[Thebaddog]

The UP is a lost soul and it deserves better as a region. It's more a part of Wisconsin geographically and it is the poor cousin to lower Michigan. Youpers are a great bunch and there is a slow moving movement to declaring either a 51st state or a new country.

When they talk about bad times in the UP it's the real deal. Good luck to them and put a Pasty in your pocket for them.

[Righty1]

The UP is for the most part very poor and rundown. Ironwood is typical in that the curbs, sidewalks, and roads are worse off than some of the old Roman Ways in Europe. The UP and Detroit are subsidized by the rest of the state. The UP is not viable on its' own. Come to think of it neither are the Dakotas. Wisconsin is a fragment of The Michigan Territory.

[yooper]

Thank you for your kind words about my Upper Peninsula.

Actually these layoffs came just when everyone wanted to go to camp:)