Michigandering [Yes, It's a Verb.]

I read this article just now about some personality profile done to analyze the fifty states. Quite comical, actually.

My home state, however, was not mentioned. I'm wondering how Michigan came out...

My best guess? Michiganders are just plain tough. We deal with a freezing winter, a sweltering summer, endless downpours in spring, and rapid daylight loss in fall. Our economy has gone to hell and ALL of our highways suck. Construction is a constant hassle and road rage a second nature. We call our soda "pop" and get made fun of for it. Oh, and the mayor of our most well-known city is in jail right now with a few felonies under his belt...and our news stations won't shut up about it.

If I had to pick another trait, I would go with proud. Despite all the crap we put up with, we brag incessantly. We have amazingly beautiful trees in autumn, a history that few other states could understand, and universities that can't be rivaled. Everywhere you go, there's a lake and a shore you can enjoy, and damn it, we've got two peninsulas. What other state has yoopers and trolls?

So we're arrogant fighters to the core. We can insult our state, but don't you dare try it, or we'll throw down so hard you'll be in Texas by next Tuesday.

And you don't want to be all the way down there, do you?