we went up there a lot, mainly centered around Empire, but along the west from Saugatuck to Traverse City. Really no idea if it's developed a lot or much more expensive since the 90s outside of Traverse City, but it didn't cost a lot to load up some beach stuff, clothes, and hot dogs and take off for a few days.
September 5th, 2023 at 4:47 PM ^
Adding some history to what AppleFritters and WillIrwin wrote above about the Traverse City area:
A century ago, it was a non-fancy vacation spot for rich Chicago folks. (Sorta like Wisconsin's Door County now.)
Ernest Hemingway set his early Nick Adams stories there, writing as if he were a native, but he was son of a Chicago doctor who summered there.
I believe the change to more upscale stuff started 30-40 years ago, but locals would know better.
IF you vacation there, Interlochen's close for high quality performances, so is the Cherry Bowl Drive-in, and you can climb the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes.
September 5th, 2023 at 7:14 PM ^
Way off topic of the thread, but I recently discovered that Borges wrote a follow-up to "The Killers" (one of the Nick Adams stories). It's titled "The Wait" and basically retells the story from the perspective of the boxer that the hitmen are sent to kill.
September 5th, 2023 at 7:38 PM ^
Cool. I didn't know that. Thanks.
September 5th, 2023 at 7:52 PM ^
It was an added bonus that I could actually understand this one, unlike a lot of Borges' stories. 😊
September 5th, 2023 at 2:42 PM ^
I wonder what "insufferable elitist" city is east of I-75.
September 5th, 2023 at 2:44 PM ^
I always had my eye on Wyandotte
September 6th, 2023 at 7:51 AM ^
Spoiler: its not Wyandotte
September 5th, 2023 at 2:48 PM ^
Grosse Pointe?
September 6th, 2023 at 12:42 AM ^
Eh..... GP not quite as elite as it used to be.
But I suppose its the aspiration that counts.
September 7th, 2023 at 3:11 PM ^
Which high school did you attend?
September 5th, 2023 at 2:49 PM ^
Didn't know 75 got rerouted. I move away for a few years and the whole state goes to hell...
September 5th, 2023 at 3:41 PM ^
Methinks they confused I-75 with US-23. Still not east of 23, but that makes it make sense.
EDIT: on second look, nope, that line is just off in every way. Maybe it's kind sorta close to US-127..
September 5th, 2023 at 2:59 PM ^
The Five Grosse Pointes.
September 5th, 2023 at 3:18 PM ^
The Pointes are east of where they have 8 Mile on this map
September 5th, 2023 at 5:02 PM ^
They are south of 8 mile. Well at least 80% of them.
September 6th, 2023 at 12:43 AM ^
Shores is an interesting place.
September 5th, 2023 at 3:20 PM ^
Most answers above are appropriate sarcasm, but I am concerned by the sincere responses that cannot figure out it is AA. Self-awareness is important.
September 5th, 2023 at 3:25 PM ^
How can you determine sincerity on an internet message board?
Is it similar to the Great Pumpkin's method for pumpkin patches?
September 5th, 2023 at 4:03 PM ^
I have to acknowledge the solid wit in your condescending mockery - but discernment of intent through the written word is not quite that mysterious, at least not for most of us.
September 5th, 2023 at 8:10 PM ^
And I would like to second your condescending mockery of his wit.
September 5th, 2023 at 2:48 PM ^
I too am a fan of funny maps ...
September 5th, 2023 at 3:00 PM ^
As a Californian, I approve of this map, although this is better.
September 5th, 2023 at 3:00 PM ^
And so is this.
September 5th, 2023 at 3:07 PM ^
Absolutely nailed California - every single one is spot on!
"Usually on fire" cracks me up - I saw a "Judgemental Map of Ventura County" once and it said "FIRE!!!" in about 20 different places.