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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]  Western Michigan is full of conservative weenies. Yes, there are a few small pockets of moderates, but you are still surrounded by people who have basically been left behind (mostly maga). Brain drain is a real thing in Michigan. If you aren't an active person and have a somewhat decent income, MI can be ok.  [/quote]

Okay, but Ann Arbor isn't in western Michigan but in southeastern Michigan (actually, part of the greater Detroit metro area), and the county it's in voted for Biden over Trump by a 73:26 margin.  And basically most of rural America -- not just in Michigan -- is filled with maga types (apart from Mass/VT and the southern Black Belt and indigenous communities in the Plains and southwest).   And nowadays there's brain drain from virtually all rural communities to the cities, the main difference in Michigan being that many ambitious young types drift to Chicago rather than to metro Detroit (altho Detroit is still the 14th largest metro area in the country -- only ten states are home to a bigger one).

And finally, the dissatisfaction of a teenager living where they grew up, no matter how real, isn't really a good predictor for how a college student will enjoy attending one of the best universities in the country in another part of the state.

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There are blue counties in western Michigan - the west coast has been trending blue for the last three election cycles and some inland counties have been blue for decades.

And yes, I agree with PP, teenage dissatisfaction with their perceived wasteland may not be the best predictor for viable college settings. [/quote]

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