Is Michigan More Like Minnesota or Upstate New York (rent, house)
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This map is a bit deceptive. It's an oversimplified version of what Minnesota looked like before it was developed. One, the map makes it look like there are clear, distinct boundaries between these zones, which is not the case. Also, the part of the map labeled "deciduous forest" is now mostly farm land. There isn't much deciduous forest left there at all, safe for the driftless area in the far southeast corner of the state. Because of all the farms and development the "prairie grassland" and the "deciduous forest" regions basically look the same.
I would say Michigan is more similar to the western half of New York state than the eastern half. Its the eastern half is where the mountains are. And Buffalo being a Great Lakes state with similar background factors in.
And as far as comparisons to Minnesota: Minnesotas northwoods are more "true boreal forest" with mostly conifers, and aspens. Michigans forests have a lot of the same composition. And a vast chunk of Minnesota was presettlement prairie with hardly any trees. So the farmlands are more like Iowa, whereas Michigans farmlands do have groves, patches of woods more similar to further east.
I would say if you were to just look at the western half of New York state, then I think Michigan is more similar to New York than to Minnesota.
I would say Michigan is more similar to the western half of New York state than the eastern half. Its the eastern half is where the mountains are. And Buffalo being a Great Lakes state with similar background factors in.
I agree, that small non mountainous green region south of Lake Ontario and North of the Finger Lakes can be compared to Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
This map is a bit deceptive. It's an oversimplified version of what Minnesota looked like before it was developed. One, the map makes it look like there are clear, distinct boundaries between these zones, which is not the case. Also, the part of the map labeled "deciduous forest" is now mostly farm land. There isn't much deciduous forest left there at all, safe for the driftless area in the far southeast corner of the state. Because of all the farms and development the "prairie grassland" and the "deciduous forest" regions basically look the same.
The map is not of a previous era, but rather the current one. The MN DNR has great information on the biomes of the state, and your 2/3 prairie calculation does not line up with the facts, any way that you want to spin them:
I agree, that small non mountainous green region south of Lake Ontario and North of the Finger Lakes can be compared to Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
That is essentially the flat(ter) lands between Lake Ontario and the Appalachian Plateau. It covers a relatively narrow area, which includes Rochester.
The difference even between western/central Upstate NY and Michigan are the hills/valleys in that part of NY. There are a lot of ski areas in that area of NY.
I agree, that small non mountainous green region south of Lake Ontario and North of the Finger Lakes can be compared to Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
There are hills in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin that are comparable to what you find in the western New York and even the Catskills. It just takes a little longer to get to them. The only area that has no comparison at all in the midwestern states are the adirondacks:
Driftless Area of Wisconsin:
Baraboo Hills of Wisconsin:
Huron Mountains near Marquette, MI
Porcupine Mountains of Michigan:
New York state is overall more scenic than any midwestern state overall, but with the exception of the Adirondacks, you can find the same scenic areas, with the same type of forests in the upper midwest. You do have to look.
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