So Michael moves into an area just south of the Mackinac Bridge, and is Loathed to find out that the local population are country folk who have been there for generations... And he refers to them as rednecks. Yhey call themselves pineys and they are come from very hard-working stock... and times have not been good for them since the mid 70s.. and it’s been a depressed area ever since... and money from the big cities such as Chicago comes up there sucks up property and drives real estate through the roof and the local people can no longer afford to live there, but they remain and they are an eyesore because they can’t afford things like new siding, or good lawn equipment, or fine new cars. But Michael Moore has money and he doesn’t like the fact that he is chosen a place to live where alot of the local people do not.
I didn’t know any of that information about the population south of the Mackinac Bridge, and I’m from Michigan.
Thanks for the info. Mike could easily start some kind of movie studio, souvenir shop or acting school in that area, to offer employment, but he doesn’t.
Moore insulting the people near him.
I never knew any of that about my state of Michigan. My relatives lived in Port Austin, East Tawas, Oscoda, Saginaw and elsewhere mostly in the Thumb Area and only a few farther north. My gt.,gt. grandfather after whom I was named (first and middle names) is buried in Port Austin. He enlisted and fought under General Sherman in the Civil War.
All rednecks got the name from bending forward to use a pick or shovel or do farm labor to make a living. Hard work all day with the hot Sun from behind shining onto their necks gave them sunburn and tan. Thus red necks.
I never thought about that until hockey coach and TV host Don Cherry told the origin while defending right wingers.
Care to share his location? I and some of my redneck friends in a town with a theatre he "saved" might want to ...uh...take him for a walk on the beach? (c'mon man, if he owns property at the tippy top, you just know it's waterfront...with lots of boats...and lots of people who will do ridiculous things for some boat gas...real neighborly, of course!