Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michigan is not all bleak. In fact, it is a lovely state. I grew in a small town in Michigan and in fact, live in another small town, and work in a much bigger town, Detroit. No, Detroit is not as good as it should be, or as it could be, but it's not quite as bad as the national media (and some Luggers) are so quickly willing to paint it. Roger Hart Detroit USA On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> wrote: > Indiana is not at all bleak. In fact it is a lovely state. I grew up in a > small town in Indiana, went to high school there, and, in summers, taught > sailing at Culver Military Academy on Lake Maxinkuckee, about 50 miles > south > of South Bend. I even toyed with the idea of going to Notre Dame but I had > the wrong religion. My son got an MBA from the U. of Indiana in > Bloomington, > one of the best state universities in the country. See the movie "Breaking > Away" to get an idea of what Bloomington looks like. My niece had a horse > farm in Evansville. The southern part of the state is warm and humid in the > summers and greenery flourishes. As long as people eat, the bountiful farms > will do well. We used to go sailing and camping in the large Brown County > state park. The northern part gets a lot of lake effect snow in the winter, > great for sledding but a bit flat for downhill skiing. > > Chris is particularly selective in the photos he posts on the LUG. The > economy of Indiana is much better than in surrounding states in the rust > belt. If you want to see signs of a real economic disaster, go to Michigan > or Ohio. > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >