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13 Things You Know If You've Lived In Michigan

How about that weather, huh?

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13 Things You Know If You've Lived In Michigan
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1. Noticing our roads in movies

When you watch a movie and you happen to catch a glimpse of the street, you can easily tell it's Michigan. Everyone knows our streets are horrible and you might even see an entire street of tar.

2. Driving in the climate

Confronted with continuous days of snow, you learn how to drive in it pretty easily. Driving 65 mph on the freeway with three feet of snow becomes a habit. Once you go to another state where it barely snows, you can see how much people are truly scared of snow.

3. Hating Ohio State

No matter who you root for or if you don't like football or sports, you are literally born out of the womb hating Ohio State. We're always fighting with someone from another state that likes Ohio State.

4. Being a Michigan or Michigan State fan

Even if you root for another team, it is common that everyone either owns Michigan or Michigan State apparel. Along with that, in a game with an unknown team and a Michigan team, you cheer your hardest for Michigan regardless of whom you like.

5. Winter time.

Living in Michigan, you realize that winter is really just all four seasons put into one. One day it might be 23 degrees outside, then 60 degrees, and the next it rains, snows, and hails all in one day.

6. Going Up North

You know you live in the lower peninsula when every summer or winter, you go up north to your cabin near a lake or go snowboarding near Michigan's Adventure.

7. Knowing certain people

No matter who you are, you most likely know or have known someone that has worked in the auto industry. How many big car companies do we have here again? That many.

8. Autumn

Driving or walking around during fall time can be the most beautiful thing ever. It's so nice to see all the shades of red, yellow, and orange leaves. Plus it makes for pretty amazing photos.

9. Shorts in the winter

No matter what time of the year it is or whether it is -5 degrees to 80 degrees, you will always see someone in a pair of shorts, even if they have a sweatshirt on as well.

10. Common Vacations

Going on vacations either implies going up north, to Cedar Point, or to Florida. Good chances are, you've done all three, maybe all in one year.

11. State Spirit

Looking at the Lions, its either going to be a hard loss or amazing win, regardless of how they did in previous years, it's always necessary to cheer them on. I mean, who hasn't seen the Thanksgiving game each year?

12. Holidays in Michigan

Especially during Halloween as a child, you always had to wear a coat under or over your Halloween costume because of how cold it is. A lot of the time, your parents end up driving you around instead of you walking because it's either, snowing, raining, or -500 degrees outside.

13. Loving this Ice cream

Growing up as a child or maybe even as an adult, you loved Superman ice cream. Who can resist layers of blue, yellow, and red of ice cream? My mouth is watering already.

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