Comments on: My Fulfilling Life in Michigan http://generationymichigan.org/2009/11/30/awakening-to-my-fulfilling-life-in-michigan/ A look at the reasons why young adults are or are not staying in Michigan Fri, 04 May 2012 16:14:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Matt Penniman http://generationymichigan.org/2009/11/30/awakening-to-my-fulfilling-life-in-michigan/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Matt Penniman Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:58:05 +0000 http://generationymichigan.org/?p=755#comment-497 Sure, I might be a little biased -- that's why I disclosed the connection. I agree that the word "fat" in that sentence is completely unnecessary and possibly sizeist, but it doesn't negate the rest of the argument or the author's honesty about her mixed feelings, which is what I found commendable. Sure, I might be a little biased — that's why I disclosed the connection. I agree that the word “fat” in that sentence is completely unnecessary and possibly sizeist, but it doesn't negate the rest of the argument or the author's honesty about her mixed feelings, which is what I found commendable.

]]> By: Ali http://generationymichigan.org/2009/11/30/awakening-to-my-fulfilling-life-in-michigan/comment-page-1/#comment-496 Ali Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:29:19 +0000 http://generationymichigan.org/?p=755#comment-496 If you know her, then isn't your opinion gonna be a little biased? <br><br>"I don’t want to live in a poor state where uneducated fat people neglect the things I care about..." <br><br>That comment is not commendable in any way; it is, in fact, sizeist, which is a type of discrimination. If you know her, then isn't your opinion gonna be a little biased?

“I don’t want to live in a poor state where uneducated fat people neglect the things I care about…”

That comment is not commendable in any way; it is, in fact, sizeist, which is a type of discrimination.

]]> By: Ali http://generationymichigan.org/2009/11/30/awakening-to-my-fulfilling-life-in-michigan/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Ali Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:23:43 +0000 http://generationymichigan.org/?p=755#comment-495 I'm gonna have to agree, that this article is extremely condescending.<br><br>You can go into debt by moving to California but it much EASIER to go into debt while letting some university price gauge you. <br><br>It's also a miracle she found a job with a degree in humanities. I heard from my professor that that degree is about useless. <br><br>Plus, how exactly can you go to college when there are literally no jobs, not even fast food. I am currently taking college classes but I am going to have to drop out because I literally can't survive on my own and I need to get a full time job.<br><br>I personally think what this author is doing is potentially dangerous.....telling people how awesome it is to stay in Michigan is like telling people on a sinking ship to just stay on and "wait it out."<br><br>Oh yeah that hole the iceberg made....eh it's nothing it'll sort itself out in time....LOL I'm gonna have to agree, that this article is extremely condescending.

You can go into debt by moving to California but it much EASIER to go into debt while letting some university price gauge you.

It's also a miracle she found a job with a degree in humanities. I heard from my professor that that degree is about useless.

Plus, how exactly can you go to college when there are literally no jobs, not even fast food. I am currently taking college classes but I am going to have to drop out because I literally can't survive on my own and I need to get a full time job.

I personally think what this author is doing is potentially dangerous…..telling people how awesome it is to stay in Michigan is like telling people on a sinking ship to just stay on and “wait it out.”

Oh yeah that hole the iceberg made….eh it's nothing it'll sort itself out in time….LOL

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]]> By: Matt http://generationymichigan.org/2009/11/30/awakening-to-my-fulfilling-life-in-michigan/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Matt Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:38:56 +0000 http://generationymichigan.org/?p=755#comment-358 Michigan is a shithole. this place is a cancer on my soul and i cant wait to leave. if i could id burn this entire state down myself and do the world a favor. this state is full of morons and no real job opportunities. i have been damaged by growing up here. Michigan is a shithole. this place is a cancer on my soul and i cant wait to leave. if i could id burn this entire state down myself and do the world a favor. this state is full of morons and no real job opportunities. i have been damaged by growing up here.

]]> By: Pat http://generationymichigan.org/2009/11/30/awakening-to-my-fulfilling-life-in-michigan/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Pat Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:07:14 +0000 http://generationymichigan.org/?p=755#comment-346 No, not really. There is no stress in "not finding jobs" outside of Michigan because the unemployment rates are so much lower outside of Michigan (save Rhode Island and Mississippi). Also, most of us who are not socially inept find the ability to make new friends, meet new people and make new connections. Sure, if you like the idea of being surrounded by the same people you've known your entire life, being surrounded by the same surroundings, and are, in general, scared of new things, go ahead, stay in Michigan. The rest of us will not wait a minute longer during the holidays to get back to our thrilling, exciting lives outside of the mitten. No, not really. There is no stress in “not finding jobs” outside of Michigan because the unemployment rates are so much lower outside of Michigan (save Rhode Island and Mississippi). Also, most of us who are not socially inept find the ability to make new friends, meet new people and make new connections. Sure, if you like the idea of being surrounded by the same people you've known your entire life, being surrounded by the same surroundings, and are, in general, scared of new things, go ahead, stay in Michigan. The rest of us will not wait a minute longer during the holidays to get back to our thrilling, exciting lives outside of the mitten.

]]> By: jpbarrabee http://generationymichigan.org/2009/11/30/awakening-to-my-fulfilling-life-in-michigan/comment-page-1/#comment-307 jpbarrabee Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:38:01 +0000 http://generationymichigan.org/?p=755#comment-307 How do we increase our tolerance for Risk and Change? By having more money for an infrastructure that will hold us up when we fall down. But Michigan has no money or is not willing to tax those that do. I moved here (professionally insane) to be close to my daughter who moved when my ex got a job as a professor here. I have my law degree and can only find work in temp jobs. The problem is that this state is bankrupt. The good news is that we are probably not all that much worse than other states. The bad news is that it is because other states are in bankruptcy too. Just wait for 2010 and see how much infrastructure is cut here in Michigan and in other states. How do we increase our tolerance for Risk and Change? By having more money for an infrastructure that will hold us up when we fall down. But Michigan has no money or is not willing to tax those that do. I moved here (professionally insane) to be close to my daughter who moved when my ex got a job as a professor here. I have my law degree and can only find work in temp jobs. The problem is that this state is bankrupt. The good news is that we are probably not all that much worse than other states. The bad news is that it is because other states are in bankruptcy too. Just wait for 2010 and see how much infrastructure is cut here in Michigan and in other states.

]]> By: jpbarrabee http://generationymichigan.org/2009/11/30/awakening-to-my-fulfilling-life-in-michigan/comment-page-1/#comment-231 jpbarrabee Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:38:01 +0000 http://generationymichigan.org/?p=755#comment-231 How do we increase our tolerance for Risk and Change? By having more money for an infrastructure that will hold us up when we fall down. But Michigan has no money or is not willing to tax those that do. I moved here (professionally insane) to be close to my daughter who moved when my ex got a job as a professor here. I have my law degree and can only find work in temp jobs. The problem is that this state is bankrupt. The good news is that we are probably not all that much worse than other states. The bad news is that it is because other states are in bankruptcy too. Just wait for 2010 and see how much infrastructure is cut here in Michigan and in other states. How do we increase our tolerance for Risk and Change? By having more money for an infrastructure that will hold us up when we fall down. But Michigan has no money or is not willing to tax those that do. I moved here (professionally insane) to be close to my daughter who moved when my ex got a job as a professor here. I have my law degree and can only find work in temp jobs. The problem is that this state is bankrupt. The good news is that we are probably not all that much worse than other states. The bad news is that it is because other states are in bankruptcy too. Just wait for 2010 and see how much infrastructure is cut here in Michigan and in other states.

]]> By: kj32 http://generationymichigan.org/2009/11/30/awakening-to-my-fulfilling-life-in-michigan/comment-page-1/#comment-225 kj32 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:29:40 +0000 http://generationymichigan.org/?p=755#comment-225 You should not deprive your child of her family soley because you hate the state, how do even know that once you move to Texas that everything is going to be better, besides the weather. Maybe you did not make the best of it, and by leaving you are only contibuting to the closing of schools and museums. Does your daughter go to one of those schools that has closed? When is the last time you went to one of those museums? Do you shop at walmart, or do you shop at michigan based meijers? <br>And how can you say there is more for her to see in texas. Just because everything is bigger does not mean it is better. Do I honestly have to list everything there is to see in the state of michigan?<br>And that miracle it would take for this state to get back in order would be for more people to care and quit running away. You should not deprive your child of her family soley because you hate the state, how do even know that once you move to Texas that everything is going to be better, besides the weather. Maybe you did not make the best of it, and by leaving you are only contibuting to the closing of schools and museums. Does your daughter go to one of those schools that has closed? When is the last time you went to one of those museums? Do you shop at walmart, or do you shop at michigan based meijers?
And how can you say there is more for her to see in texas. Just because everything is bigger does not mean it is better. Do I honestly have to list everything there is to see in the state of michigan?
And that miracle it would take for this state to get back in order would be for more people to care and quit running away.

]]> By: Pat http://generationymichigan.org/2009/11/30/awakening-to-my-fulfilling-life-in-michigan/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Pat Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:25:26 +0000 http://generationymichigan.org/?p=755#comment-221 Right. Why take your child away from her father and family just because YOU hate it here? I, personally, would hate to be 26 with a 5 year old child. Thankfully, I was intelligent enough to not allow that to happen. Right. Why take your child away from her father and family just because YOU hate it here? I, personally, would hate to be 26 with a 5 year old child. Thankfully, I was intelligent enough to not allow that to happen.

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