We have the highest unemployment rate. Car insurance is really expensive here. There are few good jobs. We let Canada dump their trash here. We have more people moving out of the state than moving in. Has Michigan become the worst state to live in?
2006-10-07 18:33:12 · 10 answers · asked by J 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
"Is Michigan becoming the worst state to live in?"
No.
"We have the highest unemployment rate."
Correct, perhaps. It is #1 or #2, up there with Mississippi. However, many places in Michigan, like West Michigan (Grand Rapids area), have a fairly low unemployment rate.
"Car insurance is really expensive here."
It is about $140 more than the national average. About $12 per month. I wouldn't say "really expensive".
"There are few good jobs."
Again, there are jobs in West Michigan.
"We let Canada dump their trash here."
The dumping of Canada's trash in Michigan is going to end soon.
http://www.senate.gov/~stabenow/stoptrash/
"We have more people moving out of the state than moving in."
A lot of states do. And, Michigan is far from the worse. Biggest losers in net migration since 2000:
1. New York 334,093 loss
2. Ohio 102,008 loss
3. Massachusetts 73,741 loss
4. Louisiana 69,373 loss
5. Illinois 63,011 loss
6. Michigan 42,183 loss
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Considering that Michigan has 3,300 miles of shoreline, thousands of beaches, hundreds of islands, hundreds of waterfalls, thousands of acres of dunes, 11,000 inland lakes, millions of acres of forests, and the oldest mountains in North America, I'd say it is a great place to live. Perhaps that is why 10,120,860 call Michigan home.
2006-10-08 23:04:12 · answer #1 · answered by AF 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from Detroit but moved to Atlanta in '94. Development has built up a little more, but crime is crazy, not to mention the other stuff like City Income Tax, mad corruption, and no jobs unless you're related to the mayor. Until the day I moved out, I only had one job in the city, and that was because I knew someone that already worked at the joint. If you have a lot of money, it is a place that you can live in and be safe. I've only been to Battle Creek, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, and Lansing. I don't know if the other cities are really condusive to a young person wanting to do something with their future.
But uhh ....
GO TIGERS! YOU'RE OUT OF THE WOODS
NOW THAT THE YANKS ARE STOMPED !!
2006-10-07 18:40:09 · answer #2 · answered by elthe3rd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would they let Canada dump their trash in the state? That's just gross. I can see why people would want to leave. I also hear you have the worst economic climate, but I'm not sure what that means. Maybe Michigan is the worst state to live in. If not it's gotta be in the top ten.
2006-10-08 15:24:08 · answer #3 · answered by Angry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are lots of crappy places to live. Imagine trying to live on the Gulf Coast right now. I'm sure GM has a lot to do with how crappy Michigan has become even though that was in the 80's they destroyed thousands of jobs, which has an exponential effect. When people move out other businesses like retail stores and restaurants fail. You can thank the evil corporations for preferring to pay 80 cents an hour to essential slaves in crappy countries and ruining your state for years to come.
2006-10-07 18:40:54 · answer #4 · answered by Reject187 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I moved to Kalamazoo for a health Department job in 2012, I had worked for Florida State government for 17 years and was laid off there. In Kalamazoo Department of human Services (ie: the County Health Department) I found horrible treatment of the people who were employed there and a management that could best be described as Detached. Non compliance with Federal Wage Hour Laws, an hour overtime every day plus mandatory overtime on weekends. You were supposed to adjust your hours each week so you wouldn t have to incur overtime. Fact was you worked 7 hours overtime a week and didn t get paid for it. A secretary was given no lunch on mondays because she didn t have cover, while the manager walked right in fromt of her for her lunch and was not aware the secretary was given no lunch hour. Layers of off the scale bad management, the Wage hour office I contacted in Grand Rapids said that they didn t bother the counties about wage hour violations. Any violations/ problems were swept under the rug. Don t expect good health coverage, and they failed to tell me in the interview that there was a 3 month offset for health coverage. When I questioned the Manager about it she said its that way everywhere . Not any place I ve worked. The people were very unfriendly, were there because of their family in the region. Honestly these people were so unfriendly it was into RUDE behavior. I left and would not advise anyone to work there. Run like heck the other way, the money is there, yes, but the working conditions are not. Doesn t matter what Federal Regulation it is that they break, its ignored. Stay out of this State, you did not get an education for this.
2015-07-23 09:57:03 · answer #5 · answered by sandra 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michigan is a really ice place, but t needs to do away with the "single business" tax to encourage more job and business growth.
2006-10-09 10:52:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who cares? The Detroit Tigers beat the Yankees!
2006-10-07 18:35:58 · answer #7 · answered by Didgeridude 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ohio is right there with ya! Living in Cleveland feels like a ride on the Titanic!
2006-10-07 18:37:29 · answer #8 · answered by Paladin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well Detroit certainly isn't the nicest place....but Michigan can't be the worst! Can it?
2006-10-07 18:43:20 · answer #9 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i sure wouldnt WAY too much snow...i already lived in MN sono thanks
2006-10-07 18:41:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋