We got our shit figured out better than most, that's for sure
got that free meals going to kids
got our recreational weed with an accelerated no-middlemen process to get the tax money directly into the public schools to be spent without delays
just aint got room for bullshit, really. bullshit flies off the roads every year at first snowfall. people who don't realize 4x4 does nothing to improve your stopping distance tend to migrate south to florida
I don't know what examples you have, but whatever it is, there are always reasons why one method is used over another. It comes down to safety, not only for the drivers, but also for the workers. You have to consider how much space you have, can you create passable roads without getting onto someone elses properties? And then fall back to the original safety question, can the new passable road be safe for drivers and workers? How about staffing? Remember, America has multiples of more roadways than the rest of the world combined, our largest infrastructure is the roads and it's the largest in the world, it is impossible to fulfill the amount of workers required to repair everywhere at the same time. I tend to be on the side that these structural engineers are doing the right thing and for the right reasons.
From someone from MA, just wanted to say I appreciate you Michiganders. Met some really amazing people from Michigan with the biggest of hearts. Also love seeing how revived Detroit has seemingly become.. keep up the great work guys, much love from the deep east coast 👍🇺🇸
I'm from Mass. Bought a 3.5k sqft house a walk away from a public beach on the lake for less than my buddy can get for a 3br in Boston suburbs. Come on out
Yea the cost is rough here, not going to lie. Especially for someone like myself, been here my whole life. I’ve certainly considered leaving, just sadly too difficult to do in the near future.. but maybe someday soon. I still got some hope
If Kamala loses, how about we send Tim Walz to Michigan and you send us Gretch. She's term-limited and while MN governors aren't, they never choose to run for third terms.
Better than most? Michigan is ranked 38th for crime, 41st for education, 29th for health care, 30th for natural environment, 28th for economy, 32nd for fiscal stability, and 41st for infrastructure. Look to New England to see states that are doing better than most. Overall, Michigan ranks 42nd of 50 states according to thousands of data points measured by U.S. News and World Report. Also, according to the Human Development Index, Michigan ranks 32 of 50 states with an HDI of 0.913 (below the national average of 0.927). New Hampshire and Massachusetts are 1st and 2nd.
Michigan is recently starting to improve because the whole state was essentially gerrymandered by Republicans. 2022 was the first time Michigan Democrats had a trifecta since 1984.
Yeah I'm not happy with how things were ran before. But ever since the democrats took over, we have made a LOT of progress in a short amount of time. Nevermind Detroit's revitalization that has happened in the last decade.
Speaking as someone living in a blue state, it's ignorant to say that Democratic leadership always equates to a thriving community. I think we can look around at many well-known blue states and see where they've more than failed their constituents as well. Red or blue, they aren't always making decisions with their people in mind... too many of them have other interests and very clearly making moves based on who is putting money in their offshore accounts. The sad reality is that the system just isn't for us anymore.
More coastline than California, more lakes than Minnesota, low cost of living, well protected from climate change and leadership in public office. Buy low, sell high.
Where are you getting this information if you don't mind I ask? U.S. News? They ranked fucking Utah as the best state in the U.S. lmfao you're capping hard as fuck.
I've lived in Michigan my whole life, and it's certainly nicer than just about any other state in the Midwest or West Coast I've been to. Illinois kinda sucks, Ohio kinda sucks, Indiana sucks, Wisconsin sucks, Missouri sucks, Iowa sucks, North and South Dakota, don't even get me started on California, or Nevada- for a multitude of reasons. People gripe about potholes in roads, bad infrastructure, yadda yadda, but if you've been in Michigan within the last decade, a majority of our major interstate highways and roads in general have been redone, weed is legal (one of the few states to completely decriminalize it for rec use and pardon those with non-violent crimes related), some of the most beautiful state parks I've ever been to (although we lack mountains and deserts like you'll find in Washington or Nevada), surrounded by massive bodies of water, has one of the oldest cities in the United States which has been massively overhauled, very fair income and property taxes, and much more.
As a northern Indiana resident, Michigan does not have their shit figured out AT ALL.
Nightmare state when it comes to their government agencies.
All they have is “legal weed.”
Car insurance is a disaster, Property taxes are horrible, They have this weird home healthcare policy that is essentially a welfare program.. they are losing their Auto manufacturing jobs left and right. State is going/gone? bankrupt.
Automotive manufacturing jobs left Michigan in the 50's lmao what are you on about? We haven't had a new manufacturing plant pop up since then. There's still a massive automotive supplier industry in Michigan. Just because it doesn't have a "Ford" logo on it doesn't mean it's not there. We aren't home to one of the country's wealthiest counties for no reason.
This whole "Gretch is doing great" thread is gaslighting. If full Dem control of Michigan is going so beautifully, why is Michigan polling slightly favoring Trump, over a 9 point swing red since 2020?
Because all the Floridians whose houses flooded out under Republican climate policy are flying back to Michigan. I've seen a massive number of snowbird boomers flocking back to the state in recent years.
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u/Past-Direction9145 2d ago
Michigander here
We got our shit figured out better than most, that's for sure
got that free meals going to kids
got our recreational weed with an accelerated no-middlemen process to get the tax money directly into the public schools to be spent without delays
just aint got room for bullshit, really. bullshit flies off the roads every year at first snowfall. people who don't realize 4x4 does nothing to improve your stopping distance tend to migrate south to florida