I was listening to this segment on NHPR this morning about how Michigan's UP'ers (residents of the Upper Penisula" are hard working, friendly folks that are surviving the economy by toughing it out,
and it occurred to me that they could as easily have been talking about Coos County. The UP is routinely left off of maps and left out of discussions. It is seen as a separate and radically different part of Michigan, and it occurred to me that the part of New Hampshire that is north of the Notches is just as different from Salem and Portsmouth as Detroit is from the U.P. Maybe we should rebrand ourselves the way UPers did. NoNers doesn't quite have the same ring. Maybe NCers -- (rhymes with Snickers) -- the ad campaign could encourage people to "Get into our ... " maybe not.. Other ideas anyone?"
and it occurred to me that they could as easily have been talking about Coos County. The UP is routinely left off of maps and left out of discussions. It is seen as a separate and radically different part of Michigan, and it occurred to me that the part of New Hampshire that is north of the Notches is just as different from Salem and Portsmouth as Detroit is from the U.P. Maybe we should rebrand ourselves the way UPers did. NoNers doesn't quite have the same ring. Maybe NCers -- (rhymes with Snickers) -- the ad campaign could encourage people to "Get into our ... " maybe not.. Other ideas anyone?"
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