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Originally posted by AGDee
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

Lol you got to it before me! Gota have that Downriver love!

Some nicknames for cities in Downriver...

Wyandotte- Wyandirt, The Dot (not that it's dirty, it just works)
Woodhaven- The Woo, Wooha, The Wood
Riverview- Rumorview (small town, everyone knows each other), The View
Taylor- Taytown, Taylortucky (apparently people from Kentucky migrated there)
Southgate- Dirty South (I live here, I hate it)
Grosse Ile- Fantasy Island (it's an island or rich people)
Flat Rock- Level Pebble, Fat *expletive*