Born and raised in Michigan.. Live in Virginia now... When I moved, I hunted around until I found a shop that sold Vernors. I use to drive 30 minutes to buy it before the other former Michiganders bought it all, then Kroger came to town and I now buy it there.. I have a two six pack a week habit!

I disagree about the Seasons... that is the one thing I miss.. four distinct Seasons... of course, Winter is the longest (My birthday is around Mother's Day, and I remember one year my party had to be moved inside because there was still snow on the ground.) Here in Virginia, we only have about a week of Spring Weather and a week of Fall Weather, the rest is Cold and Damp or Hot and Humid.

The thing about travel measured in hours, I never thought about that, but I still do that and my wife hates it... Everything is measured in time, not miles.

The one I like, which is not really on the list, but one that some other displaced Michiganders and I noticed is you can tell someone is from Michigan if they tell you that they live(or lived) in Michigan, and then you ask, "where is that", and they hold up their Left Hand and point (unless it is in the UP, then they just say the UP)

ratscloset
aka John