The WORST THINGS about Living in Michigan will surprise you

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  • @MotownGal
    @MotownGal Рік тому +2

    Born & Bred in MI. Spot on and very funny! I've lived in a few states since and I've never dropped my Michiganderness. Ope! Is that a word? Well, it is now! I love my Michiganian Quirks. They'll come in handy if I ever decide to move back. Could happen.

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  Рік тому +1

      Love that! Don't ever change 😁

  • @juli6497
    @juli6497 2 роки тому +4

    Saying "Watch for deer" means "I love you". :)

  • @SulliMike23
    @SulliMike23 3 роки тому +17

    I’ve been living in Michigan for years and I never knew about the free roadside service. I don’t wanna test it anytime soon, but I am glad to know about it.

    • @csnide6702
      @csnide6702 2 роки тому

      I've never seen it..... I call BS and the car insurance thing got fixed ......

    • @davidicousgregorian
      @davidicousgregorian 2 роки тому

      it takes 4 hours to respond they have 2 trucks on each direction of freeways and are busy all day

    • @francesjolly5106
      @francesjolly5106 2 роки тому

      Good to know but do not want to try this.

    • @pif4347
      @pif4347 2 роки тому

      I live in Muskegon, this is NOT a thing!

  • @davidradich9342
    @davidradich9342 Рік тому +1

    I like your videos. Lived in Michigan for a huge chunk of my life, lots to love and lots to hate about Michigan to be brutally honest. But one thing I did like about the state was its lore and idiosyncrasies, like calling soft drinks "pop" and so on. Lots of cool history too. Not fond of the weather, taxes and politics there, but I still root for you guys. Not a sports fan at all, but the Detroit teams have a very strong appeal, especially the Tigers. Lots of history with them...While I don't regret leaving for the balmy pacific islands, I do sometimes have nostalgia for my old stomping grounds. Maybe you'll do a video on some of the independant coffee houses or neat little down towns, like Plymouth, Royal Oak and some of the down river towns. It was always nice to go to a place like the Coffee Bean in Plymouth. Also lots of good cigar shops like Smoky's with locations in Royal Oak and Livonia. Best cigar shops I have seen in my opinion. Some of those things I miss. Another series you could consider would be the great museums Michigan does have great museums. Worked at Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village myself...It is an amazing place. The Kalamazoo Air Zoo, Yankee Air Force Museum at Willow Run Airport, the DIA, African American History Museum, and many more. Lots of great history. Take care.

  • @Honkytaco
    @Honkytaco Рік тому +4

    Im leaving nyc to start a roofing business in Michigan so I’ve been binge watching all your videos , good stuff man keep it up!

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  Рік тому +2

      That's awesome! Let me know if I can help in any way! paul@movingmi.com

  • @claytondaniel8119
    @claytondaniel8119 2 роки тому +5

    I am a lifelong resident of this great state but you always learn something new. Highway 2 in UP has a 65 mph speeds limit. 2 is not a freeway and the most beautiful drive in Michigan.

  • @clintshiplett8548
    @clintshiplett8548 2 роки тому +6

    There are two kinds of Michiganders, Spartans and Wolverines. We hate each other almost as much as we BOTH hate the Buckeyes down at Ohio State.

  • @RainbowBoo42
    @RainbowBoo42 3 роки тому +24

    Vernors is the Michiganders potion of healing
    Ope don’tcha know you forgot the Yooper and Troll rivalry, our obsession with Meijer, and those darn fudgies that visit northern Michigan every summer

    • @amorey67
      @amorey67 3 роки тому

      You mean the tourists that pump money into your local economies.🤣

    • @jaredchojnacki3028
      @jaredchojnacki3028 2 роки тому +1

      @@amorey67 exactly fudgies

    • @amorey67
      @amorey67 2 роки тому

      @@jaredchojnacki3028 Your welcome, we take pride in the fact that we keep the UP from becoming the nations largest trailer park.😁

  • @spike6487
    @spike6487 2 роки тому +19

    I was born in Saginaw and raised in a rural area outside of it. One thing about Michigan. People don't talk about distance in miles. If you ask how far away somewhere is, you get it in time. "Oh, that's about a half hour away"...

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  2 роки тому +2

      Ha! That's ABSOLUTELY true. Now that you mention it, that's how I talk in all of my videos. I give distance in time 😄

    • @DadsResale
      @DadsResale 2 роки тому +2

      I've lived in Texas for 10 years. I still do it. And still get weird looks. My wife is used to it now.

    • @davidicousgregorian
      @davidicousgregorian 2 роки тому +2

      pretty much what i said lol

    • @JustaMomnFamily
      @JustaMomnFamily 2 роки тому +1

      Omg me too

    • @CalebTillmon
      @CalebTillmon Рік тому +1

      I did this in Michigan and I do it in Arizona lol

  • @davidicousgregorian
    @davidicousgregorian 2 роки тому +1

    Down south they say you wanna coke then ask what kind or flavor

  • @eastendguy485
    @eastendguy485 Рік тому +1

    In Boston soda used to be called "tonic". Furthermore, in downstate NY they put a code on deposit bottles so you must return to store where you bought beverage! Yes, I considered moving to Michigan but then I heard about the roads! Now i am considering Maine!

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  Рік тому

      😅 the roads are not bad everywhere

  • @LilHollaback
    @LilHollaback 2 роки тому +2

    Love the OPE and Vernors portion of the video! so true!

  • @thegooseisin6910
    @thegooseisin6910 3 роки тому +11

    True Michiganders don't layer they wear shorts until it gets to the negatives.

    • @ZakRaine
      @ZakRaine 3 роки тому +1

      I'm the ac in the winter type lol

    • @denicepapesh4852
      @denicepapesh4852 2 роки тому

      This is true!

    • @wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396
      @wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396 2 роки тому

      I guess I was the only true Michigander at the farmers’ market today. It was 54 and I was in a cotton dress and light short sleeved sweater, while everyone else was in down jackets, heavy sweatshirts and thick jeans. I even have lived in warm places like the Southwest but never lost my feeling warm in 45 degree weather thing I have had since I was born here.

  • @Cafferdite15
    @Cafferdite15 2 роки тому +4

    Been in Michigan my entire life (50+ years). Never heard the OPE thing. I also have broke down on some of these roads in the cold dark winter. Never got roadside help. Maybe, I should still be waiting.

  • @rogerrude313
    @rogerrude313 3 роки тому +1

    I'm 37 and a life long Michigander, I'm in SW Detroit the Mexican town area and love it here.

  • @armorer94
    @armorer94 2 роки тому +2

    Hey, the lighthouse party store! I was just in there last week.

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  2 роки тому

      Nice!! Hope you had a good party 🎉 😄

  • @atabak1987
    @atabak1987 3 роки тому +11

    I lived in Texas for a few years and it drove me nuts when they call all pops, coke. I tried to convince my friends in Texas that Coke is a specific kinda of soda and you don’t call all soda brands coke, but you already know how that went.

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  3 роки тому +5

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 yes!!! Saying "I'll have a Coke" is a SPECIFIC order. Doesn't make sense to me.

    • @imcarlosjr4898
      @imcarlosjr4898 3 роки тому

      It’s soda

    • @ftkimbro
      @ftkimbro 3 роки тому +1

      Dude. It’s Coke. I ain’t scared to tell anyone I want a coke and You better make it Dr Pepper! 💁🏻‍♀️

    • @emeraldcoastfloridahomes
      @emeraldcoastfloridahomes 3 роки тому +1

      Oh, lord! I'm from Texas and I grew up saying "Coke" when I wanted a soft drink. It was a hard learning curve, but I've come around to soda! LOL! Excellent video!!! So many cool things about MI that I didn't know! And you're hilarious, Paul! Nice job!

    • @vwdaymon1894
      @vwdaymon1894 3 роки тому +2

      Where I live in Michigan they call soda … “pop”

  • @TheSilentWhales
    @TheSilentWhales Рік тому +1

    Here where I live (England) we call soft drinks pop too.

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  Рік тому

      That's amazing! Had no idea that other parts of the world use the same slang.

  • @nialante2848
    @nialante2848 3 роки тому +43

    I’ve lived in Michigan my entire life and had to move to Ohio, March of 2020 due to getting married. The hatred I have for this place runs deep in my SOUL 😂 Ohio SUCKS!

    • @nctzendj
      @nctzendj 3 роки тому +2

      U didn't have no mercy saying that💀

    • @nialante2848
      @nialante2848 3 роки тому +2

      @@nctzendj 😭😂 it’s the truth

    • @funtimenotalongtime6122
      @funtimenotalongtime6122 3 роки тому +7

      Move as soon as u can. Ohio has no place for your hate

    • @lockheed6859
      @lockheed6859 3 роки тому +2

      Not all of Ohio is bad. Just Cleveland. I wish Cleveland would burn in their fish get worse aids. - A flint resident

    • @exponent5290
      @exponent5290 2 роки тому +2

      I don't mind Ohio, it's just kinda empty

  • @davidicousgregorian
    @davidicousgregorian 2 роки тому +1

    in the U.P. they give directions by way of landmarks or say the place your lookin for is down that way a ways when they really mean is about 50 miles that way

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  2 роки тому

      😂 I kind of like that because I'm terrible with street names

    • @davidicousgregorian
      @davidicousgregorian 2 роки тому +1

      @@PaulWolfert thanks for responding most tubers dont even read comments . nice channel

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  2 роки тому

      @@davidicousgregorian you're welcome! I try to read and reply to all the good ones 😀

    • @davidicousgregorian
      @davidicousgregorian 2 роки тому

      @@PaulWolfert yea not many out there they usually try to get famous from other peoples work tho , keep up the good work.

  • @EddieBsTakeout
    @EddieBsTakeout 2 роки тому +4

    Man I've lived in Michigan my whole life and love it but even I didn't know about the Free Road Side assistance thing. Great video though man. I appreciate your enthusiasm and I learned something. I would also add that the running joke in Michigan is that we have 3 seasons: Summer, Winter, and Construction. I've heard different variations of that joke😄. Anyway keep up the good work man👍!

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  2 роки тому

      🚧 season in Michigan is REAL! Unfortunately it's year-round 😆

    • @MotownCountry
      @MotownCountry 2 роки тому +1

      @@PaulWolfert our state flower is the road cone. state tree? the barrell.

  • @dwayneseppala7556
    @dwayneseppala7556 3 роки тому +5

    I use to live in Michigan now I live in Georgia I now I realize I do say open lol I still use the hand map I wish Georgia would do the 10cent deposit that would take care of 90% of the trash on the roads love this video

    • @jayrogers6374
      @jayrogers6374 3 роки тому

      I live in TN and used to live in MI. My aunt and uncle live in GA. Don't vote for what you fled. The bottle deposit program - while well intentioned, created a massive amount of bureaucracy in Lansing that is largely unpaid for. The "environmental programs" that are supposedly funded by the bottle deposits have plenty of unfunded pension liabilities, which lead to skepticism from job creators regarding future investment. (Tax increases, cuts in vital services) The stores are also burdened with jammed machines, foul smelling rooms, and compliance money that could be spent on employing new people. The best way to take care of it is through voluntary moral individual behavior and us recycling those glass/aluminum cans. Trash on the roads is bad, but government isn't a solution to everything.

  • @Charlie-gv3zt
    @Charlie-gv3zt 3 роки тому

    I love your page!

  • @mikibluempoweringu4418
    @mikibluempoweringu4418 6 місяців тому

    I truly enjoy your content.

  • @englishrose4388
    @englishrose4388 2 роки тому

    Love your videos. Informative and entertaining. There’s also “U-pers” to learn.

  • @janetyoung6097
    @janetyoung6097 3 роки тому +3

    he should comment of other place to live in the state beside the Detroit area. Like Port Huron, St. Clair, New Baltimore, Algonac and along lake St. Clair, the St. Clair River and Lake Huron along the lakeshore and the thumb coast.

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  3 роки тому +1

      My channel is "The Metro Detroiter" 😅 - Metro Detroit is the area I cover.

    • @robc8468
      @robc8468 2 роки тому

      Lets not forget all of west Michigan and Lake Michigan. Metro Detroiters seem to think nothing exists farther west than Marshall.

  • @davidicousgregorian
    @davidicousgregorian 2 роки тому

    most machines for bottle return dont allow other cans and bottles they dont use same barcodes

  • @irisgraham7222
    @irisgraham7222 2 роки тому +2

    I was born and raised in Michigan and I never knew the Vernors thing or the roadside assistance. Never heard of the OPE thing...lol.

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  2 роки тому

      I probably say OPE too much 😄

  • @apolloobserved
    @apolloobserved 2 роки тому +2

    I'm from Michigan. Lived there for 36 years my life. I agreed with everything you said except "ope." Never heard that one. That must me recent or very localized. As an Anthropologist for your observations were spot on.

    • @buggy-cakes6173
      @buggy-cakes6173 2 роки тому

      What part are you from? I'm from Battle Creek and I hear it everywhere as well as use it myself.

    • @Brusseldudes7180
      @Brusseldudes7180 Рік тому

      I think more people say it and don't realize they are doing it. I never realized I did it until one of these videos pointed it out. It's like oops excuse me

  • @richardcurtis9303
    @richardcurtis9303 2 роки тому

    to your car insurance claim as being high. I have two cars. I have full coverage with a 500$ deductable and PPL on the other, plus rental insurance. I pay 80$ a month. that is pretty low.

  • @tonybernardi7693
    @tonybernardi7693 3 роки тому +2

    Detroit is nice now. Downtown is fun as hell now!!!

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  3 роки тому

      Agreed! Made a video about Detroit

  • @jackrobke7542
    @jackrobke7542 2 роки тому +1

    3:53 probly because its cheaper than maintaining the roads

  • @jessesutton4816
    @jessesutton4816 2 роки тому +4

    I want to thank you for the wonderful and entertaining videos that you have posted about living in Michigan. You were very helpful and instrumental while I was in the housing market.
    It was through your videos (and one other significant persons videos) that I was able to understand some important aspects about the home buying process. The 2021 housing market was very tough and tougher for a V.A. buyer. Your videos helped me to understand how to navigate in that difficult market. One of the most important things that I learned in your videos is how Proposition A works.
    I was able to ensure that my estimated escrow was closer to what the uncapped property taxes would be and avoid having a significant house note increase from underestimated property taxes in my closing disclosure. I think that your videos provide a wonderful and entertaining public service to prospective homebuyers.

  • @ohnojojo2262
    @ohnojojo2262 3 роки тому +26

    Honestly, everyone hates Ohio.
    Even people from Ohio 😂

    • @ralphmelvin1046
      @ralphmelvin1046 2 роки тому

      👍

    • @csnide6702
      @csnide6702 2 роки тому

      No.... I'm from Michigan & we do not hate Ohio... Lots to see and do in Ohio.

    • @ralphmelvin1046
      @ralphmelvin1046 2 роки тому

      @@csnide6702 speak for yourself I'm from Michigan I can't stand that shit hole state. There's much more to do in Michigan, the beaches the forest... Can't beat outdoor recreation in Michigan

  • @arraarrianeestrada4387
    @arraarrianeestrada4387 Рік тому +1

    Can you tell us about Wyandotte please?. Thanks

  • @jnmsks6052
    @jnmsks6052 2 роки тому +2

    I have also often wondered if people in Italy refer to their location based on parts of a boot. Maybe it's only because I'm from Michigan, so it makes total sense to me.

  • @lisahenke5027
    @lisahenke5027 2 роки тому +1

    I drive a semi to Michigan and I live in Ohio. I like them both and always looking at the real estate market because we are the only few states that prices aren't 300,000 plus. I love lakes and rivers and diversity.. Both states have all that

    • @jy-op6cs
      @jy-op6cs 2 роки тому

      You know when you cross the boarder tho! The roads don’t lie!

  • @danielstarr8957
    @danielstarr8957 Рік тому +1

    sounds like yall need to invest in heated roads to keep the pot holes from forming and it will keep drivers safer in the winter as well

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  Рік тому +1

      That would be amazing!

    • @danielstarr8957
      @danielstarr8957 Рік тому

      @@PaulWolfert they could test it out on the most busy roads at first and expand the program from there. Although maybe I'm being completely blind to how expensive that might be to run.

  • @paigeburba5698
    @paigeburba5698 3 роки тому +3

    I need to know about the wild life. Like what is the likelihood of being attacked by a pack of wolves or something in Custer?

  • @cjnelson143
    @cjnelson143 3 роки тому +3

    Would you be willing to do a video on Rochester vs Rochester Hills?

  • @kathrynmccullough1686
    @kathrynmccullough1686 2 роки тому +1

    The winter makes me appreciate the summer.

  • @EddieBsTakeout
    @EddieBsTakeout 2 роки тому +1

    We also pronounce motor companies and stores with an added S: (ie...Ford= Fords. Chrysler=Chryslers, Meijer=Meijers😀!)

  • @BlueDotRedSea
    @BlueDotRedSea Рік тому +1

    Thanks for this! I am really considering relocating from Arizona to Michigan. Do you think there is anything to be concerned about with the industrial pollution and cancer rates? I know all states have pollution though.

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  Рік тому +1

      You'll love Michigan! I just recorded a video about pollution/toxins that'll be released in the next few weeks where I go over this tool: www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program

    • @BlueDotRedSea
      @BlueDotRedSea Рік тому

      @@PaulWolfert Awesome! Thank you!

  • @fishhuntgrow7727
    @fishhuntgrow7727 3 роки тому

    Catch some walleye at a Dam out there. I go to d town all the time, gotta go to Troy tomorrow, can't ever find a good spot to bottom bounce.

  • @Levisvibe
    @Levisvibe 2 роки тому +1

    You forgot a word “Eh” I think lots of people use it

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  2 роки тому

      😂 that's more of a Canadian thing but it does spill over to Michigan a bit 😅

  • @cityslickersurvivalist9465
    @cityslickersurvivalist9465 3 роки тому +6

    Devil's night is a Michigan thing. Other states don't call it that.

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  3 роки тому

      I didn't realize other states call it something different! Thanks!

    • @Kinikia95
      @Kinikia95 3 роки тому +1

      What do they call it?

    • @Wii4a11
      @Wii4a11 2 роки тому

      I was born on Devil's Night

  • @skydaniels6440
    @skydaniels6440 3 роки тому +4

    I have an issue with Ohio...because I was trying to leave Michigan ..start my life over type thing. And bluffington Ohio pulled me over,put me under arrest, toes my car and put my things in evidence because they thought I stole my car...when they mistyped my plates when they ran them. And I had to spend all my money just to get all my shit back...I ended up comming back unpacked my stuff and said I'll never leave Michigan again except on a plane

    • @csnide6702
      @csnide6702 2 роки тому

      tow ... and coming

    • @claytondaniel8119
      @claytondaniel8119 2 роки тому

      I am also a Daniels. Where is your family from? My grandfather moved to Detroit from Harlan,Ky

  • @markjohnston3502
    @markjohnston3502 3 роки тому +2

    And you didn't mention the amazing abandoned places all over the state. Vernor's Ginger Ale - still made in Detroit?

  • @melissawoods1059
    @melissawoods1059 3 роки тому +1

    I feel like we don’t pronounce the G at the end of words that end in ‘ing’

  • @juancruzaac
    @juancruzaac 3 роки тому

    Excelent video bro, greetings from 🇦🇷

  • @Elisanname
    @Elisanname 3 роки тому +4

    Wonder what Florida does...

    • @othiq1077
      @othiq1077 3 роки тому

      This made me laugh. Thanks

  • @carisma.144
    @carisma.144 3 роки тому

    @TheMetrodetroiter- What is the name of the paint on your wall? Love that color.

  • @davidicousgregorian
    @davidicousgregorian 2 роки тому

    vernors is not as popular as before except in farm areas or historic cities now the drink of choice is monster and vape

  • @howardtibbsthethird
    @howardtibbsthethird 2 роки тому

    When you speak to someone on the streets no matter what they say to you your answer is “all right“

  • @Mike-wo3un
    @Mike-wo3un 2 роки тому +1

    Man do you think they have a system AI system just to stock the people that leave Michigan because of that playlist

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  2 роки тому

      Yep! It's the UA-cam algorithm. If you searched for anything about moving to or from Michigan, my videos will find you 🤖

  • @pif4347
    @pif4347 2 роки тому +1

    I live in Muskegon, 41 years old lived here almost all my life. I have never heard of free roadside assistance. The police MIGHT help you if you don’t have anyone coming to help.

  • @dianayount2122
    @dianayount2122 2 роки тому +1

    new vernor's flavor "black cherry" . Michiganders to get first try and folks in Toledo!

  • @KarinCarr
    @KarinCarr 3 роки тому +5

    You CANNOT dislike Ohio because of one thing... Cedar Point. 'Nuff said. 🤣. You are hilarious, Paul! I went to high school in Farmington Hills and when I went off to college, nobody knew what a party store was.

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  3 роки тому

      😂😂 Cedar Point is the one reason I'd stop in Ohio

    • @KarinCarr
      @KarinCarr 3 роки тому

      @@PaulWolfert Oh and there was Kings Island too. Good times growing up in the mitten! I really miss Vernors though.

    • @spike6487
      @spike6487 2 роки тому

      A buckeye is a hairless nut.

  • @bigola5437
    @bigola5437 2 роки тому

    3,000$ a year on car insurance is not bad at all pay the same here in nyc Brooklyn

  • @thressapratt7150
    @thressapratt7150 2 роки тому

    Pop comes from the Michigan born pop called Faygo

    • @kitbaker1629
      @kitbaker1629 10 днів тому

      "Which way did he go? Which way did he go? He went for Faaaaygo!" Sorta dates me, huh?

  • @jasonconley771
    @jasonconley771 Рік тому

    Vernors only helps with a hangover stomach

  • @imcarlosjr4898
    @imcarlosjr4898 3 роки тому

    3:40 We need that here in LA

  • @davidicousgregorian
    @davidicousgregorian 3 роки тому +3

    construction in mi?

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  3 роки тому +1

      It's in the other video I made 😅

    • @spike6487
      @spike6487 2 роки тому +1

      The orange construction barrel is Michigan's state symbol.

    • @clintshiplett8548
      @clintshiplett8548 2 роки тому

      We have four seasons in Michigan: construction, construction, construction, and winter.

  • @Ardaniel01
    @Ardaniel01 2 роки тому

    What cities in metro Detroit have the lowest insurance costs, and best places to relocate?

  • @jessicalovelopez6388
    @jessicalovelopez6388 3 роки тому +1

    I need to know about Grand Rapids

  • @mqueen1n
    @mqueen1n 3 роки тому +3

    (Bow down) when you come to my town
    (Bow down)when I’m westward bound
    (Bow down) because I ain’t no hater like you so bow down to somebody that’s greater than you.

  • @eliquegracia3343
    @eliquegracia3343 2 роки тому +1

    Lived in Michigan and my teenage years loved it still do I always tell people about it and guess what I heard a lot was the word;;; she ses n oh gosh darn it

  • @jessiecolon6036
    @jessiecolon6036 3 роки тому +1

    Like I say in another of your videos I LOVE MICHIGAN. AND YES ONCE. In a blue I found vernors at Walmart. You forgot to mention that in Michigan (we) even though I am not there we celebrate the sweetest day. Remember 🥳🤔🤗. I don’t quite remember the exact day. I think that it’s in March.

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  3 роки тому

      Oh! I forgot about Sweetest Day! Thank you 🙂

    • @irisgraham7222
      @irisgraham7222 2 роки тому

      Sweetest Day is in October...I only know this because my best friends Birthday is October 15 and it was always the same week.

  • @wrotenwasp
    @wrotenwasp Рік тому

    Other shortened words like OPE.....Instead of" I did not" break that, it's I DIDN' break that. DIDN'. OR, "Did you see"- DIJA see that! One more that I noticed when I really thought about it one time was instead of "It is too humid.....I noticed it's more like "stu humid". Cant recall any others off the top of my head but I noticed several shortened word combos coming here 30 years ago. Oh, one more....instead of "I am not ready- AHEYN ready. Almost like a slight souther/midwest word chopfest.Yever notis at? They = DEY. For the record, Im beein in the Livonia area since the early 90s. IMY magnin suma dees or do I actually hear these shortened words/phrases?

  • @creaturefeaturepetsittingl3579
    @creaturefeaturepetsittingl3579 2 роки тому +2

    You're very funny - I love it!
    I'm actually from Chicago. We said "pop" and "ope" there, too. But my mother is from the UP, and maybe that's where those words came from. Dunno....
    Anyway, we called her, "Mummy," or "Mum," (adults call their mothers "Mum") instead of "Mommy," or "Mom," or "Mother."
    Is "Mummy" a Michigan thing?
    After I grew up it sounded weird to me - maybe it's because I'm now estranged from my mother - 11 years, now! 😆 Anyway, it's creepy-sounding to me, now.
    I haven't lived in Chicago since 1968 and I still sound like I live there - very strong Midwestern dialect, I guess...

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks!! I don't think "Mummy" is a Michigan thing... certainly not a thing in my family! 😄

    • @creaturefeaturepetsittingl3579
      @creaturefeaturepetsittingl3579 2 роки тому

      @@PaulWolfert So glad to hear that! When my mother calls - since I never answer the phone, she always leaves a msg that starts out, "This is your Mum." 😖😖😖😖😖

  • @liamisloving6144
    @liamisloving6144 3 роки тому +2

    I live in Michigan

  • @shakaradina9773
    @shakaradina9773 2 роки тому +1

    YES IT IS TRUE!

  • @mille744
    @mille744 3 роки тому +5

    I want to know ALL the things!

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  3 роки тому +1

      You already know all the things!

  • @amorey67
    @amorey67 3 роки тому +1

    Hilarious content👍, I am from Kalamazoo and many years ago the industrial waste company I worked for agreed to help out a sister union shop in Mansfield, OH.
    clean a foundry.
    So off we go and nearly everyone we interacted with within that city seemed mistrustful of us and unfriendly and to top it off the guys from the Mansfield shop spent their time propping up shovels and watched us work in 100+degree heat, not helping at all.
    I and the rest of the guys from our shop agreed Mansfield is frickin weird and couldn't wait to leave and would never agree to come back.
    I don't know about the rest of Ohio but Mansfield was a bizarre experience. (Enter Rod Serling)😂

  • @noahsark1962
    @noahsark1962 3 роки тому

    Mdot does have a number to call

  • @JustaMomnFamily
    @JustaMomnFamily 2 роки тому +1

    Very accurate

  • @thomasdecker7631
    @thomasdecker7631 2 роки тому

    Noticed this unwritten rule especially in metro Detroit: Everyone drives like hell when it snows but slows down in the rain.

    • @clintshiplett8548
      @clintshiplett8548 2 роки тому +3

      We drive fast in the snow because that's when the potholes are all filled in and the roads are actually smooth for a little while.

  • @martinhodge394
    @martinhodge394 2 роки тому +1

    There is a famous episode of Seinfeld where Newman and Kramer wanted to drive returnables from New York to Michigan to make money.

  • @tonybernardi7693
    @tonybernardi7693 3 роки тому +1

    Detroit has tons of restaurants

  • @surlypuffin6375
    @surlypuffin6375 2 роки тому

    Vernors was awesome. But now that it's made by Pepsi its gross. When I was a kid I lived in honor Michigan.

  • @dustynhudson5967
    @dustynhudson5967 3 роки тому +1

    There was a war between Michigan and Ohio for the bay at the border of the two states

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  3 роки тому

      Ahhhh. Makes sense!

    • @robc8468
      @robc8468 2 роки тому

      @@PaulWolfert We gave up Toledo and Northern Ohio and got the whole U. P. in exchange I call that real win.

    • @Ihaveurfamilyinmybasement2
      @Ihaveurfamilyinmybasement2 2 роки тому

      Ahhhhhhhhhh

  • @amorey67
    @amorey67 3 роки тому +1

    Hmmm...I've never heard of a Michigan left we call it a Dutch left due to Holland, MI being full of them.

    • @urmum_vineboom
      @urmum_vineboom 3 роки тому

      from holland and i’ve never of any one call it a dutch left

    • @amorey67
      @amorey67 3 роки тому

      @@urmum_vineboom Hmmm...Maybe it's not common anymore or maybe out-of-towners like me use it.
      I lived in Holland briefly many years ago and haven't visited in year's so maybe it's not as common as I thought.

  • @catwilkins2178
    @catwilkins2178 3 роки тому +1

    Ope, to me, is a Mix of Oh! and Oops!
    Vernors in Florida and Alabama don't taste the same. I think they're knock offs!
    You didn't mention Koegle's hot dogs and their tasty snap. Or snappy taste? Dunno.

  • @andreweyer3853
    @andreweyer3853 3 роки тому +5

    I have a friend from Italy, and that’s exactly how he described where he was from! He’s from the heel 😂

  • @pjost3
    @pjost3 3 роки тому +2

    Sub to this guy, this guys amazing!

  • @kenschultz3836
    @kenschultz3836 3 роки тому +6

    best advice from a life member of Michigan born and raised in northern burbs of Detroit, stay out of Detroit period...night or day ... drive around and use the west roads like 275 . and never ...ever stop for gas !! if you have to drive through, just keep going and don't stop . Most of us Michiganders don't even consider Detroit part of our state . we tried to sell it Canada but we couldn't afford what Canada wanted ... :( There is a real Michigan beyond Detroit !!!

    • @spike6487
      @spike6487 2 роки тому

      You aren't wrong...car jackings are so common that if there's no traffic coming you can run red lights and not get ticketed. Cops around Detroit (Flint as well) generally ignore it for this reason.

    • @clintshiplett8548
      @clintshiplett8548 2 роки тому

      You're right about there being Michigan outside of the tri county area (Wayne, Macomb, and Oakland counties) Born and raised in Dearborn, moved to Grand Rapids in '77 at nineteen years old, and I'm STILL introduced like this, "Meet Clint, he's from Detroit." My wife did that after we'd been married for twenty years. That'll probably end up on my tombstone.

    • @limeallens6160
      @limeallens6160 2 роки тому

      100 % correct left MI 25 yrs ago now in WV.

  • @1mkrlife
    @1mkrlife 2 роки тому

    How’s the job market?

  • @Gigmeister1
    @Gigmeister1 3 роки тому

    How about guaranteed? It's often pronounced Gar un teed. My family moved to Farmington in 1967 and my parents went to the Sears in Livonia Mall to buy trash cans. The salesman pointed out a molded plastic model that was "Gar un teed for 10 years." Coming from Kentucky we had to ask what he said again! Former president Gerald R Ford did a TV commercial for Boy Scouts many years ago. In the commercial, he says "when a boy becomes a scout, there's no Gar un tee he'll grow up to become president but stranger things have happened."

  • @Ripsaw_Creations
    @Ripsaw_Creations 2 роки тому

    Can u talk about the weed laws

  • @AustinPerdue
    @AustinPerdue 3 роки тому +1

    I was shocked when I got a quote for car insurance a few days back - twice what I'm paying in Vermont! Michigan wanted $24/month to insure my car!

    • @andreweyer3853
      @andreweyer3853 3 роки тому +6

      That’s super cheap! I was paying 260 a month for full coverage, and 105 a month for plpd!

    • @Jade25s
      @Jade25s 3 роки тому

      What car insurance?

    • @AustinPerdue
      @AustinPerdue 3 роки тому

      @@Jade25s I'm using Geico but others we comparatively cheap.

  • @keithbrusseau
    @keithbrusseau 3 роки тому

    Have you done videos on lexington?

  • @calebraymond8170
    @calebraymond8170 2 роки тому +1

    Montana

  • @JustaMomnFamily
    @JustaMomnFamily 2 роки тому +1

    Omg I say ohino ALL THE TIME. and honestly don't know why

    • @JustaMomnFamily
      @JustaMomnFamily 2 роки тому

      I have lived in Michigan Age 8-13 and 16-44

  • @martinhodge394
    @martinhodge394 2 роки тому

    Roughly 90% of the party stores in Metro Detroit are owned by Chaldeans (Christian Iraqis). In California, about 80% of the donut shops are owned by Cambodians. Across the US, over 50% oft the nail salons are owned by Vietnamese people and 42% of the hotels and motels are owned by Gujarati Indians.

  • @franklinfx
    @franklinfx Рік тому

    Im moving from NY to Michigan.. I will never eat the pizza and I will never call soda "pop"

  • @Novadestin
    @Novadestin 2 роки тому +1

    Sorry fellow Michiganders, but I hate vernors (or rather ginger ale more specifically) and I don't know anyone else who drinks it either. I'll take a Faygo rock & rye over anything else you got any day of the week though!
    Also, in regards to language, you can add that calling the night before Halloween devil's night can instantly place you as being from Michigan. Even just having a name for that time and it being a "thing" is very uncommon actually.

    • @PaulWolfert
      @PaulWolfert  2 роки тому +1

      I always forget that "Devil's Night" is a Michigan thing!

  • @annabanana377
    @annabanana377 2 роки тому

    I am from Michigan and I say sodapop, maybe it was the East Coast influence where I lived for over a year?

  • @richardcurtis9303
    @richardcurtis9303 2 роки тому

    OPE? I have lived in Michigan 61 years, Never heard of OPE.

  • @bryanjones14
    @bryanjones14 2 роки тому +1

    Ohio has produced more astronauts than any other state ...... The state is bad , that people actually want to leave earth to get out of it !

  • @sharonasimeon8004
    @sharonasimeon8004 2 роки тому

    No toll roads.