OT: Thrillist Map of the State of Michigan

Submitted by SBayBlue on September 5th, 2023 at 2:28 PM

Not being a Michigander, I found this map entertaining (except for the Insufferable Elitists part for Ann Arbor). There is a lot of truth that I see here from my travels to the Wolverine State. Love the Burning Couch in East Landfill.

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Romeo50

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.

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Romeo50

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. 

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willirwin1778

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.    

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double blue

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. 

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Gulogulo37

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.

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Blue Vet

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. 

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