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Old 05-22-2008, 02:55 PM
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Perhaps youre not understanding me???

If someone stereotypes MI, and has never been there before, that damn well makes them IGNORANT.

No need to get your panties in a bunch over there. Sheesh.

OY, VEY! I get it now.

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Old 05-22-2008, 02:56 PM
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Are you kidding? Why? Have you visited EVERY state in the US? Unless someone has visited Michigan, they probably don't know all there is to know about it. Doesn't make them ignorant.
Ignorant means without knowledge. It's not some kind of put-down even though a lot of people use it that way.

I have never been to Canada therefore I have no knowledge of the scenery, people, lifestyle. I am ignorant of Canada.

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Old 05-22-2008, 02:59 PM
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OY, VEY! I get it now.
Glad we see eye-to-eye now.

Those that have never been someplace, yet feel the need to stereotype/bash it, are very ignorant.

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Old 05-22-2008, 03:14 PM
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Yeah and only stupid if they have been somewhere, and bash it saying things that aren't true.

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Old 05-22-2008, 03:24 PM
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How can people who have been to say - Nebraska or Iowa, say that Michigan is flat dreary and boring?


This is a neat place. One of the neatest things is the variety of everything. If you do not like to topography drive a little bit and you will find something different. Don't like the people? Change neighborhoods and you will find something totally different. Don't like the weather? Just wait a little while.

The neatest thing about Michigan is variety. Some famous person said variety is the spice of life.

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How can people who have been to say - Nebraska or Iowa, say that Michigan is flat dreary and boring?


This is a neat place. One of the neatest things is the variety of everything. If you do not like to topography drive a little bit and you will find something different. Don't like the people? Change neighborhoods and you will find something totally different. Don't like the weather? Just wait a little while.

The neatest thing about Michigan is variety. Some famous person said variety is the spice of life.
Those exact guidelines apply also to Nebraska and Iowa.

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Old 05-22-2008, 04:13 PM
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that's an interesting perspective, not one that I've experienced though. Most of the people I know are open-mined, loving of their fellow man (whether gay, straight, white, black, etc.) well-educated,hard-working and NOT materialistic. But I also believe that there are miserable, grumpy people wherever you go, not just in Michigan. Also, life is what you make of it. If you tend to be a grumpy person, you will attract grumpy, negative people. On the other hand, if you are friendly and positive, you will attract friendly, positive people!

What's education have to do with the people? There's a lot of idiots out there that have degrees, I think we've all seen that at some point in our life.
I apologize, I had three kids screaming in my ear when I wrote that! I should have said "cultured, well-spoken, etc." instead of well-educated. Sorry if I offended anyone!

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Old 05-22-2008, 04:26 PM
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I lived in Michigan for 2 years in the 1990s and I absolutely LOVED it there. I went to grad school in Ann Arbor and spent both summers there. Every weekend from late May until late August, I'd go to a different state park all over the state and camped. I loved every single park I went to and remember with fondness my time there. I didn't particularly like Detroit, but enjoyed doing my grad research along the Detroit River right in Detroit and on Belle Isle. I've been back several times and I'm trying to get my hubby (who's a professor) to try to get a job either in Ann Arbor or in E. Lansing. Loved both places. The only thing I didn't like was the first November I was there, the sun didn't come out from behind the clouds once and on April 1st of my last year there, it snowed 7 inches. Two minor things that didn't cloud the wonderful time I had there.

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Old 05-22-2008, 05:36 PM
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Coming from Jay Leno, how much credit do you really place in his assumption? Look where he lives---L.A. severe traffic congestion, outrageous cost of living, smog, crime, and a state that may slide right into the Pacific one of these days....I'm sure that L.A. has its own natural beauty, and I do know that California as a state has tons of natural beauty....I think he made his assumption based on many mid-west states that are fairly flat (think Iowa here) and may not be a mecca for tourism....

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Old 05-22-2008, 07:08 PM
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When the southwest runs out of water, Michigan won't seem so "unattractive" to the rest of the country.

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