Five states that are hated on most maliciously and consistently? (neighborhoods, living)
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I'm surprised Minnesota hasn't been mentioned yet. Most Americans have seemingly zero knowledge of the state, and those that do only seem to know the negatives (it's hellaciously cold, there's an enormous mall, "oh, that's the place where the bridge collapsed").
I even remember a national commercial a few years ago in which a man is daydreaming about flying away on a dream vacation, only snapping out of his daydream when a flight attendant says "this plane's going to Minneapolis." [Cutaway to horrified look on aforementioned man's face]
Michigan should be on that list! Our state is huge and mostly rural with gorgeous natural scenery, friendly, grounded people, a plethora of quaint small towns, and tons of stuff to do, yet...everywhere in Michigan seems to be inner city Detroit and rusted, abandoned, factories to the uninformed people on these forums. Even Detroit is not remotely all bad, with a revitalized downtown with a beautiful waterfront and the busiest international border crossing in the country and other areas quickly becoming gentrified and revitalized. Detroit also has some of the nicest, most upscale, suburbs in the country.
I invite anyone who thinks that Michigan = Detroit (which covers less than 0.01% of our entire land area)to visit our state and drive around for a few days. But watch out, you just may fall in love!
Michigan should be on that list! Our state is huge and mostly rural with gorgeous natural scenery, friendly, grounded people, a plethora of quaint small towns, and tons of stuff to do, yet...everywhere in Michigan seems to be inner city Detroit and rusted, abandoned, factories to the uninformed people on these forums. Even Detroit is not remotely all bad, with a revitalized downtown with a beautiful waterfront and the busiest international border crossing in the country and other areas quickly becoming gentrified and revitalized. Detroit also has some of the nicest, most upscale, suburbs in the country.
I invite anyone who thinks that Michigan = Detroit (which covers less than 0.01% of our entire land area)to visit our state and drive around for a few days. But watch out, you just may fall in love!
I agree it's unfairly hated, but "mostly rural", it is not! Like Ohio, there are a large number of medium-to-large cities in Michigan. I mean technically the state is mostly rural, but that's true for just about every states in the U.S. (except maybe RI, NJ and DC). I guess I mean in relation to the other U.S. states Michigan is far from rural.
FWIW Michigan has THE best advertising campaign I've seen amongst U.S. states: "Pure Michigan".
Michigan should be on that list! Our state is huge and mostly rural with gorgeous natural scenery, friendly, grounded people, a plethora of quaint small towns, and tons of stuff to do, yet...everywhere in Michigan seems to be inner city Detroit and rusted, abandoned, factories to the uninformed people on these forums. Even Detroit is not remotely all bad, with a revitalized downtown with a beautiful waterfront and the busiest international border crossing in the country and other areas quickly becoming gentrified and revitalized. Detroit also has some of the nicest, most upscale, suburbs in the country.
I invite anyone who thinks that Michigan = Detroit (which covers less than 0.01% of our entire land area)to visit our state and drive around for a few days. But watch out, you just may fall in love!
Michigan has one helluva great ad campaign though that really makes me want to visit the Great Lakes area.
Note on Minnesota - I have only been to Minneapolis but I have to say that I was thoroughly charmed by that city. AND the people. Very friendly people and I thought the city was beautiful. The winters would be a bit too much for this southern gal, but I have a very positive impression of MN.
Texas, New York, California and so forth have just as many ardent defenders as they do detractors, so I'm not gonna list them. Large states inevitably become targets.
Instead I'll list states that it seems like the negative perceptions strongly outweigh the positive ones.
New Jersey
Ohio
Mississippi
Oklahoma
South Carolina
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