Control Cities

[Roadgeekteen]

Who's following I-75 to Saginaw?

People who live in Saginaw

Well I live in Saginaw but people going up north are following I-75 in the same location.

Yes? And? Metro Saginaw has about 2/3 of the population of the entire UP.

The population of the U.P. is irrelevant. Up North Michigan attracts many people from the Detroit area and other areas. Plus there are still 185 miles to go before you even get to the bridge from Saginaw. Our lakes > all others.

Just be glad that you have the UP as part of Michigan from the Toledo War. 3/4 of it should be Wisconsin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War#/media/File:Upper_peninsula_Toledo_War.png

We already had about a third of it but I'd rather have Toledo haha.

I would take a vast beautiful peninsula over a random small Ohio city.

There are beautiful areas in the UP, but as a whole I'd say it compares to a state like Georgia or South Carolina, where there's also a lot of dullness.

Dullness might be an understatement. Once I get to the U.P. I sometimes get dumbfounded on what to do. Some of it is so boring it's not even funny.

Isn't there outdoor stuff to do?

[TheHighwayMan3561]

The population of the U.P. is irrelevant. Up North Michigan attracts many people from the Detroit area and other areas. Plus there are still 185 miles to go before you even get to the bridge from Saginaw. Our lakes > all others.

Minnesota says "them's fightin' words".

Chris

And Wisconsin too, since they might have more lakes than either.

[Big John]

The population of the U.P. is irrelevant. Up North Michigan attracts many people from the Detroit area and other areas. Plus there are still 185 miles to go before you even get to the bridge from Saginaw. Our lakes > all others.

Minnesota says "them's fightin' words".

Chris

And Wisconsin too, since they might have more lakes than either.

Minnesota actually has more lakes than Wisconsin: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/sara-meaney/who-has-more-lakes-minnesota-or-wisconsin/

[HighwayStar]

The population of the U.P. is irrelevant. Up North Michigan attracts many people from the Detroit area and other areas. Plus there are still 185 miles to go before you even get to the bridge from Saginaw. Our lakes > all others.

Minnesota says "them's fightin' words".

Chris

And Wisconsin too, since they might have more lakes than either.

Minnesota actually has more lakes than Wisconsin: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/sara-meaney/who-has-more-lakes-minnesota-or-wisconsin/

And Alaska has more than both combined

[Roadgeekteen]

The population of the U.P. is irrelevant. Up North Michigan attracts many people from the Detroit area and other areas. Plus there are still 185 miles to go before you even get to the bridge from Saginaw. Our lakes > all others.

Minnesota says "them's fightin' words".

Chris

And Wisconsin too, since they might have more lakes than either.

Minnesota actually has more lakes than Wisconsin: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/sara-meaney/who-has-more-lakes-minnesota-or-wisconsin/

And Alaska has more than both combined

Well Alaska is super big.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

The population of the U.P. is irrelevant. Up North Michigan attracts many people from the Detroit area and other areas. Plus there are still 185 miles to go before you even get to the bridge from Saginaw. Our lakes > all others.

Minnesota says "them's fightin' words".

Chris

And Wisconsin too, since they might have more lakes than either.

Minnesota actually has more lakes than Wisconsin: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/sara-meaney/who-has-more-lakes-minnesota-or-wisconsin/

And Alaska has more than both combined

Well, most of us in MN/WI/MI can't exactly go to Alaska on a whim like our lakes.

[SEWIGuy]

Who's following I-75 to Saginaw?

People who live in Saginaw

Well I live in Saginaw but people going up north are following I-75 in the same location.

Yes? And? Metro Saginaw has about 2/3 of the population of the entire UP.

The population of the U.P. is irrelevant. Up North Michigan attracts many people from the Detroit area and other areas. Plus there are still 185 miles to go before you even get to the bridge from Saginaw. Our lakes > all others.

Just be glad that you have the UP as part of Michigan from the Toledo War. 3/4 of it should be Wisconsin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War#/media/File:Upper_peninsula_Toledo_War.png

We already had about a third of it but I'd rather have Toledo haha.

I would take a vast beautiful peninsula over a random small Ohio city.

There are beautiful areas in the UP, but as a whole I'd say it compares to a state like Georgia or South Carolina, where there's also a lot of dullness.

Dullness might be an understatement. Once I get to the U.P. I sometimes get dumbfounded on what to do. Some of it is so boring it's not even funny.

Isn't there outdoor stuff to do?

Sure, but that's a pretty limited area.  Most of it is flat and boring timberland.

[Flint1979]

Who's following I-75 to Saginaw?

People who live in Saginaw

Well I live in Saginaw but people going up north are following I-75 in the same location.

Yes? And? Metro Saginaw has about 2/3 of the population of the entire UP.

The population of the U.P. is irrelevant. Up North Michigan attracts many people from the Detroit area and other areas. Plus there are still 185 miles to go before you even get to the bridge from Saginaw. Our lakes > all others.

Just be glad that you have the UP as part of Michigan from the Toledo War. 3/4 of it should be Wisconsin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War#/media/File:Upper_peninsula_Toledo_War.png

We already had about a third of it but I'd rather have Toledo haha.

I would take a vast beautiful peninsula over a random small Ohio city.

There are beautiful areas in the UP, but as a whole I'd say it compares to a state like Georgia or South Carolina, where there's also a lot of dullness.

Dullness might be an understatement. Once I get to the U.P. I sometimes get dumbfounded on what to do. Some of it is so boring it's not even funny.

Isn't there outdoor stuff to do?

The U.P. is flat and boring. There isn't much to do up there.

[Flint1979]

The population of the U.P. is irrelevant. Up North Michigan attracts many people from the Detroit area and other areas. Plus there are still 185 miles to go before you even get to the bridge from Saginaw. Our lakes > all others.

Minnesota says "them's fightin' words".

Chris

And Wisconsin too, since they might have more lakes than either.

And Wisconsin counts small one to two acre ponds as lakes and only has about 40 percent of them named.

[Flint1979]

The population of the U.P. is irrelevant. Up North Michigan attracts many people from the Detroit area and other areas. Plus there are still 185 miles to go before you even get to the bridge from Saginaw. Our lakes > all others.

Minnesota says "them's fightin' words".

Chris

And Wisconsin too, since they might have more lakes than either.

Minnesota actually has more lakes than Wisconsin: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/sara-meaney/who-has-more-lakes-minnesota-or-wisconsin/

And Alaska has more than both combined

Thanks Captain Obvious.

[Flint1979]

Who's following I-75 to Saginaw?

People who live in Saginaw

Well I live in Saginaw but people going up north are following I-75 in the same location.

Yes? And? Metro Saginaw has about 2/3 of the population of the entire UP.

The population of the U.P. is irrelevant. Up North Michigan attracts many people from the Detroit area and other areas. Plus there are still 185 miles to go before you even get to the bridge from Saginaw. Our lakes > all others.

Just be glad that you have the UP as part of Michigan from the Toledo War. 3/4 of it should be Wisconsin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War#/media/File:Upper_peninsula_Toledo_War.png

We already had about a third of it but I'd rather have Toledo haha.

I would take a vast beautiful peninsula over a random small Ohio city.

There are beautiful areas in the UP, but as a whole I'd say it compares to a state like Georgia or South Carolina, where there's also a lot of dullness.

Dullness might be an understatement. Once I get to the U.P. I sometimes get dumbfounded on what to do. Some of it is so boring it's not even funny.

Isn't there outdoor stuff to do?

Sure, but that's a pretty limited area.  Most of it is flat and boring timberland.

I couldn't agree more. The whole trip up to the bridge your looking forward to crossing the bridge then you get to the U.P. and think what do I do now?

[Roadgeekteen]

The population of the U.P. is irrelevant. Up North Michigan attracts many people from the Detroit area and other areas. Plus there are still 185 miles to go before you even get to the bridge from Saginaw. Our lakes > all others.

Minnesota says "them's fightin' words".

Chris

And Wisconsin too, since they might have more lakes than either.

Minnesota actually has more lakes than Wisconsin: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/sara-meaney/who-has-more-lakes-minnesota-or-wisconsin/

And Alaska has more than both combined

Thanks Captain Obvious.

The continent of Asia has more than all 3 of those states combined.

[Flint1979]

I-75 SOUTH
SAGINAW
------------->

I-75 NORTH
BFE
<--------------

[Roadgeekteen]

I-75 SOUTH
SAGINAW
------------->

I-75 NORTH
BFE
<--------------

What is BFE?

[HighwayStar]

I-75 SOUTH
SAGINAW
------------->

I-75 NORTH
BFE
<--------------

What is BFE?

Bum F*** Egypt

[Roadgeekteen]

I-75 SOUTH
SAGINAW
------------->

I-75 NORTH
BFE
<--------------

What is BFE?

Bum F*** Egypt

What?

[Scott5114]

I-75 SOUTH
SAGINAW
------------->

I-75 NORTH
BFE
<--------------

What is BFE?

Bum F*** Egypt

What?

My man, you've got to start Googling shit when you don't understand it instead of trying to make everyone be your unpaid information butler.

[Roadgeekteen]

I-75 SOUTH
SAGINAW
------------->

I-75 NORTH
BFE
<--------------

What is BFE?

Bum F*** Egypt

What?

My man, you've got to start Googling shit when you don't understand it instead of trying to make everyone be your unpaid information butler.

Oh I googled it I've never heard that expression before.

[hotdogPi]

I'm with Roadgeekteen. I've never heard the expression before. Signing BFE would be a very bad idea. If I saw it, I would have assumed it was an airport code.

[Scott5114]

Where did you get the impression that post was made seriously? Was it the part where a DOT made reference to a phrase containing the word "fuck"? They do that all the time, don't they?

[hobsini2]

These young bucks today, I tell ya. Now get off my lawn!

[Flint1979]

These young bucks today, I tell ya. Now get off my lawn!

I'm telling ya. I can't believe that some people have never heard the expression BFE. I know you get it but it stands for Bum Fuck Egypt aka the middle of nowhere.

[Flint1979]

BFE in this case would be identifying that I-75 NORTH takes you to the middle of nowhere.

[Flint1979]

Where did you get the impression that post was made seriously? Was it the part where a DOT made reference to a phrase containing the word "fuck"? They do that all the time, don't they?

Yeah it was indeed a joke and I guess anyone under the age of 25 doesn't get it, maybe I'm wrong.

[SkyPesos]

Where did you get the impression that post was made seriously? Was it the part where a DOT made reference to a phrase containing the word "fuck"? They do that all the time, don't they?

Yeah it was indeed a joke and I guess anyone under the age of 25 doesn't get it, maybe I'm wrong.

I didn't get it, though it helps that it's one of the first results on Google when you search BFE.