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We like it here because it is so much like the America we remember growing up in. I was a bit nervous about propane but it is not expensive at all.

There is a great deal of authenticity here - we avoid the downstaters.

We also hated humidity so we traded a week or so of subzero temps for the most wonderful springs and summers, similar to what I remember in the Mediterranean. August can get some humidity.

It's a lot like redneck north here. I slid on the ice last winter and within 5 minutes had three guys in trucks who did not know each other working together to get me pulled out. People look out for each other. You must have 4WD.

No fault auto insurance is pricey. Opening season of deer is so popular that some towns and even schools just shut down.

And you must like the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. On the anniversary they play the song nonstop and talk about it almost all day on the radio stations.

What my husband laughs about is how they play the national anthem every morning at about the same time on the local radio station, but sometimes it is 5 or 10 minutes late or a bit early. And that's kind of the essence of life here. Just pretty casual and tolerant. Did I mention flags everywhere? Just everywhere.