Comments on: Why Stay in Michigan?

By: Tiff

Tiff — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:25:54 +0000

I left Michigan in 2005 and am now desperately trying to move back. Michigan is absolutely beautiful and has a lot to offer despite the current economic problems. I know MI is being hit hardest, remember all states are suffering. I moved from MI to Denver and Denver is having it's fair share of problems. I miss the culture in MI. Denver is culturally stagnant and I don't think people are particularly nice here. I miss my friends so much. I miss trips up north. I miss the bodies of water. I went to nursing school in CO and have been working for a year now, and I'm ready to return to my roots and friends.

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By: Don't Go

Don't Go — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:57:50 +0000

Generation Y you want your work to be meaningful? What's more meaningful than rebuilding your home? Your ideas could save your family town, your memory and create new ones for your children. Stay in Michigan!

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By: Ella

Ella — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:10:08 +0000

I would stay in Michigan, because when I think about the economic times it isn’t better somewhere else. Michigan is affordable, and most of my family is here.Though with the way Michigan is going under the only reason I would move is unless, I was guaranteed to have a better job than I would leave the area.

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ndmeador — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:48:39 +0000

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By: laurenbonney

laurenbonney — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:45:00 +0000

More than staying in Michigan, there are small groups of former Michigan residents who are now returning – “Boomerang-ers” as we call ourselves. Many of those devoted to Michigan are involved in the new Organic Agriculture movement. I moved back to Michigan after a year living in California because I wanted to farm. Michigan's agricultural industry is still growing, despite attempts by the state government to hold it back. While large scale grain/corn farms are difficult to maintain in this economy, the movement towards local and organic is creating the opportunity for small vegetable farms to pop up across the state. With the cost of land still low, the market opening up, and programs such as Michigan State University's Organic Farmer Training Program available, Michigan is an amazing place to live right now.

I wish you would do a segment on how agriculture could be Michigan's new brain trust – with so much land available, the possibility for innovations in sustainability studies and organics is phenomenal. There is more to being a farmer than planting and picking, it requires business savvy, training, organization, and creativity. Many of these new farmers already have Bachelor's or Master's degrees from universities across the nation. The fact that they are choosing to settle and farm in Michigan is a great boon to our state.

By: Peter K. Pleitner

Peter K. Pleitner — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:58:31 +0000

You've got it wrong. Michigan is not going to recover or improve by all of us staying here. It is the culture stupid. That is what needs changing. Michigan is not going to change unless you leave, live and learn, and then come back with your new outlook, lots of you.

Our auto industry is making us suffer because management was devoted to inbreeding. I meet the youth in Canada and Europe and marvel at their adventurism and social skills. When our economy went "south" my wife's business shifted to Canada, a new land of opportunity for her, if you know where to look (their banks are rated at the top in the world). And they have a commodity based economy, yet are a developed nation with a bright future and a diverse population. And Michigan is fortunate to shares a long border, yet we mostly ignore it.

We need banks and investors that don't just ask what can you make for a car. We need business people and union leaders that value and husband technical knowledge and experience. We need a culture that supports competitors instead of trying to denigrate them as if we're in a little zero sum "domestic" market.

I know it is hard, very hard, kind of like learning to swim without your mom. But leaving, if just to look and learn then bringing it back, is vital for change and new development and a fresh outlook on this global economy and our potential within it.

A brief personal vitae: Raised in Germany, became US Citizen in Cobo Hall when riots started, took two degrees at U of M and live a few blocks from my freshman dormitory.

Anyway, here are my three long-term reasons to stay in Michigan:

1. Michigan has the most fresh water and a lot of infrastructure, cheap
2. Michigan has enormous renewable energy potential besides the popular, just look at the St. Clair and Detroit rivers flow
and, 3. We're a border state and have the best neighbors one could wish for