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Michigan areas:
We have "The U P" (upper peninsula) and people from there are Yoopers.
We have "Southern Lower Michigan" which always cracks me up, because you never hear them talk about Southern Upper Michigan. The people from the UP call the people in Lower Michigan "Fudgies" (because we go to Mackinac for fudge)
The three main counties around Detroit : Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb are the "Tri-County area"
Within the Tri-Country area, we have The East Side (northeastern suburbs of Detroit), Downtown (the center of Detroit), The West Side (west/northwest suburbs of Detroit), and Downriver (south of Detroit.. Down the River from Detroit). Within the city of limits of Detroit, you also have Southwest Detroit, Greek Town, Mexican Town and the New Center Area.
We also have Ann Arbor which is usually A Squared.
The rest is "Up North", which can mean anything north of the Tri County area.. or "Outstate" which is anything west or north of the Tri County area.
Dee
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