I lived there 5 years and I liked the people a lot. I am a native to MI. I love how they speak their mind and don't play close to the vest. I certainly had to develop thick skin to work there. I remember within my first month at work I a guy asked me why I di something and I said "I assumed" and boy did I get the lecture - (ass- u - me ---haha), but these guys taught me to be tough and to not speak if I could not defend myself. I visited recently and really enjoyed going back, although I did not have any yearning to move back (mostly because I like the wide open space - the trees are to claustrophobic for me).
“...I lived there 5 years and I liked the people a lot...”
You’re a lot more charitable than I!! (Alas) I live in the Hudson river valley now but grew up in the rural western part of New York State were they still say “pop” instead of soda, and think more like mid westerners. My daughter attended a fancy boarding school outside of Boston for her last 2 years of High School, and although she had a positive overall experience in that she learned a lot and did make life long friends, the people tended to be very SNOOTY unless you were a liberal. This place was in the general area of Wellesley. They definitely had attitudes -
Wow! Is that regionally-based?
Born and raised in the Midwest and I knew by age 10 that in any discussion I needed my facts and ducks in a row before even bringing something up at the dinner table, let alone out in public.