Any folks from the MI UP AKA God's Country?

NorthwoodsMike · #21 05/30/14, 10:52 AM

I'm in the process of setting up shop in Trout Creek. Jobs are tougher to find, but cost of living is low. My wife and I both work from home for companies with a global presence, and count that as a huge blessing every day.

Land is cheap, winter are long, people are very friendly, and it's absolutely beautiful.

Here is the build thread for our house:Our Northwoods Homestead

Rustaholic · #22 05/30/14, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ronbre

good luck on finding high speed internet in the UP..I'm in Traverse city area SE and have a Wilson Cell Phone repeater and my internet is off my cellphone as a modem for my laptop..

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Originally Posted by Shayanna

I live in Manton (northern lower) and I think land is rather cheap here. Plus its not too far of a drive to Traverse city or Cadillac to work. And don't let anyone fool you, there are plenty of jobs if you aren't picky. And Munson Hospital is begging for people.

Well Howdy to both of you. We are all neighbors. I am in Williamsburg just a dozen miles from TC. I am 6th generation here.
I have visited all over the U.S. of A. and any time I am gone for a week or more I start feeling strange and it doesn't let up until I am back here and see one of these wonderful bays. I met an older man last summer that was telling two of us about when he was a younger man he was a chauffeur in Traverse City and one time he had picked up three Japanese business men from the airport and was driving out around East Bay. Three times they asked him to stop and they got out in their dress clothes and walked out into the bay and were picking up water in their hands and drinking it. They were amazed to see so much fresh water. They had to test it three times to believe it was all fresh water.

Shayanna · #23 05/31/14, 06:56 AM

I think I actually saw michiganfarmer yesterday too. Even though I haven't before, I think it was him lol. He's another "neighbor".

fishhead · #24 05/31/14, 07:01 AM

How is the heat in the UP? I heard the center of the UP got up to 95 last summer.

Jim-mi · #25 05/31/14, 09:08 AM

Traverse City is a place I try hard to avoid during the fudgy (tourist) season. Also Gaylord is gridlocked with the stinkin tourists. . . . .Who all drive bumper to bumper like the rush hour traffic in the big burgs down south.
Yet all the merchants work hard to woo the tourist MONEY...........

Yes this past winter was brutal . . . . .And for the first time ever I thought about being a snowbird. . . . .Slap my hands for ever saying that.........

Think I'll go out back and watch nature. . . . .. .nothing like it..............