The Locals have gone loco!

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arcticgeorge

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They sure will sniff you out, the moment you speak! I was doing a brick job the first summer i moved here and this Dan guy walks over to chat. We were'nt 5 minutes into the conversation and he says........ "What are yous guyz from Illinoise or something?" Yes they prounounce the "s" in Illinois. We cracked up and he said "you have an accent"........And we got here soon enough that our 8 1/2 year daughter has picked up the accent here, some of the teachers have strong accents..(Moved here when she was 5)... Funny thing is a good portain of the people i have met here are "transplants" from Wisconsin and Illinois, some Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Connecticut and on. One friend messing with me said "you have to live here 20 years to be half a Yooper" I laughed.
 
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handiman

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classicchick said:
Sorry but you aren't officially a local just because you are a resident or reside in the area. One way you become a local is when you've been here so long that nobody remembers when you moved here....it's like you've always lived here and then you're a local. You can measure your status starting with children who were too young to remember when you arrived...they'll think you are a local because you've always been here since they could remember. A much more difficult rite of passage is to have
such similar personality traits, values, lifestyle, that people assume you must be a local. Non locals don't really know who is and who isn't but even they can sometimes tell
if you have foreign qualities. Those who have lived their entire life here will spot you right away but if you're a genuine good person you'll be accepted and loved by them!
No counterfeits please! The U.P. is in constant transition. At one time, there were only "outsiders" coming to the area, now there are newcomers.... if you are respectful of the local culture, they may say "Welcome"!! (This opinion is based solely on my observations and not intended to reflect the opinion of any other persons in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan)
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Wow. That sure sounds unfriendly and snobby to me.
 
skiroule

skiroule

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handiman said:
Wow. That sure sounds unfriendly and snobby to me.
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I don’t think that was the intent but it kind of came across that way. I didn’t realize there were so many requirements for becoming a local.</SPAN>

The question is, if I sell everything and move to an area and I’m not considered a local, where am I considered a local? I can’t be a local where I used to live, I don’t live there. I guess I’d just be depressed about my life as a local non-local. Maybe that was this guy’s problem.</SPAN>

I would make a distinction between native (born and raised in an area) and non-native (not born and raised there), which is completely different from “local-ness”.

It's definitely Friday....
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zltim

Member
I was told to be a local, your Grand parents must be buried in the local cemetery. That's for Northwestern Wisconsin.
 
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lenny

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loco schmoco, the entire idea is childish and shameful,,nothing but mind games
 
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ranlam

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lenny said:
loca schmoco, the entire idea is childish and shameful,,nothing but mind games
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True dat. If you live here and can put up with the locals, u must be loco! I was born and raised 3.5 hours away across an imaginary line, one side yooper the other side scony. Really love up here, but J.C. whens the snow gonna melt!

P.S. the locals around me are some great people
 
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frnash

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I dunno about the screaming banshee that snowdance encountered, but I think the following Yooper survey purdy well expresses the attitude of most locals ("Photo courtesy of Pasty Cam.") :) :

2013-04-19%20-%20Yooper%20Survey.jpg
 
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