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[dtown]

^sounds nice.

its off topic, but have any of you ever heard the song "The Upper Peninsula" by Sufjan Stevens?

its pretty good

[ZachariahDaMan]

Can't say I have but I will download it.

[RegalTDP]

NPR's Weekend Edition this week featured a whole series on Michigan's Upper Peninsula.  They covered a whole range of cultural and economic topics:

-Higher Education and technology in the UP
-The UP economy's resilience compared to lower MI
-The Yooper identity
-Why pasties are awesome
-And the Sunday Puzzle, where the questions all involve the letters U and P

Articles and mp3's can be found here.

[ZachariahDaMan]

I just got back from a 4 day trip in the Upper Peninsula.  We visited Marquette, Hancock, Houghton, Calumet and some smaller towns.  I will post a few pictures later.  I loved Marquette, seems like it would be a busy place in the summer.  Hancock and Houghton are both beautiful.  Calumet is a little depressing.