@@robertmcmanus636 I live in eastern North Carolina, not Michigan or Minnesota, but there are bull sharks in the rivers [Neuse and Trent] that converge and flow through my hometown of New Bern. The water is very brackish. We also have alligators and water moccasins in the rivers. As a kid I used to love swimming in the river; now that I'm in my fifties I barely wade in it. I prefer the Atlantic Ocean for swimming. I only live about a 45 minute drive from the beaches. In the summertime, the ocean water is in the high 70s to low 80s. You can swim a long time without having to worry about hypothermia. 🥶🥶🥴😵
I'm from Iowa, and I'm proud of the fact that I once used a PowerPoint presentation to convince a friend to move from Washington DC to Des Moines. Nine years later, and she's still here.
I’ve got to make it back to my birth state. I’m a born Hawkeye but moved to my parent’s home state of Ohio. I root for Ohio State but have a soft spot for IU Hawkeyes!
Fellow Des Moinesian here. I've lived here all my life and will never move away. It's a great place to raise kids, lots of exposure to the arts (though I miss the Social Club downtown), and people don't drive like maniacs. The only drawback is Reynolds, Grassley and Ernst.
I live in Iowa City. Easy living. Not that far from Chicago. If you take the Lincoln Highway, it is beautiful coming into Iowa over the Mississippi. All of northeast Iowa is hilly and beautiful. I live in Grant Wood country.
I was born in Indiana, lived in Columbus Ohio and Chicago, Illinois as a child, and I'm back in southern Indiana on the Ohio river. It's a great part of the US!
How long ago did you live in Columbus? It’s grown up a bit in the past 10-15 years. You might be surprised by it. It’s almost like living in a major US city these days. Well, because it is. 14th largest in the US I believe. You don’t get the lakes, and concerts are a sore spot after Dimebag Darrel got killed there. But it’s a great mix for those who wanna live well, and vacation to any place you wanna go. Plus bomb parks and camping locally. You can drive to the East coast in a day. Go to any of the lakes. Hit any cities worth experiencing in that radius. But, it is long to get west. But if you need that, it’s worth taking a car on a road trip anyway. Or a plane for a destination trip.
@@danrowley6934 My father was with Sears in management. Promoted to Columbus and then again to the corporate office in Chicago. He passed away this Sept 10 at age 91, almost 92.
I am a Michigander, born and bred. I love living here. We are truly connected to the gifts from Mother Nature. I have a love affair with the trees in all 4 seasons. The feel of the rich earth in my hands is a source of my connection to the environment. And the sunsets are glorious! (I agree with you on the Detroit pizza and the Chicago dogs!) I had a friend who was from Germany. She told me that after years of living here and having traveled all over the world, she had come to the conclusion that Michigan was all she needed. She loved its beauty. She had no desire to go anywhere else. It s history is varied, it s contributions to society profound and impactful to the end results of many, many situations. Mr. Lincoln said it best, "Thank God for Michigan!"
I have loved every second I’ve lived here in Michigan. It’s just such a beautiful state. I finished up school down south, could have lived anywhere and I excitingly chose Michigan.
@@JohnnyBRad Glad to know that you agree with me, Nick! Sometimes I think that Michigan is a secret treasure that someone or something is guarding closely. Have you found Andy s Little Homestead yet on utube? Southern fellow, ex Coast Guardsman, homesteading up near Kalkaska. He now has a wife and 2 young sons. It s pretty good, watching him coping with the land and the weather and his young family.
@@kyledavis4890 The UP requires the left hand above the right. I have seen it done and it works. Extend the baby finger for the Keewanah (spelt wrong) penninsula. Youv e got it!
One thing I was told as a kid is I'd live longer living here in the Mid-West because we get the extreme weather. We can get over 100 degrees in the summer and well below zero in the winter. Plus throw in a few blizzards and living in or around Tornado Alley. It makes us rough and tough so we will outlive the person in Florida or Southern California who has nice weather all the time. I don't know if that's true, but it's nice to tell yourself when you're shoveling your driveway for the 6th time in the winter and your teeth are chattering.
Are you sure it doesn't just feel longer? And I don't think you've experienced a Florida summer. The weather is nice in Winter, that leaves 3 other seasons.
We lived off of one busy road and the plows would throw up massive chunks of ice and frozen snow, blocking the driveway. The mounds would be taller than us, and we'd spend school mornings chipping away at it with pick ax and coal shovel because it would break snow shovels. It does make for tough characters.
@@rtyria I spent 1st-4th grades in N. Dakota. I got enough snow to last me a lifetime. I don't mind watching videos of other people removing snow from rooftops while I sit in my shorts. 😀
I have lived in central Alaska for 10 years. Those that grew up here are extremely resilient. I am getting there, but have nothing but respect for those that have thrived here. It is rough when Temps hit -40.
I've lived in the Midwest, the east coast, a good chunk of my life in Colorado, southern CA, El Paso TX, and now live in Seattle. Favorite sunsets are in CO over the Rockies and anywhere in the desert Southwest.
I was born and raised in the Chicago area but spent 34 years in Connecticut. I SO missed the big skies over the prairies in the Midwest -- the sunsets and the thunderstorms rolling in from 30 miles away. We always loved the lightening storms -- surprised that Lawrence didn't mention those.
Never forget, the Midwest loves you too! I grew up in Michigan and am so looking forward to moving back ASAP. I miss the fall foliage, how amazing it is to drive for hundreds of miles going to the UP with a roof of trees overhead. I live in Omaha, NE right now and it makes a Michigander like me feel so out of place. Fall here lasts for a couple days; the trees go from green to brown with little in between. I want to go to Whitefish Point and gather beautiful water-smoothed stones and watch the ore ships sail by. I want to be back with my people (the great grandchildren of the Dutch).
I was born in Kentucky and lived in Michigan for 6 long, cold winter months. Lived in a trailer. Could hear the the pop-pop-pop of the pumping machines for pumping oil. The only part I liked was the weird, ethereal sounds Brady Lake made as it thawed.
We must have lived in different parts of Chicago. I found very nearly everyone gracious and pleasant, who wasn't wearing a three-piece suit and carrying a briefcase. Those guys were scary, and meant to be.
Uf-dah... love it! I live in Minnesota (having been raised in Washington State). I enjoy the real change of seasons here; loving autumn and winter most of all. But when spring comes, I'm ready for it as well. In my part of the Midwest, I am so grateful for the abundance of art opportunities for my kids. Children's choirs, youth opera, Children's theater, youth orchestras, ... all this and more just minutes from our house.
I live in a Minneapolis suburb, and although my family has lived in this state for over 150 years, I'm thinking of getting the hell out of here. It's not the same place it used to be, anymore. Too much "left coast" influence moving in here, ruining what used to be the best place in the country to live.
I grew up in the extreme SE corner of Minnesota, which is one of the few parts of the state with hills and bluffs. Si many people are unfamiliar with the area, but are surprised at the absolute beauty of the area. It’s part of the geologic region known as the Driftless Region. Wisconsin Public Television recently fid a fantastic program called “Decoding the Driftless”. I highly suggest it. I spent three years in Connecticut. I couldn’t get back to the Midwest soon enough.
This video on Chicago is one of the best you've done. I know the area because of going to the Cubs games over the years. Your tour and thoughtful commentary are outstanding
@@honolulublues5548 I live not too far west from the line that separates the Eastern and Central time zones in my part of southcentral Kentucky. Dusk for my area is about 8:45 pm at the latest, so it was a very pleasant surprise to see easily at that late hour. My sister and I met in Holland to visit with her daughter and to sight see. We walked into the Lake, and saw the red barn-like lighthouse across the bay. We went to the recreated Dutch village, and to DeZwann windmill. I would love to visit again.
I was born in Washington DC and lived in MD until I was 41. We moved to southwestern OH 9 years ago and now I would never live back East again! I love the little city we live in and I love the people of the Midwest! They are just so much nicer, kinder and more charitable here.
@@DaveMiller2 yes... there are a lot of really nice folks from that area, including me! Lol! But it's true that you wouldn't know it unless you get to know them. It's definitely a different world there.
I was born in Chicago and live on the West Coast where the sunsets are also stunning. What I miss most are lightening bugs, thunderstorms and authentic Italian food.
@@gregorybatz7297 .. Gregory, I grew up down south (y'all) but I live in Anchorage right now. Also lived in Bearflanks (Fairbanks) for a couple years and in Tok (rhymes with Tok) for a few years... I'd love to visit the midwest someday! 🍂🍃🎃
Born and raised in Iowa, moved to Connecticut for a few months and made me miss everything about living in Iowa that I hurried back home. From the friendliness of Iowans, being with family, to scenery….not to mention those sunrise and sunsets.
I grew up in Texas and now I'm living in Iowa. The milder summers are so nice and there's so much green space and so many parks to enjoy. There has been a park within walking distance of every place we've lived here.
Lived in Michigan my whole life. Grew up in a lake town and loved watching the sunset over the lighthouses. Live more inland now and miss that. Love the Midwest.
We live in Michigan near Detroit, I've been camping out towards Traverse City in the Sleeping Bear Dunes area for nearly 30 years, and my wife's parents bought a cottage in Oscoda on Lake Huron. There has been at least two years that we spent a few nights at the cottage and then drove across the state to go camping. It is flipping awesome to watch the sunrise over Lake Huron and then watch it set over Lake Michigan the same day. 😁😁
@@kathy2trips The same for us. Michigan has it all and then some. We've toyed with moving to the southwest but we just can't seem to get around to doing it.
Central Ohio here! We're so glad to have you! The Midwest really does have it all including all 4 seasons to the extreme. Yeah we deal with brutal winters and humid hundred degree summers but our autumns and springs are spectacular. Fyi there's a little more to Buckeyes than peanut butter and chocolate. You need powdered sugar and vanilla to add to the PB roll into balls then you dip in traditionally milk chocolate but dark is great as well! Tell that beautiful wife to get the recipe. You would have a blast making them together(fyi they freeze great).
Born and raised in Michigan. Love it so much that I moved back after living in Florida. I love the distinct season changes here in the Midwest! The great lakes draw many visitor to our state!
I moved from Missouri to Wisconsin, never quite leaving the Midwest. But after visiting other parts of the country, I will say that I love the fact that we do actually get all four seasons here; and because of that, people actually know how to drive under all sorts of weather conditions. We are prepared for nearly everything..
I recently moved to Arizona from California. I'm pretty sure we've had more rain this year than California. The world is truly upside down! And people here have absolutely no idea how to drive when the roads are damp.
@@jimcappa6815 I lived my first 45 years in IL, so I know how to drive in snow. Now I'm in AZ, in the part that gets snow; but I never lost the touch, even after 25 years in San Diego.
@@jimcappa6815 part of it is because the dampness spreads a thin layer of oil even wider, but I agree. I'm from southern Indiana and moved to central California for a few years for work. There was a freak hailstorm in July that shut down power and telephone service to the area for 16+ hours due to the sheer number of auto wrecks, a situation that generally didn't happen until October or so there when the rain returned. Most of my coworkers had never seen snow except on the distant Sierra Nevada mountains. They were completely dumbfounded when I brought back pictures from a Christmas break where we had three feet of snow fall over two nights, and temps dropping from +40F (4.4C) at the start to -30F (-34.4C) after the second snowfall. Being substantially well subcutaneously insulated, I was taking pictures for over an hour in jeans and a t-shirt at that -30F. It felt just fine to me, though my mom was freezing in the house where it was +72F (22.2C). I've always said that if you learn to drive in rural Indiana through four seasons (sometimes in the same 24h period!), you can drive anywhere under just about any conditions where your car will work.
Yes to Detroit-style pizza! I make it from scratch here at home, using brick cheese from Wisconsin. :) AND we live 4.5 miles (as the lake gull flies) from the eastern shore of Lake Michigan and have seen some awesome sunsets!
Lake gulls? Yeah, we get them down here in Texas in the winter. Wild thing is they are bigger than adult native laughing gulls, but they look like juvenile laughing gulls. Adult laughing gulls have black heads, babies have white heads.
where in Western MI? My wife is from Holland. We live in Chicago. I prefer deep dish, but I was literally eating a slice of Detroit style pizza as I watched this video.
I live in the Southeast and I love it except I love the area that you're speaking about is well I love so many different places and I love meeting you people I love all kinds of different traditions and customs and best of's and to me I live on the beach in the low country I mean it's amazing and there's a lot of diversity I mean we've got the Gola and the Gucci here for that actually came and still speak the language but had tarn English ! Where I live because we're such a tourist area and so many people have moved here there's just people from everywhere And their families were from everywhere I've bartended for 40 years and that's probably my favorite thing about the job is the people In many from across the pond as well especially the Brits,love them! We do get some storms sometime but most of the year it's great yes it's hot in the summer but we definitely get a change but never get really really cold and it's fall here now not as much color because we have pine trees a lot which are evergreens but go just a few hours and you're in the mounds and it's absolutely gorgeous the smoky mountains, the Blue Ridge,I love it!
There is a particular friendliness with Midwesterner during and after heavy snows. Having a little trouble getting out of your parking space? Anyone on the street will offer to help. And there is a beauty when certain conditions create a sparkly snowfall.
Having lived in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, (as well as the costal states), I agree with you wholeheartedly about how nice it is to live in the Midwest. It is friendly, inexpensive, and includes a great dose of all seasons. Snow is fun to play in, you should try it.
Growing up in the SW part of Michigan, yes the sunsets are spectacular, but the best part was as a teenager on hot summer nights a bunch of us would party and watch the sun go down from a beach on the Michigan side of Lake Michigan, then at some point overnight we'd all pile in a car, drive the 3 hours around the bottom of the lake and continue the party on the Chicago lake front watching the sun rise over Lake Michigan...
How cool!! Lucky in your location, I would have loved to have been able to do that! Closest we had was Lake Michigan and Green Bay, but it WAS a shorter drive to achieve it. 🙂
Born and raised in the northwest corner of Minnesota.. Hearing 'uffda' with a British accent has made my day.. thank you.. I love the winters.. cool and I enjoy winter sports and ice fishing.. :)
I lived in Midwest and liked the sunsets, but after moving to the desert and seeing the brilliant purple and pink and orange majestic sunsets, I hadn’t seen.. nothing.
Born and raised in Indiana so I don't appreciate the sunsets as much as I should. I do love me a snowy night with a big full moon!! When I visited the desert I REALLY loved the sunsets but that was about all I liked there. I didn't like, from what I saw, if it ain't irrigated its brown...
High deserts will always have my heart. Moved from Ca. high desert to Idaho high desert. Ca. high desert sported constant horrendous winds, which I don't miss. In Idaho I traded the winds for snow and that was a fair trade. Now living in middle Tn for the second time to be near my kids and grans. Nothing compares to desert sunsets.
The sunsets over Lake Michigan are magnificent. Having seen a sunrise from Chicago as well I can assure you it is not the same thing at all. One thing I haven't done, but have heard other Michiganders do, is spend a day traveling the states coastline and taking a quick dip in each of the lakes surrounding the lower peninsula (Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan). I haven't done that because I still remember how much time it took just to travel from southwest Michigan to the bridge (Mackinaw). I thought the day would never end.
I love it!! I grew up in IL, lived in TN and now IN, have traveled all over the US, and am quick to declare that the Midwest is the best place to be. I'm so glad you mentioned the sunsets, as I never take them for granted and am mesmerized by each one.
I was born in Detroit and have lived in Michigan all of my life. We have are good things and not so good things. While I would love to live on either coast, it’s not financially a wise decision. Whether I remain in Michigan for the rest of my life remains to be determined but I’m not planning on leaving the Midwest. Good people, good food. Love our Detroit style pizza too! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Born, raised and stayed in Southern Indiana, about 45 min from Lincoln’s boyhood home. You are certainly right about the tenderloins. If they aren’t three times bigger than the bun; you must not be in Indiana! I love your videos and your sense of humor.
Only 3 times bigger than the bun? Southern Indiana sure is stingy. Central Indiana 4X is the standard from diners/bars. The size is comical how big we sell them. You shouldn't be able to make 4 meals out of 1 sandwich.
It's nice to hear the Midwest getting some love. It is definitely the most overlooked of the U.S.'s regions. I grew up and still live in Northern Kentucky right on the Ohio border. It's a pretty cool area because it is right on the confluence of the Southeast and Midwest regions, and so has the characteristics of both.
I lived in Indiana from age three to nine. My wife was born and raised there. We live in Florida only because she watched the TV show ‘Flipper’ and fell in love with palm trees. We still visit Indiana several times a year to visit relatives and I LOVE it.
0:36 Hey Laurence, just a heads up, in Wisconsin it's tradition every Friday to have fish fries. Just about every supper club, restaurant (regardless of cuisine), church, bar, VFW, and gas station with a kitchen will have one. Deep fried fish (cod, perch, etc), french fries or potato wedges, rye bread, potato salad, coleslaw, tartar sauce, lemon wedge. If you're ever missing the "Fish and Chips" from your homeland, I believe it'd be a great substitute. FYI, the churches and VFWs (in my experience) usually have the best ones :).
I grew up in Wisconsin but live in Arkansas now, the one thing I miss is the Friday night fish fries. They try here in the south but catfish or tilapia just isn't the same.
Y'all have fish fry events year round? Not just during Lent? Remarkable. You may not know this but Lenten fasting came from the Swabian-Alemannic culture and used to be based on the old Germanic solar calendar. That's why it's called Fat Tuesday. In the old Swabian calendar there was a date marked where rendered fats and butter stored for the winter would be inspected and some would be deemed unworthy. All the unworthy fats that could not last longer than forty more days were to be eaten in a feast and all the wine meant to be served fresh in the spring but was going bad should be drunk. The wealthy should slaughter their weakest livestock and serve the meat to the poor. And after this period of feasting, dietary restriction. On the first and last days of the feast there are parades of grotesque figures representing famine and strife. The greedy who eat well in the famine time of Lent are responsible for the deaths of those who fall to hunger and disease. In lots of German cities they still have the famine theme in their Fastnacht parades.
@@Bacopa68 From my understanding, Friday night fish fries was/is a way to lure people into bars after or during prohibition. It just continues as a tradition.
I live in WV and I love the strange spot in-between the east, north, Midwest, and southern US. Although I'm stuck in the Ohio river valley (with about 50 degrees of sky) our sun rise and sunsets are wonderful. I find it amazing how different our view of both nature and life can change across this sprawling country. It's great to know those not borne here can feel it too. Hope all your days here are filled with joy.
Best Italian restaurant I ever ate at was in Chicago, I think it was Quartino? Amazing. And I had my first Chicago dog at a White Sox game and it was life-changing.
Hahaha! Thanks for the laughs! Especially the comment about the guy in a Cubs hat asking "What's going on buddy?" - how you learned to determine that wasn't a threat:D "Affection disguised as a declaration of war" - your way of explaining things cracks me up! The laughs just continue after that. . . .
I live right between St. Louis & Springfield. I certainly hope you ate Imos pizza when you were in St. Louis. I also hope you ate gooey butter cake-another St. Lou favorite. Go Cards!!
imo's YES! We had that in St. Louis on a visit and it was good. So different--it's the cheese, Provel (a blend of Swiss, Cheddar and Provolone) sounded so weird, but trust me, it tastes so good. If you ever come to Souther Indiana, try Pizza King pizza. Another secret to this area that the locals swear by.
Friend has a lake home up near the bridge(just east of Mackinaw city). due to the location on the straights, they can watch both a sunrise AND sunset over the lake(s) from their back yard!
I'm a Yooper. I live just a mile from Lake Superior. I love the sunrises over the lake, but nothing beats the aurora over the lake. Whenever there's a celestial event, people tend to gather on the shore of Superior to watch it, even at 2 AM. Although it can be creepy sometimes because everyone is pretty quiet and talks in hushed voices (very polite), so it's easy to bump into people in the dark if you aren't careful.
I've lived in Michigan all my life. Best thing are the Lakes. And the lakes, rivers, streams, and ponds. Plus the pizza, bbq, and coneys. 😉 And we're not the only greedy ones about the Lakes... Ontario, Canada also borders four of them. And it's no coincidence that the odd Lakes out are names for the respective places. (Geography lesson...Lake Michigan borders Michigan but not Ontario. Lake Ontario borders Ontario but not Michigan.) Sunsets! Yes, sunsets over Lake Michigan are fantastic. As are sunrises over Lake Huron. I've taken pictures of both.
Living in Wisconsin I love staying up to watch a sunrise over Lake Michigan. I'm not a morning person so it has to be after an all nighter and then go to bed after.
I've lived in the Midwest for most of my 74 years and you nailed it. Of course, as the progeny of a German Grandfather and a Swedish Grandmother on one side and a Scots-Irish Canadian Grandfather and an English Grandmother on the other, I've got all the Midwest ethnic bases covered! LOL!
My mom’s from southern Wisconsin, and I grew up in the middle of Kansas… I live in eastern Tennessee now, and I love the topography of where I live, but DAMN IT do I love a good Kansas sunset!! Ahhh!!! It’s just… soul cleansing. ❤️
The problem is that folks like to clump everyone in the US as one culture, which it is best to think of us as more like 50 states each with different culture, much like Europe has 50 countries each with their own culture. There is some overlap, but definably painting everyone in the US as one, is way too broad.
Even within states, there are major cultural shifts. In Illinois alone, there are several different regions and each has its own sets of subcultures. Trust me, Chicago culture is nothing like southern Illinois or even central Illinois.
And that's why the (now much maligned) Founding Fathers declared their new country to be The United STATES, rather than Jeffersonovia or The Republic Of Madison. There is too much difference over its vastness -- in weather, in geography, in people, in practicality of being able to do things -- to declare this one giant homogeneous country under one giant homogeneous government with one giant homogeneous set of laws from top to bottom. That's why The Constitution and Bill Of Rights were carefully thought out and written as they were, to leave most of the governing responsibility to states and smaller local jurisdictions. Unfortunately, the trend of the federal government is to take more and more of the powers legally left to the states and try to make one-size-fits-all laws for all the land -- that rarely turn out to "fit" anybody but themselves and their cronies. Our U.S. representatives and senators are, in effect, trying to hammer a bunch of state-shaped pegs into Washington D.C.-shaped holes, and becoming fabulously rich while they're at it.
I've lived in Cleveland, Phoenix, and Seattle and I chose Ohio to call home for all of the reasons you mentioned. My phone is full of pictures of Ohio sunsets which are beautiful year-round.
$600 rent? Unheard of in northern NJ - more like $1500 for a small one bedroom. All of your content here was so nice to hear. I read the Times of London every night online, including the many readers' comments after the articles. The amount of anti-Americanism, how terrible it is in the US, the snide remarks about Americans, and on and on, is shocking and even maddening. I've spent a month a year in England over decades and had no idea how some/most of the British look down on Americans and the US. I understand it's not all Brits - and very encouraged to hear your positive comments, Lawrence - in this video and others. Thanks for a great channel.
I would hate to see what you could rent for $600 in the Houston area. Top floor of an over/under shotgun in 5th Ward maybe. Gunfire in the front and rail surfers in the back. Train horns all day long.
@@Ira88881 About 20% of the US population lives in the Midwest, slightly more than live in the Northeast and slightly less than live in the West. So it’s not a matter of people not wanting to live here. We live here because we like it. Have you ever actually visited the Midwest? People in the Northeast and the West Coast have strange ideas about what the Midwest is like. It’s not a cultural wasteland.
Hey Amy, I’m from the UK ( same town as our Lawrence, originally)too, just to say that those people who put the snide comments about the US. will be doing the same about the UK too, they despise their own nation and many of its population, we know them here as the chattering classes and they are loathed, deeply. I would say that some of your own media hasn’t helped in promoting a very negative view of America around the world. Many here are still fascinated and drawn to the US, me included. I can’t wait to explore the mid-west, Appalachia and the Ohio river valley for starters.
I lived in Nebraska once, and the people were genuinely kind. Everyone was very interesting and had unique hobbies to get them through the winters like whittling, quilting, and painting. The sunsets were some of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. And, the masses of migrating cranes on the Platte River shook me to my core.
pork tenderloin sandwiches are one of my favorite things, and i have not been out of Wyoming, much. Thank you for your videos. I truly appreciate them.
One of my favorite sunsets (that I was able to photograph pretty well) was during a trip to Bemidji. My husband and I were walking along Lake Bemidji at sunset, and the vantage point was fantastic. I even spotted the silhouette of a common loon during our walk. That said, you definitely want to be inside after sunset, because the mosquitos in northern Minnesota are about the size of hubcaps. Hopefully a super cold winter with tons of snow this year will eliminate them. Man, I hope this winter has way more cold and snow than last year. Last winter was severely underwhelming in its chill.
I live in a small town in southern Ohio I love when my husband had a flat tire it became almost a party with everyone coming to help him change it and because he was in dressy work clothes they would let him change it. Everyone says hi no matter where you are.
The Southeast is relatively easy on the wallet as well - without the snow and cold. Lived in Chicago a year and scurried back to the Southeast after that year. Different areas in the US are great places to live! Always enjoy your reactions - just wanted to add some thoughts on another part of the US.
As a native Hoosier, I agree with you about the sunsets. They're beautiful. Plus, there are the 4 seasons and various places to visit to celebrate them (museums/orchards/ pumpkin patches).
i lived in the mid west for the first 51 years of my life. i could no longer take the snow and the cold and moved south to my favorite vacation spot, Tybee Island GA which is right outside of Savannah. best decision we ever made! I guess one of the things i liked best about the midwest was how affordable it was to buy a house.
Unless you go to downtown Phoenix, parking in Arizona is free. My husband is from Fort Wayne and I’ve visited there. I love the scenery in the summer, so beautiful and green to this desert person. I appreciate your videos, you remind me of the good things here.
Port Huron, Michigan here. Tried moving away. The Big Mitten reached out and grabbed me back every time. The only time I could tolerate being away from Michigan was when I was sailing on the Great Lakes.
The more I watch your videos, the more I think you’d really enjoy the U.P. It’s just a leisurely jaunt up US-41 from Chicago to Copper Harbor (maybe not the best/quickest route). You might see meese (though I never have). You could see a bear. Lake Michigan sunsets ain’t got nothing on Lake Superior sunsets (I’m exaggerating, they are both spectacular). The mining history of the region is fascinating. Calumet was almost the capital of Michigan, and the population in 1900 was about 6x what it was in 2000. There are waterfalls galore. The Pictured Rocks in Munising. The views from Lake of the Clouds overlook and Brockway Mountain Drive (especially in peak color, which is usually the first week in October) are breathtaking. I haven’t listed even half of the things to see and do in the U.P., and many of them are free or cheap. I highly suggest you take a trip north soon.
I was born in and lived in Northwest Ohio most of my life and I just love this flat land. You can see for miles and miles and yes the sunrises and sunsets are spectacular!
I love the beaches. Sunsets on Lake Erie here in Ohio are breathtaking. I live just 5 miles from a mile long beach. Waterfront living at an affordable price cannot be beat.
Growing up going to ocean beaches in NY & NJ my whole life it's funny to hear people refer to the Great Lakes as having sandy beaches. Until I realized they have waves.
I live on the east side of Michigan, but I can confirm that the west side does get spectacular sunsets over Lake Michigan. I hope to see one from Sleeping Bear Dunes soon, but I've watched them from St. Joseph and Traverse City. I'm an early riser, so I mostly see the cornfield sunrises from my area.
I was born and raised in Detroit. We have retired to the thumb, about 10 miles west of Sandusky. What I've learned to love here in farm country is that huge sky overhead. Love to be able to watch the sunrise/sunset and also watch the moon and stars come up and travel across the sky. Incredible!
That special time before sunset I was raised to call it the golden hour, can be the best time of the day. Robert from West Central Ohio, Bellefontaine (pronounced Bell fountain)
Speaking as someone that migrated from *New* England to the Midwest for college and basically never left, I think you did a great job hitting some of the highlights of the region for someone unfamiliar with the area. Only thing is you definitely have to highlight that the Pork Tenderloin sandwich is Indiana's *official* State sandwich if it ever comes up again in your videos.
As an Iowan (tons of pig farmers here), I must ask: is the pork tenderloin breaded and fried there? If so, Indiana doesn't have the market on pork tenderloins. I can honestly say that here in Des Moines, I have 3 restaurants that serve breaded pork tenderloins within a mile of my house
i live in iowa...and here we have iowa nice and iowa strong....i think midwest living is both of these...we are community friendly and are able to be friendly because most of us dont have big city influences to make us too jaded...we see the good in people...on the other hand we are strong...to pick up the pieces and rebuild after a tragic situation...we band together because we understand the harshness of life and in those harsh times we make it through together
I'm a Hoosier through and through, though after 23 years I'm very ready to live outside of this midwestern expanse for a while. I think one thing you forgot to mention is the good thing about midwestern weather. You get all four seasons and there all very distinct and exactly as advertised. Summer is almost too hot with green trees and blue skies and lots of humidity. Winter is almost too cold with heaps of snow and a pensive quality. Spring is rainy and full of new life sprouting up everywhere. Fall is chilly but not cold with all of the autumnal hues in the trees. In addition, hurricanes can't reach this far inland, earthquakes are pretty abnormal, forest fires aren't an issue, there are no volcanoes, and whatever happens here in winter is much worse in New England and Canada. We do have tornadoes, which can be massively destructive... but its so statistically unlikely for a tornado to hit you specifically that it isn't often very scary. They're much more isolated in the area of their damages than any other natural disaster.
@@R.M.MacFru Indiana has plenty of forests. I mean I've never heard of wildfires being a life threatening issue in all my time living here. If they are they can't be anywhere near as bad as those in California.
you crack me up Lawrence! Thanks for giving toasted ravs a shoutout!!! we St. Louisans have an affinity for things found floating in hot grease. Its all good though and quite yummy...
Being from northwestern Ontario I can tell you that the cold makes everyone cranky but also friendly because noone wants to get stuck outside on the side of the road during winter.
I live in far southern Indiana--right across the Ohio river from Louisville, KY. YES, the sunsets! And YES the pork tenderloin sandwiches! If you take a drive around here, you see more hills and less flat land and the fall leaves are gorgeous (oh, and the winters tend to be a lot less snowy). I also love that I am a fairly short drive from some awesome places like Chicago (5 hours), St. Louis (4 hours), Cincinnati (1.5 hours), and even Nashville (2.5 hours). Day trips and weekend overnights are such fun. I do need to make a trip to Michigan though (although I have had Detroit-style pizza here and you are right--it's so good). If you ever have the chance, I highly recommend Louisville for a visit. So many amazing restaurants and activities in a small city along the river. Take in the walking bridge across the Ohio in the evening and watch the boats and people watch.
As a fellow transplant to the Midwest, though from NEW and not Old England, I’ve really come to appreciate a lot of these same things. And as someone who gets up quite early and has a view over Lake Michigan, the sunrises are absolutely lovely.
I love so much that you don't get up before 10:30 am...I am not a early riser either, so I really only see sunrises if I am on a road trip, because I love driving all night long and then watching the sun rise while resting at a Rest Area.
FYI, the Buckey is a nut from a species of hickory tree. The peanut butter treat is made to resemble it - and they do, to a startling degree. If you ever get out to Cantigny gardens in the Fox Valley area, they have buckeye trees and you can pick up the nuts off the ground in the autumn. They do dry out and kind of cave in on themselves after a few months, but when they're fresh off the tree you'll be hard pressed to tell the real ones and the peanut butter ones apart.
As a native & lifelong Californian, my sunsets encompass a range of palm trees with the fading light bouncing off the foothills just right outside my door. When I’ve visited flatter states, such as Florida, I am first struck by the far flung horizons and amazed at how far the eye can see across great distances…which thought is immediately followed with almost a sense of loss: where the mountains and hills? Where the silhouettes of towering structures and palms? Instead of a varied horizon, it’s all eternally…flat. It’s such a different experience. I wonder if it’s similar for folks who are accustomed to flat landscapes visiting areas with greatly varied geography. I imagine they might have similar feelings.
Buckeyes in Ohio are a spiritual experience starting on thanksgiving and going on thru the holidays My girl is south side Chicago but she makes them for me every TG with my mom’s recipe
I lived just outside Chicago in Lake Forest for 8 years before moving to Seattle. I loved going to Lake Forest Beach which is actually lake Michigan. It was white sand and blue water that you could not see the end of no matter how hard you looked. The deep dish pizza...ahhhh yes that is good stuff but I also loved the variety of restaraunts. The people are great as well. I really didn't mind the snow - at least they salted the roads and as you said it's pretty flat. I've been to a alot of big cities and I have to say I always loved downtown Chicago, michigan mile for shopping Wabash for jewelery and the signature room (top of the Hancock building) for the best martini in Chi-town, not to mention the view. Great video!
I started cracking up when you mentioned Sherman, IL...only because, as you now live in Chicago, my first instinct was that you were going to say Schermer, IL...the fictional town and high school of so many John Hughes movies. lol Most of which were filmed within five miles of where I grew up. But yes, have enjoyed your channel for a while, love your take on things, and appreciate that you appreciate this best part of this country. Grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago...love the city to no end...and my previous career took me all over the country, so as to experience Florida, Colorado (twice) and Wyoming. All have particularly great aspects, here and there. But I was able to relocate back here (a little bit further north than my upbringing) two years ago, and was such a relief to be back and re-experience much of what you talk about in this.
I grew up in Michigan, (we call ourselves midwest). 17 Years ago, I moved to AZ (Where the sun actually shines) and found a lower cost of living, but lower paychecks overall. I do miss Michigan, but not the snow. (Weather picks up water from the Lake and dumps it all over western Mich. I found living on the east side of the state (Ann Arbor) less snowy.
Fort Worth Texas has a motto “where the west begins” but it’s a sprawling city. I live in the suburbs and Fort Worth proper at the same time. I can see the downtown skyline, with horses and pasture in the foreground and I’m in the middle of the metropolis area. Texas is so unique in that way. Urban Country. Check it out.
Yep, Ft worth is the meeting place of the West and the Plains. The South ends at Dallas is it is the meeting place of the South and the Plains. Houston is the gateway between the South and Anglo-Latin America. BTW, I love the Kimball Museum, if you ever are down in Houston are into that kind of thing I would recommend the Menil Collection. Similar vibe to the Kimball.
@@elultimo102 Yeah, Property taxes are very high in Texas. And also very complex it you live in the suburbs of a bigger city. Your estimate of five thou seems about right or maybe a little low depending on the location.
I was born in Cape Girardeau MO but grew up in a small town in southeast MO called Chaffee! I now live in St Genevievie which is an hour away from St Louis!! Love your videos!!!
You HAVE TO put a link to that chart showing heritage by location in the US!!! I couldn’t read it but I really wanna know what all the colors meant! Good video btw
Great Lakes, unsalted and shark free! ;) Yes I’m from just over the boarder in Wisconsin. Really like the area. Been in many other areas of the country, but hate gulf coast summers much more then snowy winters (114F in pouring rain?? Hurricanes?!). Think the forrests and rolling land and broad fields are gorgeous. (Hell even Chicago is hard to see from the air under all the trees). Love the lakes.
The best thing about the great lakes is you're still top of the food chain while swimming.
Yep. No salt, no sharks (unless your toes encounter a tiger muskie;)
@@dan13ljks0n Perhaps a bull shark. They've been found as far north as Minnesota...in the winter...
@@robertmcmanus636 Yikes! Didn't know that.
Hahaha!
@@robertmcmanus636 I live in eastern North Carolina, not Michigan or Minnesota, but there are bull sharks in the rivers [Neuse and Trent] that converge and flow through my hometown of New Bern. The water is very brackish. We also have alligators and water moccasins in the rivers. As a kid I used to love swimming in the river; now that I'm in my fifties I barely wade in it. I prefer the Atlantic Ocean for swimming. I only live about a 45 minute drive from the beaches. In the summertime, the ocean water is in the high 70s to low 80s. You can swim a long time without having to worry about hypothermia. 🥶🥶🥴😵
"Affection disguised as an act of war" lol! I am so going to steal this! :)
I'm from Iowa, and I'm proud of the fact that I once used a PowerPoint presentation to convince a friend to move from Washington DC to Des Moines. Nine years later, and she's still here.
Some of the friendliest people I've met live in Iowa. Great state.
I’ve got to make it back to my birth state. I’m a born Hawkeye but moved to my parent’s home state of Ohio. I root for Ohio State but have a soft spot for IU Hawkeyes!
Fellow Des Moinesian here. I've lived here all my life and will never move away. It's a great place to raise kids, lots of exposure to the arts (though I miss the Social Club downtown), and people don't drive like maniacs. The only drawback is Reynolds, Grassley and Ernst.
I live in Iowa City. Easy living. Not that far from Chicago. If you take the Lincoln Highway, it is beautiful coming into Iowa over the Mississippi. All of northeast Iowa is hilly and beautiful. I live in Grant Wood country.
@@drfreud65 I agree 100 percent. I live in Iowa City, but I was born in Des Moines.
The thing I liked most about living in Minnesota was the magnificent profusion of lilacs in the spring every year.
I was born in Indiana, lived in Columbus Ohio and Chicago, Illinois as a child, and I'm back in southern Indiana on the Ohio river. It's a great part of the US!
How long ago did you live in Columbus? It’s grown up a bit in the past 10-15 years. You might be surprised by it. It’s almost like living in a major US city these days. Well, because it is. 14th largest in the US I believe. You don’t get the lakes, and concerts are a sore spot after Dimebag Darrel got killed there. But it’s a great mix for those who wanna live well, and vacation to any place you wanna go. Plus bomb parks and camping locally. You can drive to the East coast in a day. Go to any of the lakes. Hit any cities worth experiencing in that radius. But, it is long to get west. But if you need that, it’s worth taking a car on a road trip anyway. Or a plane for a destination trip.
@@chickenmonger123 a long time ago, 1964 to 1967. My dad was transferred there for work. Then a year in Chicago, then back to Indiana.
@@Suleclo If you live in the Midwest & work in the auto industry being transferred is part of the game.
@@danrowley6934 My father was with Sears in management. Promoted to Columbus and then again to the corporate office in Chicago. He passed away this Sept 10 at age 91, almost 92.
Where in Southern Indiana? I grew up near Evansville.
I am a Michigander, born and bred. I love living here. We are truly connected to the gifts from Mother Nature. I have a love affair with the trees in all 4 seasons. The feel of the rich earth in my hands is a source of my connection to the environment. And the sunsets are glorious! (I agree with you on the Detroit pizza and the Chicago dogs!)
I had a friend who was from Germany. She told me that after years of living here and having traveled all over the world, she had come to the conclusion that Michigan was all she needed. She loved its beauty. She had no desire to go anywhere else. It s history is varied, it s contributions to society profound and impactful to the end results of many, many situations. Mr. Lincoln said it best, "Thank God for Michigan!"
I have loved every second I’ve lived here in Michigan. It’s just such a beautiful state. I finished up school down south, could have lived anywhere and I excitingly chose Michigan.
@@JohnnyBRad Glad to know that you agree with me, Nick! Sometimes I think that Michigan is a secret treasure that someone or something is guarding closely.
Have you found Andy s Little Homestead yet on utube? Southern fellow, ex Coast Guardsman, homesteading up near Kalkaska. He now has a wife and 2 young sons. It s pretty good, watching him coping with the land and the weather and his young family.
@@karencrawford4068 I haven't but I'm officially on it!
The neat thing about Michigan is that you can use your hand as a map and point out where you're from, unless the UP.
@@kyledavis4890 The UP requires the left hand above the right. I have seen it done and it works. Extend the baby finger for the Keewanah (spelt wrong) penninsula. Youv e got it!
One thing I was told as a kid is I'd live longer living here in the Mid-West because we get the extreme weather. We can get over 100 degrees in the summer and well below zero in the winter. Plus throw in a few blizzards and living in or around Tornado Alley. It makes us rough and tough so we will outlive the person in Florida or Southern California who has nice weather all the time. I don't know if that's true, but it's nice to tell yourself when you're shoveling your driveway for the 6th time in the winter and your teeth are chattering.
Are you sure it doesn't just feel longer?
And I don't think you've experienced a Florida summer. The weather is nice in Winter, that leaves 3 other seasons.
But you see in California, it can be well over 100 in the summer, plus 400 aqi because of the fires.
Wait. That’s not a plus.
Fuck I hate it here.
We lived off of one busy road and the plows would throw up massive chunks of ice and frozen snow, blocking the driveway. The mounds would be taller than us, and we'd spend school mornings chipping away at it with pick ax and coal shovel because it would break snow shovels. It does make for tough characters.
@@rtyria I spent 1st-4th grades in N. Dakota. I got enough snow to last me a lifetime. I don't mind watching videos of other people removing snow from rooftops while I sit in my shorts. 😀
I have lived in central Alaska for 10 years. Those that grew up here are extremely resilient. I am getting there, but have nothing but respect for those that have thrived here. It is rough when Temps hit -40.
I’m a western boy…and I have to say that our sunsets in New Mexico, Arizona and California are magical. Come visit us soon! ❤️❤️❤️
Yeah, I think the sunsets are probably his weakest point in this video. Those really aren't unique to the Midwest.
I've lived in the Midwest, the east coast, a good chunk of my life in Colorado, southern CA, El Paso TX, and now live in Seattle. Favorite sunsets are in CO over the Rockies and anywhere in the desert Southwest.
I was born and raised in the Chicago area but spent 34 years in Connecticut. I SO missed the big skies over the prairies in the Midwest -- the sunsets and the thunderstorms rolling in from 30 miles away. We always loved the lightening storms -- surprised that Lawrence didn't mention those.
Watching the sun set into the Pacific Ocean was a magical experience for me. But I still prefer to live in Indiana.
Isn't New Mexico and Arizona Southwest?
Never forget, the Midwest loves you too! I grew up in Michigan and am so looking forward to moving back ASAP. I miss the fall foliage, how amazing it is to drive for hundreds of miles going to the UP with a roof of trees overhead. I live in Omaha, NE right now and it makes a Michigander like me feel so out of place. Fall here lasts for a couple days; the trees go from green to brown with little in between. I want to go to Whitefish Point and gather beautiful water-smoothed stones and watch the ore ships sail by. I want to be back with my people (the great grandchildren of the Dutch).
The beach at Whitefish Point is beautiful. I’ve picked up some gorgeous rocks there. I really want to go during bird migration.
I was born in Kentucky and lived in Michigan for 6 long, cold winter months. Lived in a trailer. Could hear the the pop-pop-pop of the pumping machines for pumping oil. The only part I liked was the weird, ethereal sounds Brady Lake made as it thawed.
Omaha trees? What trees?
Chicago, where a clenched fist and surly growl is just a friendly greeting.
And profanity is just seasoning for your other words
We must have lived in different parts of Chicago. I found very nearly everyone gracious and pleasant, who wasn't wearing a three-piece suit and carrying a briefcase. Those guys were scary, and meant to be.
@@grovermartin6874 north side, mostly.
@@lairdcummings9092 River City here, most beautiful urban home imaginable. Hear it's gone downhill since.
Uf-dah... love it!
I live in Minnesota (having been raised in Washington State). I enjoy the real change of seasons here; loving autumn and winter most of all. But when spring comes, I'm ready for it as well.
In my part of the Midwest, I am so grateful for the abundance of art opportunities for my kids. Children's choirs, youth opera, Children's theater, youth orchestras, ... all this and more just minutes from our house.
I live in southwest Minnesota. I love this state and would not want to live anywhere else.
@@Reno_56101 I was born in SW Minnesota, now live right in the middle , but also lived in South Dakota and plan to move there next spring.
I live in a Minneapolis suburb, and although my family has lived in this state for over 150 years, I'm thinking of getting the hell out of here. It's not the same place it used to be, anymore. Too much "left coast" influence moving in here, ruining what used to be the best place in the country to live.
Born in Eastern WA and did time in MN (Nie Wieder). I am looking at East TN since they have seasons but not death defying cold. :)
I grew up in the extreme SE corner of Minnesota, which is one of the few parts of the state with hills and bluffs. Si many people are unfamiliar with the area, but are surprised at the absolute beauty of the area. It’s part of the geologic region known as the Driftless Region. Wisconsin Public Television recently fid a fantastic program called “Decoding the Driftless”. I highly suggest it.
I spent three years in Connecticut. I couldn’t get back to the Midwest soon enough.
The Lincoln Museum in Springfield IS AMAZING!!
The mid-production hair cut is like watching twin Lawrence’s chat!!!! I love it
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I always laugh out loud at least once during Laurence's videos, but this one was especially nice and sentimental and still made me laugh.
For me it was the "affection disguised as a declaration of war" line!
This video on Chicago is one of the best you've done. I know the area because of going to the Cubs games over the years.
Your tour and thoughtful commentary are outstanding
Watching the sun set over Lake Michigan is quite wonderful and highly recommended.
My sister and I visited Holland Michigan in July. It blew my mind that it was still dusk at 9:30 pm.
@@amethystanne4586 yes, it is awesome. Due to the flatness, lake, and the fact is one of the furthest points in the eastern time zone.
@@honolulublues5548 I live not too far west from the line that separates the Eastern and Central time zones in my part of southcentral Kentucky. Dusk for my area is about 8:45 pm at the latest, so it was a very pleasant surprise to see easily at that late hour.
My sister and I met in Holland to visit with her daughter and to sight see. We walked into the Lake, and saw the red barn-like lighthouse across the bay. We went to the recreated Dutch village, and to DeZwann windmill. I would love to visit again.
Yes. The lake looks like diamonds.
I was born in Washington DC and lived in MD until I was 41. We moved to southwestern OH 9 years ago and now I would never live back East again! I love the little city we live in and I love the people of the Midwest! They are just so much nicer, kinder and more charitable here.
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People anywhere would be nicer than the people in D.C.
@@DaveMiller2 yes... there are a lot of really nice folks from that area, including me! Lol! But it's true that you wouldn't know it unless you get to know them. It's definitely a different world there.
@@jenniferjensen8538 Between the population density and the concentration of politicians, I would be cranky too.
I've lived in Missouri my whole life. I think you get a little of everything in this state. I'm pretty happy.
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I live just south of Anderson, IN. Everything you said is correct. I wouldn't live anywhere else. Life is better in the midwest.
I was born in Chicago and live on the West Coast where the sunsets are also stunning. What I miss most are lightening bugs, thunderstorms and authentic Italian food.
Chicago to San Francisco checking in.
Grew up in upstate NY, living in central Alaska. Miss the fall colors and fireflies. But not much else.
What about 4 O'clock bushes. Weren't they pretty? I've never seen them in California
@@gregorybatz7297 .. Gregory, I grew up down south (y'all) but I live in Anchorage right now. Also lived in Bearflanks (Fairbanks) for a couple years and in Tok (rhymes with Tok) for a few years... I'd love to visit the midwest someday! 🍂🍃🎃
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Born and raised in Iowa, moved to Connecticut for a few months and made me miss everything about living in Iowa that I hurried back home. From the friendliness of Iowans, being with family, to scenery….not to mention those sunrise and sunsets.
I grew up in Texas and now I'm living in Iowa. The milder summers are so nice and there's so much green space and so many parks to enjoy. There has been a park within walking distance of every place we've lived here.
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Lived in Michigan my whole life. Grew up in a lake town and loved watching the sunset over the lighthouses. Live more inland now and miss that. Love the Midwest.
So cool you have all those haunted lighthouses around the lakes 👻
We live in Michigan near Detroit, I've been camping out towards Traverse City in the Sleeping Bear Dunes area for nearly 30 years, and my wife's parents bought a cottage in Oscoda on Lake Huron. There has been at least two years that we spent a few nights at the cottage and then drove across the state to go camping.
It is flipping awesome to watch the sunrise over Lake Huron and then watch it set over Lake Michigan the same day. 😁😁
I'm a former Detroiter, and I've done that more than once.
Only in Michigan.✋
@@kathy2trips The same for us. Michigan has it all and then some. We've toyed with moving to the southwest but we just can't seem to get around to doing it.
I have camped there as well.
Central Ohio here! We're so glad to have you! The Midwest really does have it all including all 4 seasons to the extreme. Yeah we deal with brutal winters and humid hundred degree summers but our autumns and springs are spectacular. Fyi there's a little more to Buckeyes than peanut butter and chocolate. You need powdered sugar and vanilla to add to the PB roll into balls then you dip in traditionally milk chocolate but dark is great as well! Tell that beautiful wife to get the recipe. You would have a blast making them together(fyi they freeze great).
Ohio has all 4 seasons, occasionally this happens during the same day.
@@epistte yes,yes it does.
Southwest Ohio here. And you are right about the buckeye recipe. My grandma makes them on holidays every year and I always eat to many
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Born and raised in Michigan. Love it so much that I moved back after living in Florida. I love the distinct season changes here in the Midwest! The great lakes draw many visitor to our state!
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Florida is nice November through March lol
I moved from Missouri to Wisconsin, never quite leaving the Midwest. But after visiting other parts of the country, I will say that I love the fact that we do actually get all four seasons here; and because of that, people actually know how to drive under all sorts of weather conditions. We are prepared for nearly everything..
I'm from California all we drive in is sunshine and a little rain . We don't get rain anymore
I recently moved to Arizona from California. I'm pretty sure we've had more rain this year than California. The world is truly upside down! And people here have absolutely no idea how to drive when the roads are damp.
@@jimcappa6815 I lived my first 45 years in IL, so I know how to drive in snow. Now I'm in AZ, in the part that gets snow;
but I never lost the touch, even after 25 years in San Diego.
@@jimcappa6815 part of it is because the dampness spreads a thin layer of oil even wider, but I agree. I'm from southern Indiana and moved to central California for a few years for work. There was a freak hailstorm in July that shut down power and telephone service to the area for 16+ hours due to the sheer number of auto wrecks, a situation that generally didn't happen until October or so there when the rain returned. Most of my coworkers had never seen snow except on the distant Sierra Nevada mountains. They were completely dumbfounded when I brought back pictures from a Christmas break where we had three feet of snow fall over two nights, and temps dropping from +40F (4.4C) at the start to -30F (-34.4C) after the second snowfall. Being substantially well subcutaneously insulated, I was taking pictures for over an hour in jeans and a t-shirt at that -30F. It felt just fine to me, though my mom was freezing in the house where it was +72F (22.2C). I've always said that if you learn to drive in rural Indiana through four seasons (sometimes in the same 24h period!), you can drive anywhere under just about any conditions where your car will work.
Hmmm the 4 seasons in Wisconsin, pre - road construction, road construction, post - road construction, & winter
I’m from Kansas. You’re right: the sunsets here are incredible. I also appreciate that I’m not far from nature. I like the quiet.
Greetings fellow Kansan!
@@kaseymeier5944 I’m from Russell. Where are you from?
@@ReisigSeeds Raised in Ulysses, now living in Emporia.
Well said! I think the midwest is underrated. I don't live there anymore but I would happily do so again.
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I really like all the small town festivals. It’s so neat to explore a small town, see the locally made products, and get a feel for those places.
Yes to Detroit-style pizza! I make it from scratch here at home, using brick cheese from Wisconsin. :) AND we live 4.5 miles (as the lake gull flies) from the eastern shore of Lake Michigan and have seen some awesome sunsets!
Lake gulls? Yeah, we get them down here in Texas in the winter. Wild thing is they are bigger than adult native laughing gulls, but they look like juvenile laughing gulls. Adult laughing gulls have black heads, babies have white heads.
Buddy pizza!
where in Western MI? My wife is from Holland. We live in Chicago. I prefer deep dish, but I was literally eating a slice of Detroit style pizza as I watched this video.
@@jeffburdick869 Northern Muskegon County. And I do like Chicago-style deep dish too!
I live in the Southeast and I love it except I love the area that you're speaking about is well I love so many different places and I love meeting you people I love all kinds of different traditions and customs and best of's and to me I live on the beach in the low country I mean it's amazing and there's a lot of diversity I mean we've got the Gola and the Gucci here for that actually came and still speak the language but had tarn English ! Where I live because we're such a tourist area and so many people have moved here there's just people from everywhere And their families were from everywhere I've bartended for 40 years and that's probably my favorite thing about the job is the people In many from across the pond as well especially the Brits,love them! We do get some storms sometime but most of the year it's great yes it's hot in the summer but we definitely get a change but never get really really cold and it's fall here now not as much color because we have pine trees a lot which are evergreens but go just a few hours and you're in the mounds and it's absolutely gorgeous the smoky mountains, the Blue Ridge,I love it!
Former Detroit gal here! Love the shutout for Detroit-style pizza. Try the coney island hotdogs there sometime if you're ever over that way. 🌭🌭
There is a particular friendliness with Midwesterner during and after heavy snows. Having a little trouble getting out of your parking space? Anyone on the street will offer to help. And there is a beauty when certain conditions create a sparkly snowfall.
I think the shared suffering that shoveling creates brings us together lol
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Having lived in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, (as well as the costal states), I agree with you wholeheartedly about how nice it is to live in the Midwest. It is friendly, inexpensive, and includes a great dose of all seasons. Snow is fun to play in, you should try it.
Growing up in the SW part of Michigan, yes the sunsets are spectacular, but the best part was as a teenager on hot summer nights a bunch of us would party and watch the sun go down from a beach on the Michigan side of Lake Michigan, then at some point overnight we'd all pile in a car, drive the 3 hours around the bottom of the lake and continue the party on the Chicago lake front watching the sun rise over Lake Michigan...
How cool!! Lucky in your location, I would have loved to have been able to do that!
Closest we had was Lake Michigan and Green Bay, but it WAS a shorter drive to achieve it. 🙂
I like the spontaneity of the 'non-continuous' videos.
Born and raised in the northwest corner of Minnesota.. Hearing 'uffda' with a British accent has made my day.. thank you..
I love the winters.. cool and I enjoy winter sports and ice fishing.. :)
I lived in Midwest and liked the sunsets, but after moving to the desert and seeing the brilliant purple and pink and orange majestic sunsets, I hadn’t seen.. nothing.
Born and raised in Indiana so I don't appreciate the sunsets as much as I should. I do love me a snowy night with a big full moon!! When I visited the desert I REALLY loved the sunsets but that was about all I liked there. I didn't like, from what I saw, if it ain't irrigated its brown...
@@bowmanbk1 everybody has their own tastes
@@712pin True dat!! Cheers
High deserts will always have my heart. Moved from Ca. high desert to Idaho high desert. Ca. high desert sported constant horrendous winds, which I don't miss. In Idaho I traded the winds for snow and that was a fair trade. Now living in middle Tn for the second time to be near my kids and grans. Nothing compares to desert sunsets.
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The sunsets over Lake Michigan are magnificent. Having seen a sunrise from Chicago as well I can assure you it is not the same thing at all.
One thing I haven't done, but have heard other Michiganders do, is spend a day traveling the states coastline and taking a quick dip in each of the lakes surrounding the lower peninsula (Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan). I haven't done that because I still remember how much time it took just to travel from southwest Michigan to the bridge (Mackinaw). I thought the day would never end.
I love it!! I grew up in IL, lived in TN and now IN, have traveled all over the US, and am quick to declare that the Midwest is the best place to be. I'm so glad you mentioned the sunsets, as I never take them for granted and am mesmerized by each one.
The Sunsets and the Moonrises! Flatlands with cornfields can get boring but, add a sunset and 💥Wow!
Maaaaaan, I grew up in Michigan and I miss having all the lakes that I can just go to. I moved to Kansas and it's dry as hell over here.
I was born in Detroit and have lived in Michigan all of my life. We have are good things and not so good things. While I would love to live on either coast, it’s not financially a wise decision. Whether I remain in Michigan for the rest of my life remains to be determined but I’m not planning on leaving the Midwest. Good people, good food. Love our Detroit style pizza too! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
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Born, raised and stayed in Southern Indiana, about 45 min from Lincoln’s boyhood home. You are certainly right about the tenderloins. If they aren’t three times bigger than the bun; you must not be in Indiana! I love your videos and your sense of humor.
Only 3 times bigger than the bun? Southern Indiana sure is stingy. Central Indiana 4X is the standard from diners/bars.
The size is comical how big we sell them. You shouldn't be able to make 4 meals out of 1 sandwich.
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It's nice to hear the Midwest getting some love. It is definitely the most overlooked of the U.S.'s regions. I grew up and still live in Northern Kentucky right on the Ohio border. It's a pretty cool area because it is right on the confluence of the Southeast and Midwest regions, and so has the characteristics of both.
I lived in Indiana from age three to nine. My wife was born and raised there. We live in Florida only because she watched the TV show ‘Flipper’ and fell in love with palm trees. We still visit Indiana several times a year to visit relatives and I LOVE it.
0:36 Hey Laurence, just a heads up, in Wisconsin it's tradition every Friday to have fish fries. Just about every supper club, restaurant (regardless of cuisine), church, bar, VFW, and gas station with a kitchen will have one. Deep fried fish (cod, perch, etc), french fries or potato wedges, rye bread, potato salad, coleslaw, tartar sauce, lemon wedge.
If you're ever missing the "Fish and Chips" from your homeland, I believe it'd be a great substitute. FYI, the churches and VFWs (in my experience) usually have the best ones :).
I grew up in Wisconsin but live in Arkansas now, the one thing I miss is the Friday night fish fries.
They try here in the south but catfish or tilapia just isn't the same.
Y'all have fish fry events year round? Not just during Lent? Remarkable.
You may not know this but Lenten fasting came from the Swabian-Alemannic culture and used to be based on the old Germanic solar calendar. That's why it's called Fat Tuesday. In the old Swabian calendar there was a date marked where rendered fats and butter stored for the winter would be inspected and some would be deemed unworthy. All the unworthy fats that could not last longer than forty more days were to be eaten in a feast and all the wine meant to be served fresh in the spring but was going bad should be drunk. The wealthy should slaughter their weakest livestock and serve the meat to the poor. And after this period of feasting, dietary restriction. On the first and last days of the feast there are parades of grotesque figures representing famine and strife. The greedy who eat well in the famine time of Lent are responsible for the deaths of those who fall to hunger and disease.
In lots of German cities they still have the famine theme in their Fastnacht parades.
@@brianmorrison1107 Fried farmed catfish is good eatin'.
@@Bacopa68 From my understanding, Friday night fish fries was/is a way to lure people into bars after or during prohibition. It just continues as a tradition.
@@elultimo102 it's not bad but it's not as good as Wisconsin fish fry; now, tilapia and white fish is garbage.
South Florida (Miami) sunsets...pink, purple, blue...amazing!!!
I live in WV and I love the strange spot in-between the east, north, Midwest, and southern US. Although I'm stuck in the Ohio river valley (with about 50 degrees of sky) our sun rise and sunsets are wonderful. I find it amazing how different our view of both nature and life can change across this sprawling country. It's great to know those not borne here can feel it too.
Hope all your days here are filled with joy.
I live in the mov (mid ohio valley). Sunsets and sunrises along the ohio river and muskingum river. are beautiful
Best Italian restaurant I ever ate at was in Chicago, I think it was Quartino? Amazing. And I had my first Chicago dog at a White Sox game and it was life-changing.
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Hahaha! Thanks for the laughs! Especially the comment about the guy in a Cubs hat asking "What's going on buddy?" - how you learned to determine that wasn't a threat:D "Affection disguised as a declaration of war" - your way of explaining things cracks me up! The laughs just continue after that. . . .
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I live right between St. Louis & Springfield. I certainly hope you ate Imos pizza when you were in St. Louis. I also hope you ate gooey butter cake-another St. Lou favorite. Go Cards!!
Yep, Missouri here! Ooey Gooey!
Go Cards!
Don't forget...Let's Go Blues!!😉
imo's YES! We had that in St. Louis on a visit and it was good. So different--it's the cheese, Provel (a blend of Swiss, Cheddar and Provolone) sounded so weird, but trust me, it tastes so good. If you ever come to Souther Indiana, try Pizza King pizza. Another secret to this area that the locals swear by.
Another great thing about Michigan. You can watch the sunrise over Lake Huron and sunset into Lake Michigan.
Friend has a lake home up near the bridge(just east of Mackinaw city). due to the location on the straights, they can watch both a sunrise AND sunset over the lake(s) from their back yard!
I'm a Yooper. I live just a mile from Lake Superior. I love the sunrises over the lake, but nothing beats the aurora over the lake. Whenever there's a celestial event, people tend to gather on the shore of Superior to watch it, even at 2 AM. Although it can be creepy sometimes because everyone is pretty quiet and talks in hushed voices (very polite), so it's easy to bump into people in the dark if you aren't careful.
I've lived in Michigan all my life. Best thing are the Lakes. And the lakes, rivers, streams, and ponds.
Plus the pizza, bbq, and coneys. 😉
And we're not the only greedy ones about the Lakes... Ontario, Canada also borders four of them. And it's no coincidence that the odd Lakes out are names for the respective places. (Geography lesson...Lake Michigan borders Michigan but not Ontario. Lake Ontario borders Ontario but not Michigan.)
Sunsets! Yes, sunsets over Lake Michigan are fantastic. As are sunrises over Lake Huron. I've taken pictures of both.
Living in Wisconsin I love staying up to watch a sunrise over Lake Michigan. I'm not a morning person so it has to be after an all nighter and then go to bed after.
I moved to WV from Cleveland and I do miss my lake, Erie as it may be. Never lived more than a mile to from it until 4 years ago.
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The sunset over Lake Michigan makes the Midwest the best place in the world to live
I've lived in the Midwest for most of my 74 years and you nailed it. Of course, as the progeny of a German Grandfather and a Swedish Grandmother on one side and a Scots-Irish Canadian Grandfather and an English Grandmother on the other, I've got all the Midwest ethnic bases covered! LOL!
My mom’s from southern Wisconsin, and I grew up in the middle of Kansas… I live in eastern Tennessee now, and I love the topography of where I live, but DAMN IT do I love a good Kansas sunset!! Ahhh!!! It’s just… soul cleansing. ❤️
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The problem is that folks like to clump everyone in the US as one culture, which it is best to think of us as more like 50 states each with different culture, much like Europe has 50 countries each with their own culture. There is some overlap, but definably painting everyone in the US as one, is way too broad.
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Even within states, there are major cultural shifts. In Illinois alone, there are several different regions and each has its own sets of subcultures. Trust me, Chicago culture is nothing like southern Illinois or even central Illinois.
@@kathywiseley4382 Illinois is a very looong state, and it crosses cultural boundaries.
It seems like the rest of the world thinks of Texas or New York when they think of the US. That’s quite frightening.
And that's why the (now much maligned) Founding Fathers declared their new country to be The United STATES, rather than Jeffersonovia or The Republic Of Madison. There is too much difference over its vastness -- in weather, in geography, in people, in practicality of being able to do things -- to declare this one giant homogeneous country under one giant homogeneous government with one giant homogeneous set of laws from top to bottom. That's why The Constitution and Bill Of Rights were carefully thought out and written as they were, to leave most of the governing responsibility to states and smaller local jurisdictions. Unfortunately, the trend of the federal government is to take more and more of the powers legally left to the states and try to make one-size-fits-all laws for all the land -- that rarely turn out to "fit" anybody but themselves and their cronies. Our U.S. representatives and senators are, in effect, trying to hammer a bunch of state-shaped pegs into Washington D.C.-shaped holes, and becoming fabulously rich while they're at it.
I've lived in Cleveland, Phoenix, and Seattle and I chose Ohio to call home for all of the reasons you mentioned. My phone is full of pictures of Ohio sunsets which are beautiful year-round.
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$600 rent? Unheard of in northern NJ - more like $1500 for a small one bedroom. All of your content here was so nice to hear. I read the Times of London every night online, including the many readers' comments after the articles. The amount of anti-Americanism, how terrible it is in the US, the snide remarks about Americans, and on and on, is shocking and even maddening. I've spent a month a year in England over decades and had no idea how some/most of the British look down on Americans and the US. I understand it's not all Brits - and very encouraged to hear your positive comments, Lawrence - in this video and others. Thanks for a great channel.
It’s $600 because who the hell wants to live there?
I would hate to see what you could rent for $600 in the Houston area. Top floor of an over/under shotgun in 5th Ward maybe. Gunfire in the front and rail surfers in the back. Train horns all day long.
@@Ira88881 About 20% of the US population lives in the Midwest, slightly more than live in the Northeast and slightly less than live in the West. So it’s not a matter of people not wanting to live here. We live here because we like it. Have you ever actually visited the Midwest? People in the Northeast and the West Coast have strange ideas about what the Midwest is like. It’s not a cultural wasteland.
Hey Amy, I’m from the UK ( same town as our Lawrence, originally)too, just to say that those people who put the snide comments about the US. will be doing the same about the UK too, they despise their own nation and many of its population, we know them here as the chattering classes and they are loathed, deeply. I would say that some of your own media hasn’t helped in promoting a very negative view of America around the world. Many here are still fascinated and drawn to the US, me included. I can’t wait to explore the mid-west, Appalachia and the Ohio river valley for starters.
@@Ira88881 Idk because it's safer and more friendly? Probably the best place to raise a family in the country
I lived in Nebraska once, and the people were genuinely kind. Everyone was very interesting and had unique hobbies to get them through the winters like whittling, quilting, and painting. The sunsets were some of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. And, the masses of migrating cranes on the Platte River shook me to my core.
pork tenderloin sandwiches are one of my favorite things, and i have not been out of Wyoming, much. Thank you for your videos. I truly appreciate them.
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I moved to central Illinois 20 years ago from Louisiana. I don't regret it for an instant.
One of my favorite sunsets (that I was able to photograph pretty well) was during a trip to Bemidji. My husband and I were walking along Lake Bemidji at sunset, and the vantage point was fantastic. I even spotted the silhouette of a common loon during our walk. That said, you definitely want to be inside after sunset, because the mosquitos in northern Minnesota are about the size of hubcaps.
Hopefully a super cold winter with tons of snow this year will eliminate them. Man, I hope this winter has way more cold and snow than last year. Last winter was severely underwhelming in its chill.
Come on up to central Alaska. Our temps hit -40, but, unfortunately, the mosquitoes are legendary.
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I live in a small town in southern Ohio I love when my husband had a flat tire it became almost a party with everyone coming to help him change it and because he was in dressy work clothes they would let him change it. Everyone says hi no matter where you are.
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The Southeast is relatively easy on the wallet as well - without the snow and cold. Lived in Chicago a year and scurried back to the Southeast after that year. Different areas in the US are great places to live! Always enjoy your reactions - just wanted to add some thoughts on another part of the US.
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As a native Hoosier, I agree with you about the sunsets. They're beautiful. Plus, there are the 4 seasons and various places to visit to celebrate them (museums/orchards/ pumpkin patches).
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i lived in the mid west for the first 51 years of my life. i could no longer take the snow and the cold and moved south to my favorite vacation spot, Tybee Island GA which is right outside of Savannah. best decision we ever made! I guess one of the things i liked best about the midwest was how affordable it was to buy a house.
That's funny. We moved up to Ohio 51 years ago from Georgia! (Warner Robbins)
@@homefrontforge we left southwest OH
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@@lauramoonwoman we moved to southwest Ohio! Dad was stationed at Wright-Patt and we have been here since.
Unless you go to downtown Phoenix, parking in Arizona is free. My husband is from Fort Wayne and I’ve visited there. I love the scenery in the summer, so beautiful and green to this desert person. I appreciate your videos, you remind me of the good things here.
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I lived 17 years in Chicagoland and moved back to New Zealand last year. I really miss cheese curds and Oberweis ice cream
Ah yes. Squeaky fresh cheese curds are a treat. Pretty wonderful deep-fried too. 😁
Port Huron, Michigan here. Tried moving away. The Big Mitten reached out and grabbed me back every time. The only time I could tolerate being away from Michigan was when I was sailing on the Great Lakes.
The more I watch your videos, the more I think you’d really enjoy the U.P. It’s just a leisurely jaunt up US-41 from Chicago to Copper Harbor (maybe not the best/quickest route). You might see meese (though I never have). You could see a bear. Lake Michigan sunsets ain’t got nothing on Lake Superior sunsets (I’m exaggerating, they are both spectacular). The mining history of the region is fascinating. Calumet was almost the capital of Michigan, and the population in 1900 was about 6x what it was in 2000. There are waterfalls galore. The Pictured Rocks in Munising. The views from Lake of the Clouds overlook and Brockway Mountain Drive (especially in peak color, which is usually the first week in October) are breathtaking. I haven’t listed even half of the things to see and do in the U.P., and many of them are free or cheap. I highly suggest you take a trip north soon.
I was born in and lived in Northwest Ohio most of my life and I just love this flat land. You can see for miles and miles and yes the sunrises and sunsets are spectacular!
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I love the beaches. Sunsets on Lake Erie here in Ohio are breathtaking. I live just 5 miles from a mile long beach. Waterfront living at an affordable price cannot be beat.
Growing up going to ocean beaches in NY & NJ my whole life it's funny to hear people refer to the Great Lakes as having sandy beaches. Until I realized they have waves.
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Yup I live in Michigan 10 minutes away from Lake Michigan and the sunsets are great.
I live on the east side of Michigan, but I can confirm that the west side does get spectacular sunsets over Lake Michigan. I hope to see one from Sleeping Bear Dunes soon, but I've watched them from St. Joseph and Traverse City. I'm an early riser, so I mostly see the cornfield sunrises from my area.
I was born and raised in Detroit. We have retired to the thumb, about 10 miles west of Sandusky. What I've learned to love here in farm country is that huge sky overhead. Love to be able to watch the sunrise/sunset and also watch the moon and stars come up and travel across the sky. Incredible!
That special time before sunset I was raised to call it the golden hour, can be the best time of the day. Robert from West Central Ohio, Bellefontaine (pronounced Bell fountain)
Speaking as someone that migrated from *New* England to the Midwest for college and basically never left, I think you did a great job hitting some of the highlights of the region for someone unfamiliar with the area.
Only thing is you definitely have to highlight that the Pork Tenderloin sandwich is Indiana's *official* State sandwich if it ever comes up again in your videos.
As an Iowan (tons of pig farmers here), I must ask: is the pork tenderloin breaded and fried there? If so, Indiana doesn't have the market on pork tenderloins. I can honestly say that here in Des Moines, I have 3 restaurants that serve breaded pork tenderloins within a mile of my house
😂I'm born and raised (never lived outside of IN)& I've probably only ever had 2 pork tenderloin sandwiches my whole life.
@@drfreud65 look I don't make the rules, Iowa must have been asleep at the switch and forgot to file the paperwork before Indiana snagged the spot ;-)
@@darrinmckeehan5697 and I was born and raised in Massachusetts, yet I've never been to Cape Cod ;-P
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i live in iowa...and here we have iowa nice and iowa strong....i think midwest living is both of these...we are community friendly and are able to be friendly because most of us dont have big city influences to make us too jaded...we see the good in people...on the other hand we are strong...to pick up the pieces and rebuild after a tragic situation...we band together because we understand the harshness of life and in those harsh times we make it through together
I'm a Hoosier through and through, though after 23 years I'm very ready to live outside of this midwestern expanse for a while. I think one thing you forgot to mention is the good thing about midwestern weather. You get all four seasons and there all very distinct and exactly as advertised. Summer is almost too hot with green trees and blue skies and lots of humidity. Winter is almost too cold with heaps of snow and a pensive quality. Spring is rainy and full of new life sprouting up everywhere. Fall is chilly but not cold with all of the autumnal hues in the trees. In addition, hurricanes can't reach this far inland, earthquakes are pretty abnormal, forest fires aren't an issue, there are no volcanoes, and whatever happens here in winter is much worse in New England and Canada. We do have tornadoes, which can be massively destructive... but its so statistically unlikely for a tornado to hit you specifically that it isn't often very scary. They're much more isolated in the area of their damages than any other natural disaster.
Spot on!
Indiana has no forests?
Because Michigan certainly does and wildfires are a definite concern here.
@@R.M.MacFru yes we have forests... Hoosier national forest, for one! 😁
@@R.M.MacFru Indiana has plenty of forests. I mean I've never heard of wildfires being a life threatening issue in all my time living here. If they are they can't be anywhere near as bad as those in California.
you crack me up Lawrence! Thanks for giving toasted ravs a shoutout!!! we St. Louisans have an affinity for things found floating in hot grease. Its all good though and quite yummy...
Being from northwestern Ontario I can tell you that the cold makes everyone cranky but also friendly because noone wants to get stuck outside on the side of the road during winter.
What's a noone?
@@georgemartin4963 it says no one not none I just typed to fast
@@alfulton5946 Really? Okay.
I live in far southern Indiana--right across the Ohio river from Louisville, KY. YES, the sunsets! And YES the pork tenderloin sandwiches! If you take a drive around here, you see more hills and less flat land and the fall leaves are gorgeous (oh, and the winters tend to be a lot less snowy). I also love that I am a fairly short drive from some awesome places like Chicago (5 hours), St. Louis (4 hours), Cincinnati (1.5 hours), and even Nashville (2.5 hours). Day trips and weekend overnights are such fun. I do need to make a trip to Michigan though (although I have had Detroit-style pizza here and you are right--it's so good). If you ever have the chance, I highly recommend Louisville for a visit. So many amazing restaurants and activities in a small city along the river. Take in the walking bridge across the Ohio in the evening and watch the boats and people watch.
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Speaking of food, if you find yourself in Nebraska, you've got to try a Runza, especially from a Runza restaurant. They're marvelous
I ate my first-ever runza at the runza in Kearney, NE in July of this year. Can't wait for my next runza!
Glad to be a Kentuckian. Thanks for another pleasant ad for America! ❤️
Yes, i too like Chicago style deep dish pizza but as a born and raised Michigander i love Detroit style pizza ! Cheers from the tip of the Mitt!
As a fellow transplant to the Midwest, though from NEW and not Old England, I’ve really come to appreciate a lot of these same things.
And as someone who gets up quite early and has a view over Lake Michigan, the sunrises are absolutely lovely.
I love so much that you don't get up before 10:30 am...I am not a early riser either, so I really only see sunrises if I am on a road trip, because I love driving all night long and then watching the sun rise while resting at a Rest Area.
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FYI, the Buckey is a nut from a species of hickory tree. The peanut butter treat is made to resemble it - and they do, to a startling degree. If you ever get out to Cantigny gardens in the Fox Valley area, they have buckeye trees and you can pick up the nuts off the ground in the autumn. They do dry out and kind of cave in on themselves after a few months, but when they're fresh off the tree you'll be hard pressed to tell the real ones and the peanut butter ones apart.
As a native & lifelong Californian, my sunsets encompass a range of palm trees with the fading light bouncing off the foothills just right outside my door. When I’ve visited flatter states, such as Florida, I am first struck by the far flung horizons and amazed at how far the eye can see across great distances…which thought is immediately followed with almost a sense of loss: where the mountains and hills? Where the silhouettes of towering structures and palms? Instead of a varied horizon, it’s all eternally…flat. It’s such a different experience. I wonder if it’s similar for folks who are accustomed to flat landscapes visiting areas with greatly varied geography. I imagine they might have similar feelings.
I tend to feel stifled if I can't see a long ways. I like mountains...for a while. Then I've got to get back home where I can stretch out my gaze.
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@@midwestmatthew9752 That's the thing about CA. If you don't want to see the mountains, turn around.
Buckeyes in Ohio are a spiritual experience starting on thanksgiving and going on thru the holidays
My girl is south side Chicago but she makes them for me every TG with my mom’s recipe
I lived just outside Chicago in Lake Forest for 8 years before moving to Seattle.
I loved going to Lake Forest Beach which is actually lake Michigan. It was white sand and blue water that you could not see the end of no matter how hard you looked.
The deep dish pizza...ahhhh yes that is good stuff but I also loved the variety of restaraunts. The people are great as well. I really didn't mind the snow - at least they salted the roads and as you said it's pretty flat.
I've been to a alot of big cities and I have to say I always loved downtown Chicago, michigan mile for shopping Wabash for jewelery and the signature room (top of the Hancock building) for the best martini in Chi-town, not to mention the view. Great video!
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I started cracking up when you mentioned Sherman, IL...only because, as you now live in Chicago, my first instinct was that you were going to say Schermer, IL...the fictional town and high school of so many John Hughes movies. lol Most of which were filmed within five miles of where I grew up. But yes, have enjoyed your channel for a while, love your take on things, and appreciate that you appreciate this best part of this country. Grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago...love the city to no end...and my previous career took me all over the country, so as to experience Florida, Colorado (twice) and Wyoming. All have particularly great aspects, here and there. But I was able to relocate back here (a little bit further north than my upbringing) two years ago, and was such a relief to be back and re-experience much of what you talk about in this.
I grew up in Michigan, (we call ourselves midwest). 17 Years ago, I moved to AZ (Where the sun actually shines) and found a lower cost of living, but lower paychecks overall. I do miss Michigan, but not the snow. (Weather picks up water from the Lake and dumps it all over western Mich. I found living on the east side of the state (Ann Arbor) less snowy.
I've been on that helicopter flight from the arch, midway into the first turn off the pad the rear passenger door popped open , that was fun!
Fort Worth Texas has a motto “where the west begins” but it’s a sprawling city. I live in the suburbs and Fort Worth proper at the same time. I can see the downtown skyline, with horses and pasture in the foreground and I’m in the middle of the metropolis area. Texas is so unique in that way. Urban Country. Check it out.
Yep, Ft worth is the meeting place of the West and the Plains. The South ends at Dallas is it is the meeting place of the South and the Plains. Houston is the gateway between the South and Anglo-Latin America.
BTW, I love the Kimball Museum, if you ever are down in Houston are into that kind of thing I would recommend the Menil Collection. Similar vibe to the Kimball.
I'm afraid I won't be able to afford TX property taxes, living on social security. Probably $5000 in TX vs. $1700 in AZ for the same price house.
@@elultimo102 Yeah, Property taxes are very high in Texas. And also very complex it you live in the suburbs of a bigger city. Your estimate of five thou seems about right or maybe a little low depending on the location.
I was born in Cape Girardeau MO but grew up in a small town in southeast MO called Chaffee! I now live in St Genevievie which is an hour away from St Louis!! Love your videos!!!
You HAVE TO put a link to that chart showing heritage by location in the US!!! I couldn’t read it but I really wanna know what all the colors meant! Good video btw
I know in my corner of Southwest Michigan it's predominately Dutch, German, Polish, and some Irish for spice ;-)
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Great Lakes, unsalted and shark free! ;)
Yes I’m from just over the boarder in Wisconsin. Really like the area. Been in many other areas of the country, but hate gulf coast summers much more then snowy winters (114F in pouring rain?? Hurricanes?!). Think the forrests and rolling land and broad fields are gorgeous. (Hell even Chicago is hard to see from the air under all the trees). Love the lakes.