People in north Michigan are not different at all from people in southern Alabama. Trust me, someone who's spent a lot of time in both places. They're all hardworking, simple people.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question.
Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They're really not. They're just regular people who live in small towns. They grow up and try to raise families and have a job and go to church and play softball. It's that way everywhere.
In my heart, I'm an Alabaman who went up north to work.
People in Midland are real nice folks: I can't prove that with statistics, but I know West Texas, and it's just a fact.
I'm sort of a Southerner because those are my roots, but my parents are from Iowa.
We've always been suburb people, and we lived in the East Bay when I was in Oakland. This time around, we're staying in the city, and my kids are getting that city life experience, which is something you don't get too much of in Alabama.
I'm from Georgia, and everybody gathers around food in the South.
I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love the family values they have.
Midwestern people stick together. Gee willikers, they work hard. There's no glitz, no glamour. When I was a girl in Duluth, Minnesota, I used to get up early and milk cows, so I know what hard work is.
Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.