Jack Lessenberry writes about how the U.P. sees Detroit

Detroit-based columnist Jack Lessenberry is never afraid to take on the tough questions, and in this recent column, he turns his thoughtful eye on the U.P.

Excerpt: If the Upper Peninsula were a separate state, which Yoopers sometimes grumble it should be, Marquette would be its capital. But it would be a small one. Though it seems bigger, Marquette has fewer than twenty-two thousand people. It is nearly five hundred miles from Detroit, but seems much further away. When they talk about ethnic minorities here, they tend to mean those who came from Finland.

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Source: Michigan Radio