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cultural insight: west michigan is what west michiganders call themselves to distance themselves from Detroit.
by outside1234 15y ago
cultural insight: west michigan is what west michiganders call themselves to distance themselves from Detroit.
- 54mf 15y agoBingo. I'm originally from Northern Michigan - technically Northern Lower Michigan, to distance ourselves from the crazy backwoods folk in the UP, and from the run-down big city craziness of Detroit and Lansing.
- gvb 15y ago...and yoopers call us trolls because we live "under the bridge."
- ahi 15y agoTo be fair, other Michiganders call it West Michigan to distance themselves from West Michigan as well.
- kaonashi 15y agoHey, you have a problem with the VanDerVosses?
- liamgriffiths 15y agoi don't think that distance is the right word there, more like differentiate. michigan is a big diverse state. i think it is more so geographic shorthand