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In reply to the discussion: University Of Mississippi Students Riot Over Obama Victory [View all]antigone382
(3,682 posts)I'm more familiar with Burlington, Montpelier, Portland, New York, and Syracuse (have family there). I also have family in Ridgefield, CT.
I've been through Michigan, but not the Detroit part. Went up to Rothbury to sell pizza at a music festival they do up there. It's a beautiful state and the festival was like Bonnaroo but with cooler temperatures, more trees, and less litter.
I haven't yet found a place in this country that didn't interest and charm me...well, I grew up in Georgia and have unpleasant memories of the people and culture I encountered there, but it has its redeeming qualities, too.
(oh yeah, and I passed through Baltimore on the Chinatown Bus from D.C. to New York...where my bus driver almost got in a fist fight with some kind of local attendant...that was an interesting memory, for sure!)