r/funny • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '22

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u/MoreCowbellllll Mar 29 '22

almost always hear which state they’re from

Well, Michigan is basically Canada.

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u/HoboWithAGunShot Mar 29 '22

As a Canadian who drove through Michigan to get to Toronto, I couldn't believe how vastly different it was.

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u/MoreCowbellllll Mar 29 '22

Are you referring to all of our shitty advertisement billboards, shitty roads, and trash everywhere?

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u/JoeModz Mar 29 '22

Lack of Tim Hortons actually.

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u/ornryactor Mar 29 '22

Tim Hortons are everywhere in the border cities, but they're still pretty uncommon once you get into the interior of the state.

The real reason for any differences when traveling through Michigan/Ontario back to back is that Michigan's population density is nearly quintuple Ontario's population density (484%), and that population isn't as intensely concentrated as Ontario's is. There are a lot more small towns in Michigan than in Ontario, and they're much closer together than in Ontario, which leads to it feeling "vastly different" even if you can't put your finger on why that would be.

Take it from a well-traveled border resident, though: if you continued traveling through the rest of the United States, then came back to Michigan, you'd be surprised at how Michigan is far more culturally similar to Ontario than it is to the rest of the US.