The UP is sparsely populated and not nationally known for high-tech industries or science, but rather wilderness, logging, mining, hunting, and general backwood

The UP is sparsely populated and not nationally known for high-tech industries or science, but rather wilderness, logging, mining, hunting, and general backwoods-ish-ness. Houghton is the exception; hidden under that rough-and-wild exterior are some rather outstanding minds, particularly in physics and atmospheric sciences. I think it works, but to each their own :)