Any of ya'll live in the Michigan UP?

kevhed72
kevhed72 Posts: 5,125
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I am eyeing a job there and moving from Atlanta up there would be a slight change lol. I grew up in Illinois so I get the cold and snow thing, but curious as to the lifestyle, cost of living, outdoors, people side of it. I would be near the Iron Mountain area. Anyone gots any input?
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,441
    I haven't lived there, but that was our vacation spot growing up in Southeastern Michigan. Things are pretty strange in the UP. Much of it is very remote and people up there are tough, outdoorsy, independent types. The snow up there is no joke. 200" in a winter is common in some areas. Iron Mountain is right on the Wisconsin border, so it might have a more of a Cheezehead mentality. I know prices at stores are higher in the areas of the UP that I have visited, but those were in small town areas close to Lake Superior. Not sure about Iron Mountain area, but the Yoopers love a food called Pasties. They are like empanadas, but without the Latin flavors. Make sure to call them PAA-stees, not PAY-stees. Good luck if you do make the move.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,091
    I’m in Central Wisconsin, not too far away.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,382
    Did you say 200" of snow?

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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,441
    VR3 wrote: »
    Did you say 200" of snow?

    Whhaatttt

    Yep, some areas, especially in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,806
    edited March 29
    VR3 wrote: »
    Did you say 200" of snow?

    Whhaatttt

    We got 160" 100 miles below the UP, in northern Michigan. 120" is average.

    To the OP, my family has about 2000 acres up there. A former logging camp that sleeps 30 people! But the water is always freezing, even on a 90 degree day, the mosquitos are horrible. Our place is down a 30 mile dirt road, the drive way is almost a mile. Nearest "town" is 40 miles away. I loved going up there to ride dirt bikes, or snowmobiles when I was a kid, but I haven't gone up there in almost 20 years now.
    There is nothing in most of the UP. Can get boring if you don't hunt, or like to go to Casinos.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,382
    Big nopes!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,872
    edited March 30
    Jesse has a stone sarcophagus right on the lake to go to when he is hunting for vowels… I understand the ones caught in the wild are the best.
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