The 5 Things New Residents Don’t Understand About Michigan

If you're new to Michigan, allow me to welcome you. We work hard, play hard, enter our homes through the garage door, and each goodbye takes a minimum of 5 minutes. While there's no official "New Michigander Manual," there are some things that will take a moment to get accustomed to.

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We are loyal to brands, especially those born and raised in Michigan. Hence, anyone who refers to Vernors as "just a ginger ale" will only understand its true purpose when they are struck ill and need to feel the healing power of our unofficial State Elixir.

Pure Michigan is Friendly Midwest Passive Aggression

We were raised to always behave in public, but that doesn't mean if you say something completely ridiculous, we won't respond in a way that will later make you wonder what we meant. For instance, if you share something with someone from Michigan and their response is, "Well, good luck with that," that's a nice way of saying, "That is ridiculous...you must be from Ohio."

Michiganders also tend to be tough to rattle. Don't think so? Here's proof: We watch every single Detroit Lions game, without fail, win or lose, and after all this time, we still swear next year is our year.

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If you've lived in the state for more than a day, you've already learned where on your hand you're located. Now let's look at five things new Michiganders can't quite grasp from the get-go.