[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by Bydand

Actually, Michigan is second in agricultural diversity for the US in crops grown commercially. When it comes to individual crops there are several we are the #1 grower in the US and plenty more where we are #2 or #3 in the Country. There is a LOT more agricultural production in Michigan than most native Michiganders realize.

There are many cherries near Traverse City.

[MimzyMusic]

Originally Posted by pirate_lafitte

There are many cherries near Traverse City.

There's quite a bit of agriculture yes, but it differs from the other Midwestern states in that:

1) farmland takes up far less than half of Michigan's land area
2) there are more specialized crops, and not so much corn and soybeans

[timeofseasons]

Originally Posted by MimzyMusic

Most of the state is poor for farming, and there's a lot of water and shoreline.

There's tons of trees. It's a bit different than most of the Midwest isn't it?

Well Michigan may relate more to the upper midwest ( Minnesota, Wisconsin).

[magellan]

Please don't feed the trolls. MN55, beat it.

[DCgoblue]

I've lived the last 3 years in SE MI and I think area has more in common with the Western NY region (lived in Rochester, NY) than other parts of the Midwest (namely St. Louis where I have lived and the Danville/Champaign area where my mother is from). And from what an old roommate from Omaha told me, it's nothing like Nebraska.

[YAZ]

Originally Posted by DCgoblue

I've lived the last 3 years in SE MI and I think area has more in common with the Western NY region (lived in Rochester, NY) than other parts of the Midwest (namely St. Louis where I have lived and the Danville/Champaign area where my mother is from). And from what an old roommate from Omaha told me, it's nothing like Nebraska.

Very true about "upstate" New York and SE Michigan. Topography wise, anyway. It's a whole new ballgame when ya get north of M-10 though.

I've been to the sunrise side alot and it looks like a lot of places in Maine, sans the salt in the air.

Nuthin' like the U.P. though. Haven't been any place that reminds me of those parts.

...or the Leelanau peninsula for that matter....

[wagonman76]

The wife and I circled the UP in 2006 with camper in tow. The Keweenaw peninsula all the way up to Copper Harbor seemed nothing like the rest of the UP. It seemed quite wealthy and developed, like Harbor Springs.

[YAZ]

Originally Posted by pirate_lafitte

There are many cherries near Traverse City.

Man *****?

[miniature]

I am a Michigander,born and bred. I lived there most of my life until we decided to see the rest of the country and traveled all over for 3 yrs straight. I ended up in Florida and will return to Michigan this week. I cant wait to get home.
There is no where in this country that is really like Michigan, I have seen or lived in many of the states now.
Michigan has everything all packed into one state. Lots of agriculture, big cities and small towns, forest and lots and lots of water, turist towns that even the locals enjoy and use.
Manufacturing and arts and culture, anything from fine arts to a country barn dance. It is all here.
Any kind of recreation that you could imagine.
The big cities are bad, but really no more so then many others in this country that I have seen, and I have seen a lot!
Stay out of the big cities in any state and you will find this is a good country no matter where you are, however I still like Michigan the best.
Something I really missed in some states was trees and water, The landscape just isnt nearly as pretty, it even looks so odd to me without hardwood trees and water everywhere.
This is not true for everywhere of course.
Michigan is really not like the rest of the mid west, and the UP is an entity to itself.
so I am going home, where yes the winters are cold, but the fall season is amazing, no one locks there door to this day, and you can walk the streets of town at any hour day or night and have no fear.
I cant wait to go!

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by miniature

I am a Michigander,born and bred. I lived there most of my life until we decided to see the rest of the country and traveled all over for 3 yrs straight. I ended up in Florida and will return to Michigan this week. I cant wait to get home.

Welcome home a week early!