I am a lifelong Michigan resident with the exception of the 6 years I spent in the military. The Great Lakes region is to me one of North America's gems and an amazing place to live, even when you factor in the cold Winters. However our Summer's and Fall's are amazing, we don't have earthquakes or hurricanes and tornado's more rare than other areas.
Hello brother. I was born and rasied in West Michigan. Only saw the Upper ( Yooper) 😂 Peninsula once in 1989 when I was a small child. I still do not know if I can travel across the Mackinac Bridge as an Adult,lol. I ADORED Tahquamenon Falls back then and the locks of St. SAINT MARIE. And DO NOT GET ME STARTED About Mackinaw Island. The BEAUTY. No vehicles, only HORSE drawn Carriages . Many people do not realize it's so much longer than the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Resident of port Huron, right on the thumb and it's honestly heaven. We've got four seasons and personally I live close to the lakefront, easy access with was anything from boat to kayak. Jobs can be a lil bit of an inssue but quality of life is above all else here
You should do a video on the actual Lakes. They are really more inland seas. Most of this area is great to live in minus the big cities. Remote areas of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota are wonderful!
The exception is Cleveland; the city is relatively peaceful (we had an NBA championship won by Lebron AND the Republican National Convention both and no riots or anything occurred. By comparison If Oakland CA won a championship there'd be thousands injured "celebrating."
As a resident of Michigan, that water just feels like a target painted on all our backs. These other states pissed away their water trying to use their land in a way the natural environment couldn't support. And I fear they'll do the same to us.
I’ve lived mostly in Ohio most of my life and I find it sad how many people talk bad about it. It’s actually quite a beautiful place, pretty diverse, and has mostly very friendly people. The small towns are quaint and full of community. The cities are like any large populous, with both good and bad. As for winter. Just because it gets cold doesn’t mean its a bad place to live. The winter has it’s own style of beauty. Put on another sweater and try to appreciate the natural weather patterns around you. Yes, jobs can be lite in places but other places have lots to choose from. I’ve personally never had a problem finding one
Columbus's population is so diversified that it's considered the best testing area for big restaurant chain's new items (they decide if it should be national vs regional sandwiches for fast food especially, but Applebee's TGIFridays etc do it too.)
I’m from Wisconsin and love this state. Friendly people, beautiful lakefront and tons of agricultural land. There have been many businesses moving to the state because of the fresh water and people that usually visit always confuse Lake Michigan with the ocean because it’s so large. Also yes we are known for our cheese which is why the fans of our American football team “green bay packers” are known as cheeseheads. Very safe state to live in.
Me too!! I think Wisconsin has so many beautiful natural landmarks. And it sure doesn't seem abandoned. High five to us for living in a wonderful place👍
@@nwestwiscogirl1880 I've lived on the East Coast...the West Coast..and many parts of the Middle West. Wisconsin, to me, is the best there is. Beautiful rolling hills...woods...small towns...and everywhere you visit, people keep their houses up and their lawns trimmed. NO WHERE ELSE in the USA have I seen such.
From NE Ohio here! Retired people, called "snowbirds" go south to live to get away from winter, and come back in the spring. But some just go anywhere that it is warmer in the winter.
"Snowbird" here. I have a home on a lake in northern Wisconsin, and I love it here. In the summer. But I had enough of snow and cold .... -10F (-26C) or worse. So, I spend the winters 50 miles from San Antonio TX.
I live in the Mid Michigan area near Lansing. The bigger cities out here are not the best but, the smaller towns and surrounding areas are beautiful. You can feel like you're way out in the country then, get in the car and be in a city in 15 -20 minutes.
I'm a proud born and raised Michigander and I fully believe it's the greatest place to live in the world. I've lived out west in Colorado and there are many benefits, but despite all the constant negative stereotypes that everybody seems to have for my home, I love it and always will. The Great Lakes are truly magnificent though, i'd highly recommend looking more into them. They are a series a connected inland seas and they are not to be taken lightly. Lake Superior in particular is staggeringly beautiful, but she has killed thousands. It's a magical region
Everything that made this area a good area to settle are still true. Extensive waterways, prime farmland, friendly citizens with a strong work ethic. What happened is the same that happened to a lot of the northern UK: it became cheaper for the companies to move abroad and industrial jobs dried up. They weren't the hippest or most glamorous jobs, but they were living a hell of a lot better than most people my age are now.
12:00, James that is why you will hear people from the Great Lake States refer to them as Inland Seas or freshwater oceans because they are that huge. I don't think people understand how big they are. You both should do a reaction video to the Great Lakes just so you can understand its sheer size.
Agreed! When most people think about a lake, they don't envision something they can't actually see the opposite shore of, something which is true of the Great Lakes. At least not without a good telescope, clear weather (no haze) and being atop a very tall building.
Those 5 lakes are ~20% of the surface freshwater on the entire planet; they are enormous for being lakes rather than Seas(I think it's because a sea must be saltwater, but not sure.)
@@MrTommygunz420 Dude, try being dropped off in the Middle of Each Michigan, Huron and Superiror and realize you may drown before reaching shore.... Especially in Summer. Your only fighting Chance. Try.... Unfortunately you may drown before Realizing why the Great Lakes Are actually Freshwater Oceans/Inland Seas no matter what season.... The Edmund Fitzgerald knows. Like minisucle by Comparison, Deep Lake Tahoe in California and Deeper Lake Superior in Michigan, NEVER give up Their Dead. All Whom Drown are Perfectly preserved at the. BOTTOM. TOO DEEP AND COLD for Bacteria to feed on any Mammals, Including Humans. There are Perfectly Preserved Human Bodies at the Depths of Superior and Tahoe. The ONLY thing which worries me, is that Brit borns like Millie and James are actually not ready to understand Scandinavian Cold Winters like us and Hot Humid Summers.
Another Michigander here... I grew up on an island in northern Lake Michigan. The incredible beauty of the vast wilderness of the Great Lakes region is a big draw for folks. I currently live in Tennessee, but my grown children have moved to the hometown I grew up in Michigan. The video focuses on state populations and large industrial cities. Nature, history, and tourism drive much of the economy outside of those cities. There's also agriculture... so the Great Lakes region is far from becoming a ghost town.
I grew up mostly in Utah; rural Pennsylvania; upstate New York. However, I’ve lived all but 3 of the years since 1989 (when I graduated from college) in one of the Great Lakes states - mostly Minnesota, but 6 years in Wisconsin and a couple in Chicago, Illinois. I could see you really enjoying any of the following: 1. Mineral Point, WI (small town, beautiful setting) 2. Mount Horeb, WI (small town, close to Madison) 3. Any of the many nice suburbs of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN - e.g. Apple Valley, Chanhassen, Rogers, White Bear Lake, or Woodbury 4. A small city on the Saint Croix River, e.g. Hudson, WI or Stillwater, MN If you wanted a slightly larger city, I’d recommend Madison, WI (has multiple lakes bordering downtown; excellent university town) or Duluth, MN (right on Lake Superior; more of a blue collar feel.) The vast majority of Minneapolis and St. Paul are plenty safe, IMO - though they might not feel so to you, coming from Jersey. 😊 As Laurence has commented in many of his videos, Midwesterners are friendly and welcoming folk. The economies of Wisconsin and Minnesota are rather diverse, with relatively lower unemployment than in many other states. Quality of life is very good, and the cost of living is quite reasonable. Do some reaction videos on the Upper Midwest (Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan); I think you’ll find it a beautiful region. Enjoy! 💐
James and Millie, just for context Lake Superior (the one the furthest to the west) is bigger than Scotland and just a little less than 2/3 the size of England. Once you add in the other 4 great lakes, Michigan (the one pointing down), Huron, Erie, and Ontario (going eastward) you have water surface area slightly larger than the entire UK.
Millie, I'm from Utah. It's called The Great Salt Lake. The Great Lakes are not salt water they are fresh water. Technically the water that enters into the Great Salt Lake is fresh water. The salt is just naturally occurring. Areas around large bodies of water get something called Lake effect snow. When the wind blows in the right direction. Lol The large body of salt water makes our snow different. Which is why we've called it "The Greatest Snow on Earth". Lol Our lake has been Shrinking to a scary level. This last winter we did receive hopefully a bit of a reprieve. Some areas that eventually flow into the lake received 900 inches. Even now at the beginning of June we are worried about flooding. Normal snow levels are under 600 inches in those same areas.
I live in Michigan😊 what I seem to be noticing especially in a lot of the western states is a lot of drought and a lot of people's wells are drying up. Now California got lucky with some big rain storms so the reservoirs are filling back up. I've never lived in a place that had a problem with any kind of flooding. I know one thing I'm sure of is we won't be lacking any kind of water here LOL😂
i grew up near Milwaukee in the 60's to mid 70's the joke was in northern Wisconsin was if you entered a town that had 5 buildings 3 of them would be bars
Good things about Wisconsin? - Cheese and ice cream (and other dairy products) - Lots of Pizza options (apparently a lot of other places in the states don't have as many options) - Lots of alcohol (if that is your thing, haha) - Fishing and hunting - River or Lake boating (canoes, kayaks, jet-ski, speed boat, etc) - Hiking and camping (the ice age trail alone spans ~1200 miles (1.609 kilometers). Also great state and county parks and a national forest (I would recommend Devil's Lake state park)) - Biking (the Madison area has a strong biking community) - Beautiful autumn colors - Corn mazes - Skiing/snowboarding/sledding - Snowmobiling - Annual Summerfest music festival in Milwaukee - Wisconsin Dells' water parks - Road America race track - The EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association. Museum, fly alongs, and annual air show) Bad? - Extreme cold in the winter and extreme heat in the summer - Due to our cold winters in contrast to warm summers, our roads can have some major potholes - Allergens (grass, tree, soil, algae, etc. Our springs can put you out of commission for a bit) - construction (anytime, anywhere, all the time) - Winter driving - Winter road salt (rust away your car quick with this one simple trick) - High-ish taxes (only mention it as it is one of my brother's main reasons for looking to move out of state)
I live 3 miles from Lake Michigan in West Michigan. Aside from a month or 2 of lake effect snow and cold weather, it’s a great place to live. There is a lot to do and see.
In Northern Michigan you can leave your keys in your key and never lock your house door.. The Lakes are awesome, I'd recommend you a video on Mackinac Island and Mackinaw bridge. Currently we have a wildfire in Roscommon County near Higgins Lake.
I mean Michigan is right on the great lakes, but Flint did not have clean water. So, I get why when there are situations like that, people are leaving that area. I think Wisconsin is beautiful but the winter and snow storms are crazy.
All the cities named are democratic strong holds were welfare bankrupt the cities, + it is very cold in those states half the year, realize that you can live anywhere ad do your job. So as a person who moved south life is better 💟
trivia, The U.P. of Michigan is home to connecting to the most fresh water lakes than any place in the world, connecting to Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron.
I was born in Michigan, live in Michigan and will probably die in Michigan. Thing about Detroit is it once had a population of 2 million, now 650,000. But, the metro area is still home to 4.5 million people. So, folks didn't leave the Detroit area in a mass exodus, they moved to the suburbs. As long as you weren't employed by the auto industry, you're still good. Winters suck here, so upon retirement (2031) I'll be in Florida to "snowbird it" for the winters.
My favorite flight paths take me over the great lakes. Very cool to see how massive they are, and seeing them freeze over and get covered in snow is awesome.
I'm a born-and-bred buckeye AKA Ohio resident and even though I lived in North Carolina for 22 years, I moved back home 12 years ago and I absolutely love the Great Lakes so I really am not buying this video ❤ I traveled an awful lot down south and all over the Eastern Seaboard and I still think the Great Lakes top it! Jmo 😉
The map in the video is inaccurate. New York State and Pennsylvania are also Great Lakes States. Lake Ontario was ignored as was the Niagara River and Niagara Falls.
Taxes too. I’m in Tennessee and my property tax is the about same for a year as you would pay in a month in some Illinois counties. Plus, a lot of the state’s people are fleeing still have state income taxes.
I am a native of Florida but have been to the Great Lakes region many times and the only problem I personally can’t deal with is the winter weather I freeze any time the temperature is below 40 degrees f
Born ,raised and lived in the Milwaukee Wisconsin area my entire life… winters way to long and cold but Wisconsin lakes and beauty makes up for it in Spring, summer and Autumn
I'm from Fort Wayne Indiana and I laughed when you said Gary Indiana was probably a nice town. Gary was twice named the murder capital of the US (maybe world) , if I'm not mistaken. 😋
A big part of the reason I've heard just recently is crime in cities like Chicago. in the last couple years 300K people have moved out of Chicago alone because of Crime. I live in Wisconsin, and although I'm sure you guys dont see all of the comments, I definitely recommend visiting the area I live in, very nice weather, nice people, and yes, the Cheese is fantastic
Bottom line: a lot of people moved *to* the Great Lakes region throughout the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, for a collection of reasons. (Briefly: there was really good agricultural land available and a lot of it, and there were good transportation options in the era when those were scarce; then because of those things the area became industrialized relatively early, so there were a lot of jobs in the Midwest that drew in displaced agricultural workers from other areas, notably the South, over the course of a hundred years or so. But in the mid to late twentieth century as blue-collar industry mostly moved to the third world, the motivation to overpopulate the Midwest became weaker. Now, in the last couple of years, it looks like the trend may flip around again, as we are starting to see people moving here from places like California, due to the affordability of housing here. (You can buy a house outright here, for less than half of what the down payment would be on a smaller house in California. It's an attractive option if your income is not tied to living in a specific place, which, post-COVID, is starting to seem realistic to more people.) Detroit is an extreme case, but yes, in general terms, the industrial centers are less important than they used to be. Additionally, there are the "snow birds". It has been common for over a hundred years for old people to move out of the region when they retire, moving to places that don't have winter, like Florida and Arizona. Well, demographically speaking, an unusually large number of people were born during the post-war boom, in the late forties and on through the fifties. Those people are now nearly all retired, so of course a lot of them have been moving south. That'll be coming to an end soon, because at this point most of the boomers who were going to leave, have left already. Gen-X is a more typical generation, in terms of size, so the rate at which people retire and move south, should be returning to normal levels. The crime rate is consistently higher in the big cities and lower in smaller communities; that's true to some extent in most of the developed world, but especially in America. The Midwest, taken as a whole, has a lower crime rate than the coastal areas, but higher than the more rural areas (e.g., the Great Plains), which tracks with the population density. And yes, cost of living is very reasonable in the Midwest, especially in smaller communities. Housing and food, in particular, are quite cheap here. Also yes, water is essentially free. We do pay a "water bill", but that mostly goes to cover sewage treatment. Our water infrastructure in this part of the world is designed to guide excess water downstream as efficiently as possible, to avoid flooding, which is a much more serious concern here than drought. It isn't just that the great lakes contain a lot of water; they do, but there's also a lot of fresh water constantly flowing *out* of the region, due to the amount of rain we get. The Niagara river carries some 200 thousand cubic feet per second, and the Ohio carries even more than that. The upper Mississippi is also significant. Furthermore, nobody downstream relies on that water for drinking water or agriculture, because everybody downstream of us also gets plenty of rain of their own. So if we wanted to capture that water and somehow drink it all, or use a bunch of it for some industrial purpose that resulted in a good portion of it evaporating, no one would really care all that much. (The biggest impact, would be that the amount of power generated at Niagara Falls would be reduced. Navigability of the lower Mississippi might also be a concern if we really went to extremes, but it could get quite a bit less water than it currently does and still be navigable.)
One thing he didn’t bring up is how COLD it gets in the great lakes in the winter. I lived in Cleveland where it snowed 157 days per year and in the winter the only time it didn’t snow was when Lake Erie froze over. In the summer the weather is lovely. And it’s an agricultural belt, but the lake effect snows can dump FEET of snow in a few hours. The Great Lakes formed after the last ice age from melted glaciers.
Many people don't realize that Indiana was the biggest auto manufacturer for the early years of the automobile with famous manufacturers being Studebaker, Marmon, Stutz, Dusenberg, Auburn, and Cord. There is a reason that The Indianapolis 500 is in Indiana. This manufacturing history is also why Indiana produces over half of all rv's produced in the world.
My mom is from Illinois (Skokie) and was sooooooo happy to leave and move to here to Texas. People are abandoning the Illinois ship. Crime in Illinois is through the roof!
@@pfury67 …..nice try. She moved from the Chicago area to an area in rural east central Texas. There were other considerations like extremely high taxes, lack of opportunities in her field outside the Chicago area, the weather, the politics, my dad is from Texas and has lots of family here, she only had her dad in Illinois. My grandfather is looking to leave Illinois and move to Florida because of out of control property taxes, income taxes and sales taxes, and the winter weather. He has said he will miss the L.
Gary, in this case, is a last name. Gary, Indiana was named for Elbert Henry Gary who was a founding member of the U.S. Steel Corporation that established the huge production engine of steel mills in the area.
I was born in Gary and back in the 50's and early 60's, it was a great city with the Steel Mills working!! Then it went to HELL when the mills stopped!!
What most people don't realize is that generally rural areas are safer than urban areas. Heck I have lived in Michigan most of my life, and have never (not even once) felt like it was unsafe. Granted I have lived in small towns where ever I have gone, but the overall feeling is one of safety and contentment. When we were headed out on a family vacation a few years ago I realized that we didn't even have a house key for our house. Lived here 10 years and never even thought about locking it. SO I changed the locks, put in all keyed alike deadbolts and door locks... yeah, still don't lock it. LOL My sister dropped by the other week and picked up something and when she left, she locked the doors. Took me a good 10 minutes to remember when I stashed a key outside to get in.
Born and raised in Wisconsin. If you stay away from the major cities, Milwaukee, Madison LaCrosse or Green Bay crime is generally pretty low. Drugs and drug related crime can still be bad in places but that’s a problem in any state I believe. What is great is it only takes minutes to be out of most small towns and into the great outdoors. I hope you get to visit my beautiful, friendly state some day. However, please head farther north than those major cities if you really want to experience what we have to offer, also you must try some of our fresh and deep fried cheese curds!
You are allowed that, and even catered to, in Wisconsin. In Illinois, God forbid anybody drive an ATV on a road. Your state develops outdoor recreation areas. Ours just wastes money supporting the non-productive people.
My brother and his wife moved out of Illinois because of taxes. They moved to Georgia. I live in Milwaukee. I will NEVER...EVER...move out of Wisconsin.
This region is sizable and very nice place overall, but you do have to like Winter weather. If you avoid the bigger cities it is a good place to relocate to.
I live in Wisconsin right next to Lake Michigan. In the summer the breeze off the lake can make it 15 to 20 degrees cooler. In the 1980's our governor said that western states would build a pipeline in the future to get our water and that we would be the Blue Eyed Arabs. Gary, Indiana, is right next to Chicago. In the 50's and 60's, Gary had a nickname "Slag City" because of all the steel mills. It was said the smoke was so bad that at times it blotted out the sun, but all the steel mills are closed down now.
As a west Michigan resident , Jobs are an issue, mainly industrial and manufacturing jobs - there are lots of Medical Professionals and Hospitals in Michigan! Law Enforcement and Prison are abundant… so are Criminals as we sit between Chicago and Detroit- and Detroit being a gateway to Canada by crossing a River ! I love Michigan and have lived here over 50 years - till I die ❤
I'm from Gary Indiana. My grandfather retired from the steel mills. I'm a bit older than you two (born 1995), but when i was a kid, Gary and Detroit were going back and forth for the crown of being the murder captial of the USA. Things have gotten a bit better, but the amount of desperate need thrust havoc on the city and left scars that will not heal fully anytime soon. I have since left and moved to Indianapolis, but all my family is still 2 hours north in Gary, so I get to see progress being made. Shout out to the 219! Always will be home, but it has its flaws.
A couple factors not mentioned in the video, States started voting Democrat which sent taxes skyrocketing and if you don't live in that states big city you're town/county isn't going to get much funding to maintain. I seen a stat that for my state the outer state taxes paid in are about 35-45% the funding issued back was in the high teens, the big cities pay in 55-65% percent but get kicked back over 80% of the funding. Michigan and Minnesota democratic governments have put in policies to take in refugees from 3rd world countries because the refugees will vote blue for free or low price housing, no tax for X amount of years and every government handout you could imagine. Alot of them came from Somalia and they don't want to be here, crime rates sky rocketed, the money they're getting they're funneling back to family outside of the country. Michigan had a group of Somalis doing forced castration on people of different races years ago (not sure if it's still going on) they've tried to force Somali beliefs and Laws on Americans and even created their own police. These democratic leaders have also gone out of their way to shut down resources obtainment costing hundreds of thousands of jobs in the great lakes regions, the Iron mining is a huge factor of this. Lake Superior has enough water in it to cover the US in over 2ft of water or something like that. Depending where you're at the summers are brutal on live on the US/Canadian Border and it's currently 33⁰ Celsius and extremely Humid, winters can get down right brutal, we had over 5 meters of snow this year and temperatures below negative seven Celsius. We get Tornadoes and Blizzards but if you avoid big city living you're just as safe here as anywhere else. I know people around me with over 1000 guns and the only major crime we see is from border jumpers and the occasional out of state lunatics brought in to work locally
Wisconsin has been growing steadily in the smaller metro areas, especially west of Milwaukee from Waukesha to the Madison area as well as the Fox Cities to Green Bay. The Waukesha area will be getting Lake Michigan water soon thanks to a new water pipeline set to open later this year. Also, the Downtown Milwaukee skyline is getting fairly impressive the last few years. Milwaukee is losing population in the outer areas of the city but more of them are relocating to the Downtown which is fueling a building boom in that part and some of the adjacent Downtown Milwaukee neighborhoods.
Yeah, we have a lot of surface fresh water here in Michigan, and we’re only getting more. We’re actually losing beach area due to rising lake levels, and the average level is projected to rise over a foot in the next 25 years.
There is no way. That would be like the most expensive undertaking in the history of man. Think how long it took for the Panama Canal. And that is nothing to digging canals across like 4-5 states.
Elderly people move to warmer states. I from northern Wisconsin. We received a lot of snow like we had record snow last year! And we had many days below Zero!
I grew up next to Gary, Indiana, just southeast of Chicago. My city was lovely, but Gary (except along the beach) is a hellscape that one would be lucky to escape with their life. One summer the mayor asked people not to visit his city because he could not protect their safety. Will all that said, the Great Lakes is not so bad and it does indeed have an abundance of lakes, rivers, streams, and beaches. Chicago is awesome (except parts of the south and west sides--don't go to those parts of the city) and the whole region is great for boating, fishing and camping. Indiana Dunes National Park is a great place for nature hikes. Detroit, Michigan is another city to avoid.
Detroit here. Michigan is the gem of the country low key. It’s so beautiful and the landscape is so diverse and West Michigan is the absolute BEST. People are moving out of the GLR BUT more and more young people (especially from out of town) are starting to move to Detroit. The good part (besides them experiencing Michigan) is that they see firsthand that Detroit isn’t as bad as people think it is. When I was growing up it was indeed a war zone 😂 but now(while it’s not like it was even in the early’80’s) it’s gotten better and there’s a lot to do here in the D. I talk to transplants often and they love it here.
I have lived in Indiana most of my life and love it here. Stay away from the big cities and it is extremely safe. Although crime can and does happen everywhere most of it happens in the bigger cities. The Spring and Fall are the best times to be here but Summer is great as well and Winter can be cold but really not the bad. Life is great here!!
Hey, congratulations on the impending additional family member! I've lived in the suburbs just north of Detroit my whole life and never had any safety concerns. Detroit, like most big cities, has areas that you avoid at all costs and areas that safe. And for the love of that all that holy, can everyone just stop whining about the snow and the cold. You're from the Midwest! Just put another layer on and suck it up.🤣
My ancestors settled Michigan the 1830’s, I left in 1980. Socialism, High Taxes, Unions drove out jobs manufacturing. Unemployment was 21% when I left. You worked in the summer and got drunk in winter. I live in Texas now though Michigan is beautiful you can’t make a decent living half the people are on welfare the other half are paying for it.
I have family in Minnesota and let me say nothing will prepare you for the size of the Great Lakes when seeing them in person. Looking out over Lake Superior from Duluth, MN it really feels like you're looking out over the ocean. They are so large they greatly affect the weather of the states around them, and can have massive waves during storms (that have been known to sink ships like the Edmund Fitzgerald if you have heard the famous song by Gordon Lightfoot). As far as states go I have lived in three, Maryland (grew up and spent most of my life there), Florida, and moved to Southern California last year. All have their positives and negatives, and all three will be impacted greatly by climate change. For now though I'm just gonna enjoy the weather here in SoCal, I don't miss the hot humid summers back east at all lol
you might want to do more research on the why people are really leaving these cities and areas it start's in this video around the 5 min mark. all these areas have been governed by Democrats for decades and that party and the Unions that kept them in power was another major reason for losing Manufacturing. The large migration of African Americans added to the crime factor. This video you showed only touched the surface of these states and towns.
I live in West Michigan near the lake/inland sea. Definitely people not moving out of the area if anything in the future people are going to be moving towards the Great Lakes because of tge freshwater Supply. Which will only make rent and mortgages higher unfortunatelty.
Life-long Ohioan here. Love my state! Beautiful state parks for camping, hiking, fishing, etc. We also have The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame...from ur places to visit in U.S. Highly recommend if u visit the Buckeye state.
Phoenix just froze new building permits because of a lack of water. Florida has rapidly become unaffordable. Because of this, we retired in Indiana. Affordable and safe, neither my SS or military pensions are taxed. $200k bought a nice home with 2 acres and a pond located just outside of a Fish and Wildlife area. Yeah it it gets cold in the winter, but we know how to dress for the cold.
Hello B’s Born and raised In Illinois. I would recommend Wisconsin. It hurts to say it. But it is a beautiful state. Just stay away from The 2 urban areas.
This person did not talk about some of the main reasons for recent migrations out of these states. Taxes have gotten very high and many move seeking relief from these. Politics. Many Republican voters have moved to more southern states [especially Florida and Texas] to escape the politics of Democrat led Northern states and move to states more aligned with their own views. Aging populations, seeking the warmer weather of Southern states. As far as the rust belt, I believe it is more of a term from the past. Many of these areas are getting more diversified businesses. I live in Wisconsin and many people from Illinois move here every year to enjoy the forests lakes , rivers and streams with all they have to offer.
That's news. I'm from Wisconsin. We moved to Florida 19 years ago. We bought a place back home (Wisconsin) a couple years ago and expect to be spending more time back there. Can't beat the people up there.
I live three miles from Lake Michigan in Illinois. The Great Lakes are beautiful. They are indeed inland freshwater seas. I’ve been scuba diving in Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. You need to do other videos on the Great Lakes. Yep, the winters are brutal. People leave Illinois because of high taxes, big city crime and political corruption. It’s not cheap to live in Chicagoland. My family has been here since 1839.
I live on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin and there is definitely not a lack of people !! We can only hope ppl move !! More and more ppl from Chicago moving to Wisconsin ! Maybe in other states ppl are moving but not here !! Ppl moved out of Detroit cause Ford closed out !!
@@ethanpost9774 thats the most dumbest remark I've ever heard !! Apparently you don't live were kids are shot daily were traffic is bumper to bumper going to the grocery store were ppl smoke dope and sell drugs in a parking lot apparently you don't live were you hear sirens at least 10 times a day !! You've gotta be one of those woke Democrats that thinks everything is Rainbows and sunshine and Men are Women !!! Please !!! apparently your city wasn't burnt down !!!!!!!
@@WyattRyeSway Right !! Kenosha has more Illinois car tags than Wisconsin ! And it's traveling straight up the lake. Madison is now over populated with Ill as well !!
At a certain age many, like myself, cannot handle the winters. I love Michigan but where I lived there was +/- 200 inches of snow every year (Northern Michigan). I just couldn't do it anymore.
I’m a life long Hoosier, in Indiana. This region of the country is special, and beautiful in the fall. The video did not discuss the politics in this region. Some of these states refuse to change policies, and still deny the progressive outlook (good or bad). Other have had failed policies that have destroyed whole cities. With an area that has 21% of the worlds fresh water, Flint Michigans is contaminated and unsafe.
I've lived in a suburb in the metro area of Milwaukee, Wisconsin since I was one and a half in 81 and I can't imagine living anywhere else. I wasn't born here since I was born in Indianapolis, but I'll definitely die here. I love the cold so that will never cause me to leave. To me it's only cold here a couple months a year and I like it. I'll take walks outside when it's in the 30's and 40 F as long as there isn't much snow on the ground. Lately the winters here have been wimpy. I wish there was more snow in the winter to be honest. If you're used to it and like the cold, it isn't bad. I hate the summer personally. It's in the 80's here today and I'm just waiting for September when the weather is nice again. There aren't a lot of people here but I like it that way. I don't like crowds. There's still some nice things here. Where I grew up was close to where the Harley Davidson factory was. The Milwaukee Mile is one of the oldest race tracks in the US. In the Summer, Summer Fest here is pretty nice. It's too hot outside for me personally, but a lot of music groups come here for Summer Fest. Wisconsin Dells is a nice touristy area and also has some nice places to camp. I love Wisconsin Dells Water parks and the Wisconsin Ducks boat ride. There's a lot of Culver's in my state and I think it has the best fast food hamburgers. They're mostly in the Midwest. I live near a Topper's Pizza which is quite nice. They're open late usually to 2 or 3 AM and they have some weird pizzas like Mac & Cheese pizza and a Tater tot pizza. I'm basic and usually order the classic which is a supreme pizza. Also my area has some Chicago fast food places like Lou Malnati's Pizzeria and Portillo's.
I really miss those snowy winters as well. The air just gets that cold refreshing smell after those snow storms that drop more than 2ft on ya. And how that air is comforting and not so nippy. I'm north centeral WI, about 20 minutes west from wausau, so I am not as close to the lake. I do make a trip to Milwaukee every now and then though.
I'm from Wisconsin and I truly think think information is skewed... I live in the middle part of the state and there is so many people from Milwaukee and Chicago that are buying property and building here.... I just just feel people are moving away from the larger cities...
I’m in Chicago from birth, and I know that Wisconsin is beautiful. I am convinced the region will see a big uptick in population in the next 20 years. This video is very incomplete in its picture.
Life long Ohio resident and just went on a trip seeing 4 lakes (Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior) in six days and I will never leave it here it’s amazing.
Yes, you ought to know the Great Lakes. They only hold 20% of all the surface fresh water on the planet...okay, edit here. I just watched the video to the end and see that this stat is stated. It's crazy that so many people are moving to places where water will soon be rationed.
Taxpayers and businesses are fleeing Blue States because of Failed Democratic policies. NY, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan and California ALL LOST Congressional seats because of negative population growth despite taking in Millions of illegal aliens. California lost 22.5 BILLION dollars in tax revenue while New York lost 19.5 BILLION and Illinois lost 10.6 BILLION. All in just 2022. The States where most Taxpayers and businesses are moving to are: 1. Florida 2. Texas 3. South Carolina 4. Nevada 5. North Carolina As far as Climate change, here in SC today's temperature is 78f with lows tonight in the 50sf. This is the 3rd year in a row where we broke records for mild May and June.. PS: Our beaches are just fine, People fleeing Blue States are driving up the Prices on Beach Front property... Rick Charleston SC
As a resident of Wisconsin I am happy that our state has had moderate growth. The state does not have the crowding like those states growing so fast which means the cost of living and the affordability of owning a home is much easier. Keep in mind the northern half of Wisconsin, the UP of Michigan, and northern part of lower Michigan are quite sparsely populated
Dude if we want to save our planet we need to have oil companies actually follow regulations and the regulations need to be super strict. Also, no more governments “testing” out bombs and such in the ocean.(this actual happens, even tho it is usually very quietly done). We can all recycle as citizens and still have massively bad impacts from the companies causing these issues.
I grew up in Indiana, spend my 20s in California, and my 30s back in Indiana. I don't think the rest of the country realizes how nice it is out here. While nothing can beat LA weather, I would argue that our weather is better than anywhere else in the country because we avoid ALL the extremes. Our summers never get the insane dry heat like in Texas or Arizona nor the insane humidity like in Florida and the rest of the south and east coast all the way up to DC. Our summers are perfectly comfortable with a high amount of sun. Our winters never get anywhere near the amount of snow and frigid temperatures like all of the northeast, Minnesota, upper Idaho, Montana, ND, etc. Our rainy season is nothing like the Pacific Northwest deals with. And fall, oh man, our autumn season. It's literally the best. There is nowhere better. NYers talk about driving up to CT to see the leaves change colors, when the whole country should be coming out to Indiana and walking through our parks in places like Brown County. The weather doesn't get COLD cold until December, the smell sights and sounds of the forest in fall, its just my favorite time of year. Either way tldr; in Indy we get none of the extremes that the rest of the country deals with and our autumn is the best
My grandma was born in Gary and it has since been known to me as not the best place to be. As someone that grew up and lives between Detroit and Flint, I feel like that is saying something. I love Michigan and the Midwest in general. A lot of people I know who have left have come back, so maybe this will be reversed, especially with climate changes, in the near future. Thanks for the content, as always!! If you haven't done a reaction video about Mackinac Island, I'd highly recommend. It's a very unique place/experience in the States.
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I am a lifelong Michigan resident with the exception of the 6 years I spent in the military. The Great Lakes region is to me one of North America's gems and an amazing place to live, even when you factor in the cold Winters. However our Summer's and Fall's are amazing, we don't have earthquakes or hurricanes and tornado's more rare than other areas.
So many amazing things to do and see in Michigan!
It ain't the scenery or the weather that's the problem it's the pieces of s*** to people keep electing
Hello brother. I was born and rasied in West Michigan. Only saw the Upper ( Yooper) 😂 Peninsula once in 1989 when I was a small child. I still do not know if I can travel across the Mackinac Bridge as an Adult,lol. I ADORED Tahquamenon Falls back then and the locks of St. SAINT MARIE. And DO NOT GET ME STARTED About Mackinaw Island. The BEAUTY. No vehicles, only HORSE drawn Carriages .
Many people do not realize it's so much longer than the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Resident of port Huron, right on the thumb and it's honestly heaven. We've got four seasons and personally I live close to the lakefront, easy access with was anything from boat to kayak. Jobs can be a lil bit of an inssue but quality of life is above all else here
You mean not yet! But the crime is making people leaving the state! Another democrat crime city!
You should do a video on the actual Lakes. They are really more inland seas. Most of this area is great to live in minus the big cities. Remote areas of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota are wonderful!
They should listen to "The Ballad of The Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot
The exception is Cleveland; the city is relatively peaceful (we had an NBA championship won by Lebron AND the Republican National Convention both and no riots or anything occurred. By comparison If Oakland CA won a championship there'd be thousands injured "celebrating."
As a resident of Michigan, that water just feels like a target painted on all our backs.
These other states pissed away their water trying to use their land in a way the natural environment couldn't support.
And I fear they'll do the same to us.
They can't, because they'd have to get Canadian consent (treaties are awesome)
I’ve lived mostly in Ohio most of my life and I find it sad how many people talk bad about it. It’s actually quite a beautiful place, pretty diverse, and has mostly very friendly people. The small towns are quaint and full of community. The cities are like any large populous, with both good and bad.
As for winter. Just because it gets cold doesn’t mean its a bad place to live. The winter has it’s own style of beauty. Put on another sweater and try to appreciate the natural weather patterns around you.
Yes, jobs can be lite in places but other places have lots to choose from. I’ve personally never had a problem finding one
Columbus's population is so diversified that it's considered the best testing area for big restaurant chain's new items (they decide if it should be national vs regional sandwiches for fast food especially, but Applebee's TGIFridays etc do it too.)
I’m from Wisconsin and love this state. Friendly people, beautiful lakefront and tons of agricultural land. There have been many businesses moving to the state because of the fresh water and people that usually visit always confuse Lake Michigan with the ocean because it’s so large. Also yes we are known for our cheese which is why the fans of our American football team “green bay packers” are known as cheeseheads. Very safe state to live in.
Me too!! I think Wisconsin has so many beautiful natural landmarks. And it sure doesn't seem abandoned. High five to us for living in a wonderful place👍
@@nwestwiscogirl1880 I've lived on the East Coast...the West Coast..and many parts of the Middle West. Wisconsin, to me, is the best there is. Beautiful rolling hills...woods...small towns...and everywhere you visit, people keep their houses up and their lawns trimmed. NO WHERE ELSE in the USA have I seen such.
From NE Ohio here! Retired people, called "snowbirds" go south to live to get away from winter, and come back in the spring. But some just go anywhere that it is warmer in the winter.
"Snowbird" here. I have a home on a lake in northern Wisconsin, and I love it here. In the summer. But I had enough of snow and cold .... -10F (-26C) or worse. So, I spend the winters 50 miles from San Antonio TX.
I live in the Mid Michigan area near Lansing. The bigger cities out here are not the best but, the smaller towns and surrounding areas are beautiful. You can feel like you're way out in the country then, get in the car and be in a city in 15 -20 minutes.
I'm a proud born and raised Michigander and I fully believe it's the greatest place to live in the world. I've lived out west in Colorado and there are many benefits, but despite all the constant negative stereotypes that everybody seems to have for my home, I love it and always will. The Great Lakes are truly magnificent though, i'd highly recommend looking more into them. They are a series a connected inland seas and they are not to be taken lightly. Lake Superior in particular is staggeringly beautiful, but she has killed thousands. It's a magical region
Everything that made this area a good area to settle are still true.
Extensive waterways, prime farmland, friendly citizens with a strong work ethic.
What happened is the same that happened to a lot of the northern UK: it became cheaper for the companies to move abroad and industrial jobs dried up.
They weren't the hippest or most glamorous jobs, but they were living a hell of a lot better than most people my age are now.
12:00, James that is why you will hear people from the Great Lake States refer to them as Inland Seas or freshwater oceans because they are that huge. I don't think people understand how big they are. You both should do a reaction video to the Great Lakes just so you can understand its sheer size.
Agreed! When most people think about a lake, they don't envision something they can't actually see the opposite shore of, something which is true of the Great Lakes. At least not without a good telescope, clear weather (no haze) and being atop a very tall building.
The Great Lakes are nearly twice the size of England.
100%! 👍💐
Those 5 lakes are ~20% of the surface freshwater on the entire planet; they are enormous for being lakes rather than Seas(I think it's because a sea must be saltwater, but not sure.)
@@MrTommygunz420 Dude, try being dropped off in the Middle of Each Michigan, Huron and Superiror
and realize you may drown before reaching shore.... Especially in Summer. Your only fighting Chance.
Try.... Unfortunately you may drown before Realizing why the Great Lakes Are actually Freshwater Oceans/Inland Seas no matter what season....
The Edmund Fitzgerald knows.
Like minisucle by Comparison, Deep Lake Tahoe in California and Deeper Lake Superior in Michigan, NEVER give up Their Dead. All Whom Drown are Perfectly preserved at the. BOTTOM. TOO DEEP AND COLD for Bacteria to feed on any Mammals, Including Humans. There are Perfectly Preserved Human Bodies at the Depths of Superior and Tahoe. The ONLY thing which worries me, is that Brit borns like Millie and James are actually not ready to understand Scandinavian Cold Winters like us and Hot Humid Summers.
Another Michigander here... I grew up on an island in northern Lake Michigan. The incredible beauty of the vast wilderness of the Great Lakes region is a big draw for folks. I currently live in Tennessee, but my grown children have moved to the hometown I grew up in Michigan. The video focuses on state populations and large industrial cities. Nature, history, and tourism drive much of the economy outside of those cities. There's also agriculture... so the Great Lakes region is far from becoming a ghost town.
I grew up mostly in Utah; rural Pennsylvania; upstate New York. However, I’ve lived all but 3 of the years since 1989 (when I graduated from college) in one of the Great Lakes states - mostly Minnesota, but 6 years in Wisconsin and a couple in Chicago, Illinois.
I could see you really enjoying any of the following:
1. Mineral Point, WI (small town, beautiful setting)
2. Mount Horeb, WI (small town, close to Madison)
3. Any of the many nice suburbs of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN - e.g. Apple Valley, Chanhassen, Rogers, White Bear Lake, or Woodbury
4. A small city on the Saint Croix River, e.g. Hudson, WI or Stillwater, MN
If you wanted a slightly larger city, I’d recommend Madison, WI (has multiple lakes bordering downtown; excellent university town) or Duluth, MN (right on Lake Superior; more of a blue collar feel.)
The vast majority of Minneapolis and St. Paul are plenty safe, IMO - though they might not feel so to you, coming from Jersey. 😊
As Laurence has commented in many of his videos, Midwesterners are friendly and welcoming folk. The economies of Wisconsin and Minnesota are rather diverse, with relatively lower unemployment than in many other states. Quality of life is very good, and the cost of living is quite reasonable.
Do some reaction videos on the Upper Midwest (Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan); I think you’ll find it a beautiful region.
Enjoy! 💐
James and Millie, just for context Lake Superior (the one the furthest to the west) is bigger than Scotland and just a little less than 2/3 the size of England. Once you add in the other 4 great lakes, Michigan (the one pointing down), Huron, Erie, and Ontario (going eastward) you have water surface area slightly larger than the entire UK.
Millie, I'm from Utah. It's called The Great Salt Lake. The Great Lakes are not salt water they are fresh water. Technically the water that enters into the Great Salt Lake is fresh water. The salt is just naturally occurring. Areas around large bodies of water get something called Lake effect snow. When the wind blows in the right direction. Lol
The large body of salt water makes our snow different. Which is why we've called it "The Greatest Snow on Earth". Lol Our lake has been Shrinking to a scary level. This last winter we did receive hopefully a bit of a reprieve. Some areas that eventually flow into the lake received 900 inches. Even now at the beginning of June we are worried about flooding. Normal snow levels are under 600 inches in those same areas.
I live in Michigan😊 what I seem to be noticing especially in a lot of the western states is a lot of drought and a lot of people's wells are drying up. Now California got lucky with some big rain storms so the reservoirs are filling back up. I've never lived in a place that had a problem with any kind of flooding. I know one thing I'm sure of is we won't be lacking any kind of water here LOL😂
i grew up near Milwaukee in the 60's to mid 70's the joke was in northern Wisconsin was if you entered a town that had 5 buildings 3 of them would be bars
Good things about Wisconsin?
- Cheese and ice cream (and other dairy products)
- Lots of Pizza options (apparently a lot of other places in the states don't have as many options)
- Lots of alcohol (if that is your thing, haha)
- Fishing and hunting
- River or Lake boating (canoes, kayaks, jet-ski, speed boat, etc)
- Hiking and camping (the ice age trail alone spans ~1200 miles (1.609 kilometers). Also great state and county parks and a national forest (I would recommend Devil's Lake state park))
- Biking (the Madison area has a strong biking community)
- Beautiful autumn colors
- Corn mazes
- Skiing/snowboarding/sledding
- Snowmobiling
- Annual Summerfest music festival in Milwaukee
- Wisconsin Dells' water parks
- Road America race track
- The EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association. Museum, fly alongs, and annual air show)
Bad?
- Extreme cold in the winter and extreme heat in the summer
- Due to our cold winters in contrast to warm summers, our roads can have some major potholes
- Allergens (grass, tree, soil, algae, etc. Our springs can put you out of commission for a bit)
- construction (anytime, anywhere, all the time)
- Winter driving
- Winter road salt (rust away your car quick with this one simple trick)
- High-ish taxes (only mention it as it is one of my brother's main reasons for looking to move out of state)
Don't forget Kwik trip and culvers
I live 3 miles from Lake Michigan in West Michigan. Aside from a month or 2 of lake effect snow and cold weather, it’s a great place to live. There is a lot to do and see.
In Northern Michigan you can leave your keys in your key and never lock your house door.. The Lakes are awesome, I'd recommend you a video on Mackinac Island and Mackinaw bridge. Currently we have a wildfire in Roscommon County near Higgins Lake.
I mean Michigan is right on the great lakes, but Flint did not have clean water. So, I get why when there are situations like that, people are leaving that area. I think Wisconsin is beautiful but the winter and snow storms are crazy.
I love living in such a geographically distinct spot. I could be in orbit and still point right to where I live.
All the cities named are democratic strong holds were welfare bankrupt the cities, + it is very cold in those states half the year, realize that you can live anywhere ad do your job. So as a person who moved south life is better 💟
This is the main rust belt...so many cities have lost population..i still love this area tho
Cleveland at one time was a top ten populated city...so many other cities died off... Detroit, Gary, Youngstown, Flint
trivia, The U.P. of Michigan is home to connecting to the most fresh water lakes than any place in the world, connecting to Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron.
Love to see all the comments sharing all the Lake love. 😊
I was born in Michigan, live in Michigan and will probably die in Michigan. Thing about Detroit is it once had a population of 2 million, now 650,000. But, the metro area is still home to 4.5 million people. So, folks didn't leave the Detroit area in a mass exodus, they moved to the suburbs. As long as you weren't employed by the auto industry, you're still good. Winters suck here, so upon retirement (2031) I'll be in Florida to "snowbird it" for the winters.
My favorite flight paths take me over the great lakes. Very cool to see how massive they are, and seeing them freeze over and get covered in snow is awesome.
I'm a born-and-bred buckeye AKA Ohio resident and even though I lived in North Carolina for 22 years, I moved back home 12 years ago and I absolutely love the Great Lakes so I really am not buying this video ❤ I traveled an awful lot down south and all over the Eastern Seaboard and I still think the Great Lakes top it! Jmo 😉
whats not to buy. he told the facts until he spouted the democrat leech global warming crap.
The map in the video is inaccurate. New York State and Pennsylvania are also Great Lakes States. Lake Ontario was ignored as was the Niagara River and Niagara Falls.
Taxes too. I’m in Tennessee and my property tax is the about same for a year as you would pay in a month in some Illinois counties. Plus, a lot of the state’s people are fleeing still have state income taxes.
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I am a native of Florida but have been to the Great Lakes region many times and the only problem I personally can’t deal with is the winter weather I freeze any time the temperature is below 40 degrees f
Born ,raised and lived in the Milwaukee Wisconsin area my entire life… winters way to long and cold but Wisconsin lakes and beauty makes up for it in Spring, summer and Autumn
I'm from Fort Wayne Indiana and I laughed when you said Gary Indiana was probably a nice town. Gary was twice named the murder capital of the US (maybe world) , if I'm not mistaken. 😋
lol Gary. The only place I make fun of more than Gary is Stockton, CA.
A big part of the reason I've heard just recently is crime in cities like Chicago. in the last couple years 300K people have moved out of Chicago alone because of Crime. I live in Wisconsin, and although I'm sure you guys dont see all of the comments, I definitely recommend visiting the area I live in, very nice weather, nice people, and yes, the Cheese is fantastic
Wisconsin, with the exception of some parts of Milwaukee, is very safe. Plus, our cheese rocks!
Politics has a lot to do with it. Extremism has run amok.
Bottom line: a lot of people moved *to* the Great Lakes region throughout the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, for a collection of reasons. (Briefly: there was really good agricultural land available and a lot of it, and there were good transportation options in the era when those were scarce; then because of those things the area became industrialized relatively early, so there were a lot of jobs in the Midwest that drew in displaced agricultural workers from other areas, notably the South, over the course of a hundred years or so. But in the mid to late twentieth century as blue-collar industry mostly moved to the third world, the motivation to overpopulate the Midwest became weaker. Now, in the last couple of years, it looks like the trend may flip around again, as we are starting to see people moving here from places like California, due to the affordability of housing here. (You can buy a house outright here, for less than half of what the down payment would be on a smaller house in California. It's an attractive option if your income is not tied to living in a specific place, which, post-COVID, is starting to seem realistic to more people.) Detroit is an extreme case, but yes, in general terms, the industrial centers are less important than they used to be.
Additionally, there are the "snow birds". It has been common for over a hundred years for old people to move out of the region when they retire, moving to places that don't have winter, like Florida and Arizona. Well, demographically speaking, an unusually large number of people were born during the post-war boom, in the late forties and on through the fifties. Those people are now nearly all retired, so of course a lot of them have been moving south. That'll be coming to an end soon, because at this point most of the boomers who were going to leave, have left already. Gen-X is a more typical generation, in terms of size, so the rate at which people retire and move south, should be returning to normal levels.
The crime rate is consistently higher in the big cities and lower in smaller communities; that's true to some extent in most of the developed world, but especially in America. The Midwest, taken as a whole, has a lower crime rate than the coastal areas, but higher than the more rural areas (e.g., the Great Plains), which tracks with the population density. And yes, cost of living is very reasonable in the Midwest, especially in smaller communities. Housing and food, in particular, are quite cheap here.
Also yes, water is essentially free. We do pay a "water bill", but that mostly goes to cover sewage treatment. Our water infrastructure in this part of the world is designed to guide excess water downstream as efficiently as possible, to avoid flooding, which is a much more serious concern here than drought. It isn't just that the great lakes contain a lot of water; they do, but there's also a lot of fresh water constantly flowing *out* of the region, due to the amount of rain we get. The Niagara river carries some 200 thousand cubic feet per second, and the Ohio carries even more than that. The upper Mississippi is also significant. Furthermore, nobody downstream relies on that water for drinking water or agriculture, because everybody downstream of us also gets plenty of rain of their own. So if we wanted to capture that water and somehow drink it all, or use a bunch of it for some industrial purpose that resulted in a good portion of it evaporating, no one would really care all that much. (The biggest impact, would be that the amount of power generated at Niagara Falls would be reduced. Navigability of the lower Mississippi might also be a concern if we really went to extremes, but it could get quite a bit less water than it currently does and still be navigable.)
I grew up in western Michigan on the lake and loved it, If I get the chance to move back I will in a heartbeat.
One thing he didn’t bring up is how COLD it gets in the great lakes in the winter. I lived in Cleveland where it snowed 157 days per year and in the winter the only time it didn’t snow was when Lake Erie froze over. In the summer the weather is lovely. And it’s an agricultural belt, but the lake effect snows can dump FEET of snow in a few hours. The Great Lakes formed after the last ice age from melted glaciers.
Many people don't realize that Indiana was the biggest auto manufacturer for the early years of the automobile with famous manufacturers being Studebaker, Marmon, Stutz, Dusenberg, Auburn, and Cord. There is a reason that The Indianapolis 500 is in Indiana. This manufacturing history is also why Indiana produces over half of all rv's produced in the world.
My mom is from Illinois (Skokie) and was sooooooo happy to leave and move to here to Texas. People are abandoning the Illinois ship. Crime in Illinois is through the roof!
Glad you decided to move to a more violent state by capita.
@@pfury67 …..nice try. She moved from the Chicago area to an area in rural east central Texas. There were other considerations like extremely high taxes, lack of opportunities in her field outside the Chicago area, the weather, the politics, my dad is from Texas and has lots of family here, she only had her dad in Illinois. My grandfather is looking to leave Illinois and move to Florida because of out of control property taxes, income taxes and sales taxes, and the winter weather. He has said he will miss the L.
@@WyattRyeSwayFlorida and Texas literally the two worst states to live in but you do you
Gary, in this case, is a last name. Gary, Indiana was named for Elbert Henry Gary who was a founding member of the U.S. Steel Corporation that established the huge production engine of steel mills in the area.
it should be called jackson or black.
I was born in Gary and back in the 50's and early 60's, it was a great city with the Steel Mills working!! Then it went to HELL when the mills stopped!!
What most people don't realize is that generally rural areas are safer than urban areas. Heck I have lived in Michigan most of my life, and have never (not even once) felt like it was unsafe. Granted I have lived in small towns where ever I have gone, but the overall feeling is one of safety and contentment. When we were headed out on a family vacation a few years ago I realized that we didn't even have a house key for our house. Lived here 10 years and never even thought about locking it. SO I changed the locks, put in all keyed alike deadbolts and door locks... yeah, still don't lock it. LOL My sister dropped by the other week and picked up something and when she left, she locked the doors. Took me a good 10 minutes to remember when I stashed a key outside to get in.
Born and raised in Wisconsin. If you stay away from the major cities, Milwaukee, Madison LaCrosse or Green Bay crime is generally pretty low. Drugs and drug related crime can still be bad in places but that’s a problem in any state I believe. What is great is it only takes minutes to be out of most small towns and into the great outdoors. I hope you get to visit my beautiful, friendly state some day. However, please head farther north than those major cities if you really want to experience what we have to offer, also you must try some of our fresh and deep fried cheese curds!
You are allowed that, and even catered to, in Wisconsin. In Illinois, God forbid anybody drive an ATV on a road. Your state develops outdoor recreation areas. Ours just wastes money supporting the non-productive people.
My brother and his wife moved out of Illinois because of taxes. They moved to Georgia. I live in Milwaukee. I will NEVER...EVER...move out of Wisconsin.
The Great Lakes are beautiful.
This region is sizable and very nice place overall, but you do have to like Winter weather. If you avoid the bigger cities it is a good place to relocate to.
I live in Wisconsin right next to Lake Michigan. In the summer the breeze off the lake can make it 15 to 20 degrees cooler. In the 1980's our governor said that western states would build a pipeline in the future to get our water and that we would be the Blue Eyed Arabs.
Gary, Indiana, is right next to Chicago. In the 50's and 60's, Gary had a nickname "Slag City" because of all the steel mills. It was said the smoke was so bad that at times it blotted out the sun, but all the steel mills are closed down now.
As a west Michigan resident , Jobs are an issue, mainly industrial and manufacturing jobs - there are lots of Medical Professionals and Hospitals in Michigan! Law Enforcement and Prison are abundant… so are Criminals as we sit between Chicago and Detroit- and Detroit being a gateway to Canada by crossing a River ! I love Michigan and have lived here over 50 years - till I die ❤
I'm from Gary Indiana. My grandfather retired from the steel mills. I'm a bit older than you two (born 1995), but when i was a kid, Gary and Detroit were going back and forth for the crown of being the murder captial of the USA. Things have gotten a bit better, but the amount of desperate need thrust havoc on the city and left scars that will not heal fully anytime soon. I have since left and moved to Indianapolis, but all my family is still 2 hours north in Gary, so I get to see progress being made. Shout out to the 219! Always will be home, but it has its flaws.
A couple factors not mentioned in the video, States started voting Democrat which sent taxes skyrocketing and if you don't live in that states big city you're town/county isn't going to get much funding to maintain. I seen a stat that for my state the outer state taxes paid in are about 35-45% the funding issued back was in the high teens, the big cities pay in 55-65% percent but get kicked back over 80% of the funding. Michigan and Minnesota democratic governments have put in policies to take in refugees from 3rd world countries because the refugees will vote blue for free or low price housing, no tax for X amount of years and every government handout you could imagine. Alot of them came from Somalia and they don't want to be here, crime rates sky rocketed, the money they're getting they're funneling back to family outside of the country. Michigan had a group of Somalis doing forced castration on people of different races years ago (not sure if it's still going on) they've tried to force Somali beliefs and Laws on Americans and even created their own police.
These democratic leaders have also gone out of their way to shut down resources obtainment costing hundreds of thousands of jobs in the great lakes regions, the Iron mining is a huge factor of this.
Lake Superior has enough water in it to cover the US in over 2ft of water or something like that. Depending where you're at the summers are brutal on live on the US/Canadian Border and it's currently 33⁰ Celsius and extremely Humid, winters can get down right brutal, we had over 5 meters of snow this year and temperatures below negative seven Celsius. We get Tornadoes and Blizzards but if you avoid big city living you're just as safe here as anywhere else. I know people around me with over 1000 guns and the only major crime we see is from border jumpers and the occasional out of state lunatics brought in to work locally
Sure, spring and autumn are mostly nice, but winter cold and hot summers make the Midwest a miserable place to live year round.
Wisconsin has been growing steadily in the smaller metro areas, especially west of Milwaukee from Waukesha to the Madison area as well as the Fox Cities to Green Bay. The Waukesha area will be getting Lake Michigan water soon thanks to a new water pipeline set to open later this year. Also, the Downtown Milwaukee skyline is getting fairly impressive the last few years. Milwaukee is losing population in the outer areas of the city but more of them are relocating to the Downtown which is fueling a building boom in that part and some of the adjacent Downtown Milwaukee neighborhoods.
I was born and raised along the lake front in Chicago and I can tell you that the winters were nightmares!
Yeah, we have a lot of surface fresh water here in Michigan, and we’re only getting more. We’re actually losing beach area due to rising lake levels, and the average level is projected to rise over a foot in the next 25 years.
There is talk of the US building canals from the Great Lakes to the dry areas in the Southwest.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
There is no way. That would be like the most expensive undertaking in the history of man. Think how long it took for the Panama Canal. And that is nothing to digging canals across like 4-5 states.
Elderly people move to warmer states. I from northern Wisconsin. We received a lot of snow like we had record snow last year! And we had many days below Zero!
I grew up next to Gary, Indiana, just southeast of Chicago. My city was lovely, but Gary (except along the beach) is a hellscape that one would be lucky to escape with their life. One summer the mayor asked people not to visit his city because he could not protect their safety. Will all that said, the Great Lakes is not so bad and it does indeed have an abundance of lakes, rivers, streams, and beaches. Chicago is awesome (except parts of the south and west sides--don't go to those parts of the city) and the whole region is great for boating, fishing and camping. Indiana Dunes National Park is a great place for nature hikes. Detroit, Michigan is another city to avoid.
8:44 There's happy uplifting songs about Gary, Indiana written way back when it was a booming Steel town.
Don’t forget Michael Jackson was from Gary.
Ya I live in Illinois and people here a absolutely sick of Chicago politics that one city out votes the rest of the state
Detroit here. Michigan is the gem of the country low key. It’s so beautiful and the landscape is so diverse and West Michigan is the absolute BEST. People are moving out of the GLR BUT more and more young people (especially from out of town) are starting to move to Detroit. The good part (besides them experiencing Michigan) is that they see firsthand that Detroit isn’t as bad as people think it is. When I was growing up it was indeed a war zone 😂 but now(while it’s not like it was even in the early’80’s) it’s gotten better and there’s a lot to do here in the D. I talk to transplants often and they love it here.
I have lived in Indiana most of my life and love it here. Stay away from the big cities and it is extremely safe. Although crime can and does happen everywhere most of it happens in the bigger cities. The Spring and Fall are the best times to be here but Summer is great as well and Winter can be cold but really not the bad. Life is great here!!
Indiana's state Capitol looks better than most state capitol's plus downtown Indianapolis doesn't seem dangerous at all.
Hello from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Hey, congratulations on the impending additional family member!
I've lived in the suburbs just north of Detroit my whole life and never had any safety concerns. Detroit, like most big cities, has areas that you avoid at all costs and areas that safe.
And for the love of that all that holy, can everyone just stop whining about the snow and the cold. You're from the Midwest! Just put another layer on and suck it up.🤣
My ancestors settled Michigan the 1830’s, I left in 1980. Socialism, High Taxes, Unions drove out jobs manufacturing. Unemployment was 21% when I left. You worked in the summer and got drunk in winter. I live in Texas now though Michigan is beautiful you can’t make a decent living half the people are on welfare the other half are paying for it.
People are leaving Chicago Illinois because it’s close to lawlessness in certain parts of the city.
I'm old and the weather is way too cold for me 😂! Love y'all ❤
I have family in Minnesota and let me say nothing will prepare you for the size of the Great Lakes when seeing them in person. Looking out over Lake Superior from Duluth, MN it really feels like you're looking out over the ocean. They are so large they greatly affect the weather of the states around them, and can have massive waves during storms (that have been known to sink ships like the Edmund Fitzgerald if you have heard the famous song by Gordon Lightfoot).
As far as states go I have lived in three, Maryland (grew up and spent most of my life there), Florida, and moved to Southern California last year. All have their positives and negatives, and all three will be impacted greatly by climate change. For now though I'm just gonna enjoy the weather here in SoCal, I don't miss the hot humid summers back east at all lol
It's June Gloom in California as well.
I have lived in Indiana, same small town, for 63 years. I love our state!
Born and raised in small town Indiana as well (with close proximity to one of our cities) and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else!
The Musical "The Music Man" has a song called Gary Indiana. Now it's an ear worm! (won't leave my brain)
you might want to do more research on the why people are really leaving these cities and areas it start's in this video around the 5 min mark. all these areas have been governed by Democrats for decades and that party and the Unions that kept them in power was another major reason for losing Manufacturing. The large migration of African Americans added to the crime factor. This video you showed only touched the surface of these states and towns.
Fun fact: There’s enough water in Lake Superior alone to cover all of South America in 3 feet of water.
I was born and raised 100 yards from Lake Superior and have lived here since except for my time in the Navy. Will never move.
I live in West Michigan near the lake/inland sea. Definitely people not moving out of the area if anything in the future people are going to be moving towards the Great Lakes because of tge freshwater Supply. Which will only make rent and mortgages higher unfortunatelty.
Life-long Ohioan here. Love my state! Beautiful state parks for camping, hiking, fishing, etc. We also have The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame...from ur places to visit in U.S. Highly recommend if u visit the Buckeye state.
Phoenix just froze new building permits because of a lack of water. Florida has rapidly become unaffordable. Because of this, we retired in Indiana. Affordable and safe, neither my SS or military pensions are taxed. $200k bought a nice home with 2 acres and a pond located just outside of a Fish and Wildlife area. Yeah it it gets cold in the winter, but we know how to dress for the cold.
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Born and raised In Illinois. I would recommend Wisconsin.
It hurts to say it. But it is a beautiful state. Just stay away from
The 2 urban areas.
This person did not talk about some of the main reasons for recent migrations out of these states. Taxes have gotten very high and many move seeking relief from these. Politics. Many Republican voters have moved to more southern states [especially Florida and Texas] to escape the politics of Democrat led Northern states and move to states more aligned with their own views. Aging populations, seeking the warmer weather of Southern states. As far as the rust belt, I believe it is more of a term from the past. Many of these areas are getting more diversified businesses. I live in Wisconsin and many people from Illinois move here every year to enjoy the forests lakes , rivers and streams with all they have to offer.
I plan to be one of those moving to free america
That's news. I'm from Wisconsin. We moved to Florida 19 years ago. We bought a place back home (Wisconsin) a couple years ago and expect to be spending more time back there. Can't beat the people up there.
I live three miles from Lake Michigan in Illinois. The Great Lakes are beautiful. They are indeed inland freshwater seas. I’ve been scuba diving in Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. You need to do other videos on the Great Lakes. Yep, the winters are brutal. People leave Illinois because of high taxes, big city crime and political corruption. It’s not cheap to live in Chicagoland. My family has been here since 1839.
I’ve had enough of Illinois politics and policies. Most of my family have already scattered to other states.
@@donrichter3523 mine too.
The politics of those states are part of why people are leaving, especially Illinois
I live on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin and there is definitely not a lack of people !! We can only hope ppl move !! More and more ppl from Chicago moving to Wisconsin ! Maybe in other states ppl are moving but not here !! Ppl moved out of Detroit cause Ford closed out !!
"There are a lot of people because I see lots of people" is the most Conservative answer I've ever heard
@@ethanpost9774 thats the most dumbest remark I've ever heard !! Apparently you don't live were kids are shot daily were traffic is bumper to bumper going to the grocery store were ppl smoke dope and sell drugs in a parking lot apparently you don't live were you hear sirens at least 10 times a day !! You've gotta be one of those woke Democrats that thinks everything is Rainbows and sunshine and Men are Women !!! Please !!! apparently your city wasn't burnt down !!!!!!!
Yeah, people are getting fed up with Illinois.
@@WyattRyeSway Right !! Kenosha has more Illinois car tags than Wisconsin ! And it's traveling straight up the lake. Madison is now over populated with Ill as well !!
At a certain age many, like myself, cannot handle the winters. I love Michigan but where I lived there was +/- 200 inches of snow every year (Northern Michigan). I just couldn't do it anymore.
For people who refer to the Atlantic Ocean as a pond, I guess any lake is great. Lol
I’m a life long Hoosier, in Indiana. This region of the country is special, and beautiful in the fall. The video did not discuss the politics in this region. Some of these states refuse to change policies, and still deny the progressive outlook (good or bad). Other have had failed policies that have destroyed whole cities. With an area that has 21% of the worlds fresh water, Flint Michigans is contaminated and unsafe.
I've lived in a suburb in the metro area of Milwaukee, Wisconsin since I was one and a half in 81
and I can't imagine living anywhere else. I wasn't born here since I was born in Indianapolis, but
I'll definitely die here. I love the cold so that will never cause me to leave. To me it's only cold here
a couple months a year and I like it.
I'll take walks outside when it's in the 30's and 40 F as long as there isn't much snow on the ground.
Lately the winters here have been wimpy. I wish there was more snow in the winter to be honest.
If you're used to it and like the cold, it isn't bad. I hate the summer personally. It's in the 80's here today
and I'm just waiting for September when the weather is nice again.
There aren't a lot of people here but I like it that way. I don't like crowds. There's still some nice things here.
Where I grew up was close to where the Harley Davidson factory was. The Milwaukee Mile is one of the oldest
race tracks in the US. In the Summer, Summer Fest here is pretty nice. It's too hot outside for me personally,
but a lot of music groups come here for Summer Fest. Wisconsin Dells is a nice touristy area and also has some
nice places to camp. I love Wisconsin Dells Water parks and the Wisconsin Ducks boat ride.
There's a lot of Culver's in my state and I think it has the best fast food hamburgers. They're mostly in
the Midwest. I live near a Topper's Pizza which is quite nice. They're open late usually to 2 or 3 AM and
they have some weird pizzas like Mac & Cheese pizza and a Tater tot pizza. I'm basic and usually order the classic
which is a supreme pizza. Also my area has some Chicago fast food places like Lou Malnati's Pizzeria and Portillo's.
I really miss those snowy winters as well. The air just gets that cold refreshing smell after those snow storms that drop more than 2ft on ya. And how that air is comforting and not so nippy. I'm north centeral WI, about 20 minutes west from wausau, so I am not as close to the lake. I do make a trip to Milwaukee every now and then though.
We live 10 minutes from Lake Erie, so this should be interesting!
I'm from Wisconsin and I truly think think information is skewed... I live in the middle part of the state and there is so many people from Milwaukee and Chicago that are buying property and building here.... I just just feel people are moving away from the larger cities...
I’m in Chicago from birth, and I know that Wisconsin is beautiful. I am convinced the region will see a big uptick in population in the next 20 years. This video is very incomplete in its picture.
Because Whitmer is terrible. We left for work 3 years ago.
Life long Ohio resident and just went on a trip seeing 4 lakes (Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior) in six days and I will never leave it here it’s amazing.
Yes, you ought to know the Great Lakes. They only hold 20% of all the surface fresh water on the planet...okay, edit here. I just watched the video to the end and see that this stat is stated. It's crazy that so many people are moving to places where water will soon be rationed.
Taxpayers and businesses are fleeing Blue States because of Failed Democratic policies. NY, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan and California ALL LOST Congressional seats because of negative population growth despite taking in Millions of illegal aliens.
California lost 22.5 BILLION dollars in tax revenue while New York lost 19.5 BILLION and Illinois lost 10.6 BILLION.
All in just 2022.
The States where most Taxpayers and businesses are moving to are:
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. South Carolina
4. Nevada
5. North Carolina
As far as Climate change, here in SC today's temperature is 78f with lows tonight in the 50sf. This is the 3rd year in a row where we broke records for mild May and June..
PS: Our beaches are just fine, People fleeing Blue States are driving up the Prices on Beach Front property...
Rick
Charleston SC
theres a song in the MUSIC MAN called gary indiana .
As a resident of Wisconsin I am happy that our state has had moderate growth. The state does not have the crowding like those states growing so fast which means the cost of living and the affordability of owning a home is much easier. Keep in mind the northern half of Wisconsin, the UP of Michigan, and northern part of lower Michigan are quite sparsely populated
Dude if we want to save our planet we need to have oil companies actually follow regulations and the regulations need to be super strict. Also, no more governments “testing” out bombs and such in the ocean.(this actual happens, even tho it is usually very quietly done). We can all recycle as citizens and still have massively bad impacts from the companies causing these issues.
The winter weather sucks for most of these states!
I moved out of Michigan in 2017. Went to Alaska, where I still live currently
I grew up in Indiana, spend my 20s in California, and my 30s back in Indiana. I don't think the rest of the country realizes how nice it is out here. While nothing can beat LA weather, I would argue that our weather is better than anywhere else in the country because we avoid ALL the extremes. Our summers never get the insane dry heat like in Texas or Arizona nor the insane humidity like in Florida and the rest of the south and east coast all the way up to DC. Our summers are perfectly comfortable with a high amount of sun. Our winters never get anywhere near the amount of snow and frigid temperatures like all of the northeast, Minnesota, upper Idaho, Montana, ND, etc. Our rainy season is nothing like the Pacific Northwest deals with. And fall, oh man, our autumn season. It's literally the best. There is nowhere better. NYers talk about driving up to CT to see the leaves change colors, when the whole country should be coming out to Indiana and walking through our parks in places like Brown County. The weather doesn't get COLD cold until December, the smell sights and sounds of the forest in fall, its just my favorite time of year.
Either way tldr; in Indy we get none of the extremes that the rest of the country deals with and our autumn is the best
My grandma was born in Gary and it has since been known to me as not the best place to be. As someone that grew up and lives between Detroit and Flint, I feel like that is saying something. I love Michigan and the Midwest in general. A lot of people I know who have left have come back, so maybe this will be reversed, especially with climate changes, in the near future. Thanks for the content, as always!! If you haven't done a reaction video about Mackinac Island, I'd highly recommend. It's a very unique place/experience in the States.
I love Northeast Ohio, the ONLY thing I could do without is the cold winters, but I put up with it cause winter is only 3 months of the year :)
We have a lot of underground springs and underground lakes in indiana.