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Michigan for me. I'm a four-season guy...and much prefer freshwater beaches. Sleeping Bear Dunes in Michigan blows away any beach in Florida imho.
And Detroit is about the coolest city on the planet in my book.
Couldn't agree with you more! Michigan has 4 distinct, beautiful seasons, FRESH water beaches, much less crowding and traffic, many interesting islands, much more dramatic topography (Sleeping Bear Dunes, Tahquamenon Falls, Porcupine Mountains, Picture Rocks) -- and yes, Detroit is just about the coolest city I've ever been to! I love visiting Florida, but just too much sprawl, traffic, flatness and humidity to live there year-round.
I am a huge seafood fan! (I was a pescatarian for decades, still trying to be only eating seafood for my love of animals who seem to have “souls”. I feel less guilty eating seafood.) I grew up by the Pacific Ocean so seafood was the staple in my childhood.
Unfortunately my seafood experiences in FL were, alas, chains like Pinchers or touristy trap like Sharky’s on the Pier.
And I do love holes-in-the-wall places, there’s something so endearing about them. Recommend away please.
My all-time favorite, though I unfortunately haven't been in years, is Dixie Crossroads in Titusville.
Couldn't agree with you more! Michigan has 4 distinct, beautiful seasons, FRESH water beaches, much less crowding and traffic, many interesting islands, much more dramatic topography (Sleeping Bear Dunes, Tahquamenon Falls, Porcupine Mountains, Picture Rocks) -- and yes, Detroit is just about the coolest city I've ever been to! I love visiting Florida, but just too much sprawl, traffic, flatness and humidity to live there year-round.
Mega-Ditto.
The entire country vacations in Florida...whereas pretty much only native Chicagoans like myself visit Michigan, and we only do a small sliver of the West Coast of Michigan.
Florida has its charms...in February....but Michigan is on a totally different level of four-season freshwater gorgeousness.
I posted this already but it got removed for "hyperbolic language" when I was literally just stating an obvious fact. Anyways, lets hope this one stays up
Does any state get more love on CD vs. real life than Michigan?
And this is coming from someone who likes Michigan.
Michigan tends to get plenty of realistic assessments as well. I'm partial to Michigan myself but would have a hard time picking it over Florida this time of year.
Quite a few folks on here tend to view things through a more political perspective. Florida can be polarizing from that perspective and I think that's what this poll reflects more than anything.
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Michigan tends to get plenty of realistic assessments as well. I'm partial to Michigan myself but would have a hard time picking it over Florida this time of year.
Quite a few folks on here tend to view things through a more political perspective. Florida can be polarizing from that perspective and I think that's what this poll reflects more than anything.
Well, there’s always a CD poll and then there’s the one in which people vote with their feet (as in which state far more people are moving to). In that one FL wins handily. Reality be damned.
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