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Something I've always wondered, do the Great Lakes have tides?
Very tiny ones, small enough that you have to take the scientists word for it because you can't see them that is for sure. I think it was stated that Lake Superior has a 1 or 2" tide
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I voted NY. 2nd would be Maine. I have never seen a Pacific NW lake. But how is MN leading? It is flat and dull.
Never been to the upper Great Lakes region I see from that statement. Usually I wouldn't stick up for MN , but overall it is a beautiful State. That is coming from someone who lived in Maine for 20 years. I would take Michigan, Wisconsin or Minnesota ANY day of the week over Maine or NY.
Most of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota are very similar. All three have thousands of lakes and to someone from outside the upper midwest, it would be hard to tell the three states apart. All three states have a rugged woodsy north and an agricultural belt in thier south. They really are quite similar.
Most of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota are very similar. All three have thousands of lakes and to someone from outside the upper midwest, it would be hard to tell the three states apart. All three states have a rugged woodsy north and an agricultural belt in thier south. They really are quite similar.
Very true, but I do have a slight nitpick about MI. Michigan is a little further south and extreme southern MI (roughly along and south of I-94) lacks the Upper Midwest feel of MN, WI, and northern/central MI. Adrian and Three Rivers have more in common with Ohio and Indiana (minus the quasi-southern accents) than Minnesota or Wisconsin.
Very true, but I do have a slight nitpick about MI. Michigan is a little further south and extreme southern MI (roughly along and south of I-94) lacks the Upper Midwest feel of MN, WI, and northern/central MI. Adrian and Three Rivers have more in common with Ohio and Indiana (minus the quasi-southern accents) than Minnesota or Wisconsin.
Your correct, it does seem that some places down that way could easily be part of Indiana. I cant tell you why, but Monroe, Adrian or Three Rivers do feel different. As you said they are not as uppermidwestern, but rather more lower midwest like the Ohio Valley states.
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Similarly, SW Minnesota is pretty much the plains, not upper-midwestern, and the lakes there are much fewer and far-between. This part of the state is flat, boring and dull to me, the rest of it is completely different.
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Very nice, but do you have like an inferiority complex or something -- why are you pounding your chest about lakes, of all things? I like 'em all, as long as you have them and they weren't created by a dam.
While those are pretty nice pictures, they are found in NY too. Minnesota may have the most, but hardly "the best." Now that is laughable. NY probably has 3rd most lakes in the country after MN and MI, but we have the topographical beauty from the Great Lakes, to the Adirondacks, to the Finger Lakes, to the Thousand Islands Seaway (in Lake Ontario) plus Niagara Falls between two lakes. Minnesota has about 14,000 lakes and 13,999 of them are little flat puddles in a prairie. These are all in New York:
If this thread was a Thanksgiving Dinner, New York would be sitting at the little kiddies table over in the corner. Those pictures of farm fields are nice but hardly seem to represent anything to do with lakes. Do you have any pictures of puppies you'd like to share?
If this thread was a Thanksgiving Dinner, New York would be sitting at the little kiddies table over in the corner. Those pictures of farm fields are nice but hardly seem to represent anything to do with lakes. Do you have any pictures of puppies you'd like to share?
The photos that do not have lakes in them are the area around the lake, to give a sense of the rolling hills surrounding the Finger Lakes. No need to worry, those photos were deleted by a moderator for copyright.
By the way, I am pretty sure Minnesota wouldn't be at Thanksgiving dinner, the only thing they were doing back then was running around in thongs spearing bison.
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, but overall it is a beautiful State. That is coming from someone who lived in Maine for 20 years. I would take Michigan, Wisconsin or Minnesota ANY day of the week over Maine or NY.
