"Affection disguised as an act of war" lol! I am so going to steal this! :)
@TheRQpaints
3 жыл бұрын
One thing I was told as a kid is I'd live longer living here in the Mid-West because we get the extreme weather. We can get over 100 degrees in the summer and well below zero in the winter. Plus throw in a few blizzards and living in or around Tornado Alley. It makes us rough and tough so we will outlive the person in Florida or Southern California who has nice weather all the time. I don't know if that's true, but it's nice to tell yourself when you're shoveling your driveway for the 6th time in the winter and your teeth are chattering.
@Primalxbeast
3 жыл бұрын
Are you sure it doesn't just feel longer? And I don't think you've experienced a Florida summer. The weather is nice in Winter, that leaves 3 other seasons.
@abnormallynormal8823
3 жыл бұрын
But you see in California, it can be well over 100 in the summer, plus 400 aqi because of the fires. Wait. That’s not a plus. Fuck I hate it here.
@rtyria
3 жыл бұрын
We lived off of one busy road and the plows would throw up massive chunks of ice and frozen snow, blocking the driveway. The mounds would be taller than us, and we'd spend school mornings chipping away at it with pick ax and coal shovel because it would break snow shovels. It does make for tough characters.
@Primalxbeast
3 жыл бұрын
@@rtyria I spent 1st-4th grades in N. Dakota. I got enough snow to last me a lifetime. I don't mind watching videos of other people removing snow from rooftops while I sit in my shorts. 😀
@gregorybatz7297
3 жыл бұрын
I have lived in central Alaska for 10 years. Those that grew up here are extremely resilient. I am getting there, but have nothing but respect for those that have thrived here. It is rough when Temps hit -40.
@lairdcummings9092
3 жыл бұрын
Chicago, where a clenched fist and surly growl is just a friendly greeting.
@unnecessaryapostrophe4047
3 жыл бұрын
And profanity is just seasoning for your other words
@grovermartin6874
3 жыл бұрын
We must have lived in different parts of Chicago. I found very nearly everyone gracious and pleasant, who wasn't wearing a three-piece suit and carrying a briefcase. Those guys were scary, and meant to be.
@lairdcummings9092
3 жыл бұрын
@@grovermartin6874 north side, mostly.
@grovermartin6874
3 жыл бұрын
@@lairdcummings9092 River City here, most beautiful urban home imaginable. Hear it's gone downhill since.
@karencrawford4068
3 жыл бұрын
I am a Michigander, born and bred. I love living here. We are truly connected to the gifts from Mother Nature. I have a love affair with the trees in all 4 seasons. The feel of the rich earth in my hands is a source of my connection to the environment. And the sunsets are glorious! (I agree with you on the Detroit pizza and the Chicago dogs!) I had a friend who was from Germany. She told me that after years of living here and having traveled all over the world, she had come to the conclusion that Michigan was all she needed. She loved its beauty. She had no desire to go anywhere else. It s history is varied, it s contributions to society profound and impactful to the end results of many, many situations. Mr. Lincoln said it best, "Thank God for Michigan!"
@JohnnyBRad
3 жыл бұрын
I have loved every second I’ve lived here in Michigan. It’s just such a beautiful state. I finished up school down south, could have lived anywhere and I excitingly chose Michigan.
@karencrawford4068
3 жыл бұрын
@@JohnnyBRad Glad to know that you agree with me, Nick! Sometimes I think that Michigan is a secret treasure that someone or something is guarding closely. Have you found Andy s Little Homestead yet on utube? Southern fellow, ex Coast Guardsman, homesteading up near Kalkaska. He now has a wife and 2 young sons. It s pretty good, watching him coping with the land and the weather and his young family.
@JohnnyBRad
3 жыл бұрын
@@karencrawford4068 I haven't but I'm officially on it!
@kyledavis4890
3 жыл бұрын
The neat thing about Michigan is that you can use your hand as a map and point out where you're from, unless the UP.
@karencrawford4068
3 жыл бұрын
@@kyledavis4890 The UP requires the left hand above the right. I have seen it done and it works. Extend the baby finger for the Keewanah (spelt wrong) penninsula. Youv e got it!
@charlesalwyn3486
3 жыл бұрын
I’m a western boy…and I have to say that our sunsets in New Mexico, Arizona and California are magical. Come visit us soon! ❤️❤️❤️
@jonadabtheunsightly
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I think the sunsets are probably his weakest point in this video. Those really aren't unique to the Midwest.
@EricaGamet
3 жыл бұрын
I've lived in the Midwest, the east coast, a good chunk of my life in Colorado, southern CA, El Paso TX, and now live in Seattle. Favorite sunsets are in CO over the Rockies and anywhere in the desert Southwest.
@ediefolta9494
3 жыл бұрын
I was born and raised in the Chicago area but spent 34 years in Connecticut. I SO missed the big skies over the prairies in the Midwest -- the sunsets and the thunderstorms rolling in from 30 miles away. We always loved the lightening storms -- surprised that Lawrence didn't mention those.
@writerlisakaye
3 жыл бұрын
Watching the sun set into the Pacific Ocean was a magical experience for me. But I still prefer to live in Indiana.
@hello-cn5nh
3 жыл бұрын
Isn't New Mexico and Arizona Southwest?
@gl15col
3 жыл бұрын
Never forget, the Midwest loves you too! I grew up in Michigan and am so looking forward to moving back ASAP. I miss the fall foliage, how amazing it is to drive for hundreds of miles going to the UP with a roof of trees overhead. I live in Omaha, NE right now and it makes a Michigander like me feel so out of place. Fall here lasts for a couple days; the trees go from green to brown with little in between. I want to go to Whitefish Point and gather beautiful water-smoothed stones and watch the ore ships sail by. I want to be back with my people (the great grandchildren of the Dutch).
@donnaroberts281
3 жыл бұрын
The beach at Whitefish Point is beautiful. I’ve picked up some gorgeous rocks there. I really want to go during bird migration.
@sophierobinson2738
3 жыл бұрын
I was born in Kentucky and lived in Michigan for 6 long, cold winter months. Lived in a trailer. Could hear the the pop-pop-pop of the pumping machines for pumping oil. The only part I liked was the weird, ethereal sounds Brady Lake made as it thawed.
@aznluvr7
2 жыл бұрын
Omaha trees? What trees?
@oxenforde
3 жыл бұрын
The Lincoln Museum in Springfield IS AMAZING!!
@Jeremy_936
3 жыл бұрын
I always laugh out loud at least once during Laurence's videos, but this one was especially nice and sentimental and still made me laugh.
@hairyairey
3 жыл бұрын
For me it was the "affection disguised as a declaration of war" line!
@jamesfan3010
2 жыл бұрын
This video on Chicago is one of the best you've done. I know the area because of going to the Cubs games over the years. Your tour and thoughtful commentary are outstanding
@celticsunrise8764
3 жыл бұрын
I was born in Chicago and live on the West Coast where the sunsets are also stunning. What I miss most are lightening bugs, thunderstorms and authentic Italian food.
@sebeckley
3 жыл бұрын
Chicago to San Francisco checking in.
@gregorybatz7297
3 жыл бұрын
Grew up in upstate NY, living in central Alaska. Miss the fall colors and fireflies. But not much else.
@teddysnyder
3 жыл бұрын
What about 4 O'clock bushes. Weren't they pretty? I've never seen them in California
@bearpawz_
3 жыл бұрын
@@gregorybatz7297 .. Gregory, I grew up down south (y'all) but I live in Anchorage right now. Also lived in Bearflanks (Fairbanks) for a couple years and in Tok (rhymes with Tok) for a few years... I'd love to visit the midwest someday! 🍂🍃🎃
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
@@teddysnyder Hello 👋👋 how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@pauldefillippo8490
3 жыл бұрын
We live in Michigan near Detroit, I've been camping out towards Traverse City in the Sleeping Bear Dunes area for nearly 30 years, and my wife's parents bought a cottage in Oscoda on Lake Huron. There has been at least two years that we spent a few nights at the cottage and then drove across the state to go camping. It is flipping awesome to watch the sunrise over Lake Huron and then watch it set over Lake Michigan the same day. 😁😁
@kathy2trips
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a former Detroiter, and I've done that more than once. Only in Michigan.✋
@Sharon-pb7so
3 жыл бұрын
@@kathy2trips The same for us. Michigan has it all and then some. We've toyed with moving to the southwest but we just can't seem to get around to doing it.
@kyledavis4890
3 жыл бұрын
I have camped there as well.
@kittywetzel92
3 жыл бұрын
I've lived in Missouri my whole life. I think you get a little of everything in this state. I'm pretty happy.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋 how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@andrewstoll4548
3 жыл бұрын
The best thing about the great lakes is you're still top of the food chain while swimming.
@dan13ljks0n
3 жыл бұрын
Yep. No salt, no sharks (unless your toes encounter a tiger muskie;)
@robertmcmanus636
3 жыл бұрын
@@dan13ljks0n Perhaps a bull shark. They've been found as far north as Minnesota...in the winter...
@dan13ljks0n
3 жыл бұрын
@@robertmcmanus636 Yikes! Didn't know that.
@diane9247
3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha!
@johnnabuzby6103
3 жыл бұрын
@@robertmcmanus636 I live in eastern North Carolina, not Michigan or Minnesota, but there are bull sharks in the rivers [Neuse and Trent] that converge and flow through my hometown of New Bern. The water is very brackish. We also have alligators and water moccasins in the rivers. As a kid I used to love swimming in the river; now that I'm in my fifties I barely wade in it. I prefer the Atlantic Ocean for swimming. I only live about a 45 minute drive from the beaches. In the summertime, the ocean water is in the high 70s to low 80s. You can swim a long time without having to worry about hypothermia. 🥶🥶🥴😵
@kimberlysmith8206
3 жыл бұрын
Lived in Michigan my whole life. Grew up in a lake town and loved watching the sunset over the lighthouses. Live more inland now and miss that. Love the Midwest.
@samanthab1923
3 жыл бұрын
So cool you have all those haunted lighthouses around the lakes 👻
@kathrynterlikowski7302
3 жыл бұрын
I was born in Detroit and have lived in Michigan all of my life. We have are good things and not so good things. While I would love to live on either coast, it’s not financially a wise decision. Whether I remain in Michigan for the rest of my life remains to be determined but I’m not planning on leaving the Midwest. Good people, good food. Love our Detroit style pizza too! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋 Kathryn, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet here
@jonathanvanderpol1435
3 жыл бұрын
Having lived in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, (as well as the costal states), I agree with you wholeheartedly about how nice it is to live in the Midwest. It is friendly, inexpensive, and includes a great dose of all seasons. Snow is fun to play in, you should try it.
@jilliemc
3 жыл бұрын
Yes to Detroit-style pizza! I make it from scratch here at home, using brick cheese from Wisconsin. :) AND we live 4.5 miles (as the lake gull flies) from the eastern shore of Lake Michigan and have seen some awesome sunsets!
@Bacopa68
3 жыл бұрын
Lake gulls? Yeah, we get them down here in Texas in the winter. Wild thing is they are bigger than adult native laughing gulls, but they look like juvenile laughing gulls. Adult laughing gulls have black heads, babies have white heads.
@Igniteurperformance
3 жыл бұрын
Buddy pizza!
@jeffburdick869
3 жыл бұрын
where in Western MI? My wife is from Holland. We live in Chicago. I prefer deep dish, but I was literally eating a slice of Detroit style pizza as I watched this video.
@jilliemc
3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffburdick869 Northern Muskegon County. And I do like Chicago-style deep dish too!
@kimdye4609
2 жыл бұрын
I live in the Southeast and I love it except I love the area that you're speaking about is well I love so many different places and I love meeting you people I love all kinds of different traditions and customs and best of's and to me I live on the beach in the low country I mean it's amazing and there's a lot of diversity I mean we've got the Gola and the Gucci here for that actually came and still speak the language but had tarn English ! Where I live because we're such a tourist area and so many people have moved here there's just people from everywhere And their families were from everywhere I've bartended for 40 years and that's probably my favorite thing about the job is the people In many from across the pond as well especially the Brits,love them! We do get some storms sometime but most of the year it's great yes it's hot in the summer but we definitely get a change but never get really really cold and it's fall here now not as much color because we have pine trees a lot which are evergreens but go just a few hours and you're in the mounds and it's absolutely gorgeous the smoky mountains, the Blue Ridge,I love it!
@kellicline5336
3 жыл бұрын
Central Ohio here! We're so glad to have you! The Midwest really does have it all including all 4 seasons to the extreme. Yeah we deal with brutal winters and humid hundred degree summers but our autumns and springs are spectacular. Fyi there's a little more to Buckeyes than peanut butter and chocolate. You need powdered sugar and vanilla to add to the PB roll into balls then you dip in traditionally milk chocolate but dark is great as well! Tell that beautiful wife to get the recipe. You would have a blast making them together(fyi they freeze great).
@epistte
3 жыл бұрын
Ohio has all 4 seasons, occasionally this happens during the same day.
@miriambarnett2782
3 жыл бұрын
@@epistte yes,yes it does.
@nicholaspotts962
3 жыл бұрын
Southwest Ohio here. And you are right about the buckeye recipe. My grandma makes them on holidays every year and I always eat to many
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋 Kelli, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
@@miriambarnett2782 Hello 👋👋 Miriam, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day
@thelonelyvoyeur5563
3 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the SW part of Michigan, yes the sunsets are spectacular, but the best part was as a teenager on hot summer nights a bunch of us would party and watch the sun go down from a beach on the Michigan side of Lake Michigan, then at some point overnight we'd all pile in a car, drive the 3 hours around the bottom of the lake and continue the party on the Chicago lake front watching the sun rise over Lake Michigan...
@cindyknudson2715
3 жыл бұрын
How cool!! Lucky in your location, I would have loved to have been able to do that! Closest we had was Lake Michigan and Green Bay, but it WAS a shorter drive to achieve it. 🙂
@owengameing6182
3 жыл бұрын
I like the spontaneity of the 'non-continuous' videos.
@rtyria
3 жыл бұрын
The sunsets over Lake Michigan are magnificent. Having seen a sunrise from Chicago as well I can assure you it is not the same thing at all. One thing I haven't done, but have heard other Michiganders do, is spend a day traveling the states coastline and taking a quick dip in each of the lakes surrounding the lower peninsula (Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan). I haven't done that because I still remember how much time it took just to travel from southwest Michigan to the bridge (Mackinaw). I thought the day would never end.
@lydiafowler9319
3 жыл бұрын
Born, raised and stayed in Southern Indiana, about 45 min from Lincoln’s boyhood home. You are certainly right about the tenderloins. If they aren’t three times bigger than the bun; you must not be in Indiana! I love your videos and your sense of humor.
@nobodyimportant2470
3 жыл бұрын
Only 3 times bigger than the bun? Southern Indiana sure is stingy. Central Indiana 4X is the standard from diners/bars. The size is comical how big we sell them. You shouldn't be able to make 4 meals out of 1 sandwich.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋 Lydia, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@southpawdj
3 жыл бұрын
I live in WV and I love the strange spot in-between the east, north, Midwest, and southern US. Although I'm stuck in the Ohio river valley (with about 50 degrees of sky) our sun rise and sunsets are wonderful. I find it amazing how different our view of both nature and life can change across this sprawling country. It's great to know those not borne here can feel it too. Hope all your days here are filled with joy.
@stephaniejohnson3290
3 жыл бұрын
I live in the mov (mid ohio valley). Sunsets and sunrises along the ohio river and muskingum river. are beautiful
@jeremyday9056
2 жыл бұрын
It's nice to hear the Midwest getting some love. It is definitely the most overlooked of the U.S.'s regions. I grew up and still live in Northern Kentucky right on the Ohio border. It's a pretty cool area because it is right on the confluence of the Southeast and Midwest regions, and so has the characteristics of both.
@rexmyers991
3 жыл бұрын
I lived in Indiana from age three to nine. My wife was born and raised there. We live in Florida only because she watched the TV show ‘Flipper’ and fell in love with palm trees. We still visit Indiana several times a year to visit relatives and I LOVE it.
@jovanweismiller7114
3 жыл бұрын
I've lived in the Midwest for most of my 74 years and you nailed it. Of course, as the progeny of a German Grandfather and a Swedish Grandmother on one side and a Scots-Irish Canadian Grandfather and an English Grandmother on the other, I've got all the Midwest ethnic bases covered! LOL!
@janehex
3 жыл бұрын
Best Italian restaurant I ever ate at was in Chicago, I think it was Quartino? Amazing. And I had my first Chicago dog at a White Sox game and it was life-changing.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋 Jane, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@matt475
3 жыл бұрын
0:36 Hey Laurence, just a heads up, in Wisconsin it's tradition every Friday to have fish fries. Just about every supper club, restaurant (regardless of cuisine), church, bar, VFW, and gas station with a kitchen will have one. Deep fried fish (cod, perch, etc), french fries or potato wedges, rye bread, potato salad, coleslaw, tartar sauce, lemon wedge. If you're ever missing the "Fish and Chips" from your homeland, I believe it'd be a great substitute. FYI, the churches and VFWs (in my experience) usually have the best ones :).
@brianmorrison1107
3 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Wisconsin but live in Arkansas now, the one thing I miss is the Friday night fish fries. They try here in the south but catfish or tilapia just isn't the same.
@Bacopa68
3 жыл бұрын
Y'all have fish fry events year round? Not just during Lent? Remarkable. You may not know this but Lenten fasting came from the Swabian-Alemannic culture and used to be based on the old Germanic solar calendar. That's why it's called Fat Tuesday. In the old Swabian calendar there was a date marked where rendered fats and butter stored for the winter would be inspected and some would be deemed unworthy. All the unworthy fats that could not last longer than forty more days were to be eaten in a feast and all the wine meant to be served fresh in the spring but was going bad should be drunk. The wealthy should slaughter their weakest livestock and serve the meat to the poor. And after this period of feasting, dietary restriction. On the first and last days of the feast there are parades of grotesque figures representing famine and strife. The greedy who eat well in the famine time of Lent are responsible for the deaths of those who fall to hunger and disease. In lots of German cities they still have the famine theme in their Fastnacht parades.
@elultimo102
3 жыл бұрын
@@brianmorrison1107 Fried farmed catfish is good eatin'.
@brianmorrison1107
3 жыл бұрын
@@Bacopa68 From my understanding, Friday night fish fries was/is a way to lure people into bars after or during prohibition. It just continues as a tradition.
@brianmorrison1107
3 жыл бұрын
@@elultimo102 it's not bad but it's not as good as Wisconsin fish fry; now, tilapia and white fish is garbage.
@alfulton5946
3 жыл бұрын
Being from northwestern Ontario I can tell you that the cold makes everyone cranky but also friendly because noone wants to get stuck outside on the side of the road during winter.
@georgemartin4963
3 жыл бұрын
What's a noone?
@alfulton5946
3 жыл бұрын
@@georgemartin4963 it says no one not none I just typed to fast
@georgemartin4963
3 жыл бұрын
@@alfulton5946 Really? Okay.
@sherryg1838
3 жыл бұрын
Unless you go to downtown Phoenix, parking in Arizona is free. My husband is from Fort Wayne and I’ve visited there. I love the scenery in the summer, so beautiful and green to this desert person. I appreciate your videos, you remind me of the good things here.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋👋 how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day, and nice to meet you here
@janettaylor1264
2 жыл бұрын
I miss living in the Midwest and the glorious city of Chicago, but now that I'm an expat in the county of Somerset, I'm learning to love that, too. I'm convinced that I'm your polar opposite, Laurence. Even tho' neither of us lives at a pole.
@mswitch936
3 жыл бұрын
Born and raised in Indy. My cousin married a Brit and they live near me. He hasnt always gotten our ways here but he is adapting. Thank you for being nice about the Midwest (not everyone gets us). We are glad you chose to stay in our crazy
@elisam.r.9960
3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite sunsets (that I was able to photograph pretty well) was during a trip to Bemidji. My husband and I were walking along Lake Bemidji at sunset, and the vantage point was fantastic. I even spotted the silhouette of a common loon during our walk. That said, you definitely want to be inside after sunset, because the mosquitos in northern Minnesota are about the size of hubcaps. Hopefully a super cold winter with tons of snow this year will eliminate them. Man, I hope this winter has way more cold and snow than last year. Last winter was severely underwhelming in its chill.
@gregorybatz7297
3 жыл бұрын
Come on up to central Alaska. Our temps hit -40, but, unfortunately, the mosquitoes are legendary.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋 how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@DrDingsGaster
2 жыл бұрын
Maaaaaan, I grew up in Michigan and I miss having all the lakes that I can just go to. I moved to Kansas and it's dry as hell over here.
@mssixty3426
3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha! Thanks for the laughs! Especially the comment about the guy in a Cubs hat asking "What's going on buddy?" - how you learned to determine that wasn't a threat:D "Affection disguised as a declaration of war" - your way of explaining things cracks me up! The laughs just continue after that. . . .
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋👋 how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day
@tessat338
3 жыл бұрын
I don't live in the Midwest but my grandparents did. We used to visit them in the summers. I loved that my family would rent a cottage at one of the hundreds of lakes in the area near where my grandparents lived. We could see them and other relatives but we didn't have to be underfoot for the whole week. Being able to just go out and play in the water was terrific. When I got old enough to drive, I remember driving up to Michigan and watching a thunderstorm off in the distance bumbling and flashing along. I followed it for over an hour without ever running into the rain.
@imagemkr
3 жыл бұрын
I live on the east side of Michigan, but I can confirm that the west side does get spectacular sunsets over Lake Michigan. I hope to see one from Sleeping Bear Dunes soon, but I've watched them from St. Joseph and Traverse City. I'm an early riser, so I mostly see the cornfield sunrises from my area.
@nobodyspecial6513
3 жыл бұрын
I was born and raised in Detroit. We have retired to the thumb, about 10 miles west of Sandusky. What I've learned to love here in farm country is that huge sky overhead. Love to be able to watch the sunrise/sunset and also watch the moon and stars come up and travel across the sky. Incredible!
@TheDellaniOakes
3 жыл бұрын
I like the fact that you admit you don't "do" early mornings either. I don't see a sunrise unless I've been up all night.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋 Dellani, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day, and nice to meet you here
@sherryarmstrong4683
3 жыл бұрын
I moved to WV from Cleveland and I do miss my lake, Erie as it may be. Never lived more than a mile to from it until 4 years ago.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋👋 Sherry how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@sheilastiles2502
3 жыл бұрын
Born and raised Mid West although, I argue that I am from the North A.K.A.....Minnesota, BUT, I have lived in the Southwest for over half my life and NOTHING beats an Arizona winter sunset!! Beautiful orange, pink, purple and golds behind mountainous silhouettes. Absolutely stunning.
@TeflonBilly426
3 жыл бұрын
Speaking as someone that migrated from *New* England to the Midwest for college and basically never left, I think you did a great job hitting some of the highlights of the region for someone unfamiliar with the area. Only thing is you definitely have to highlight that the Pork Tenderloin sandwich is Indiana's *official* State sandwich if it ever comes up again in your videos.
@drfreud65
3 жыл бұрын
As an Iowan (tons of pig farmers here), I must ask: is the pork tenderloin breaded and fried there? If so, Indiana doesn't have the market on pork tenderloins. I can honestly say that here in Des Moines, I have 3 restaurants that serve breaded pork tenderloins within a mile of my house
@darrinmckeehan5697
3 жыл бұрын
😂I'm born and raised (never lived outside of IN)& I've probably only ever had 2 pork tenderloin sandwiches my whole life.
@TeflonBilly426
3 жыл бұрын
@@drfreud65 look I don't make the rules, Iowa must have been asleep at the switch and forgot to file the paperwork before Indiana snagged the spot ;-)
@TeflonBilly426
3 жыл бұрын
@@darrinmckeehan5697 and I was born and raised in Massachusetts, yet I've never been to Cape Cod ;-P
@drfreud65
3 жыл бұрын
@@TeflonBilly426 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@lyllydd
3 жыл бұрын
FYI, the Buckey is a nut from a species of hickory tree. The peanut butter treat is made to resemble it - and they do, to a startling degree. If you ever get out to Cantigny gardens in the Fox Valley area, they have buckeye trees and you can pick up the nuts off the ground in the autumn. They do dry out and kind of cave in on themselves after a few months, but when they're fresh off the tree you'll be hard pressed to tell the real ones and the peanut butter ones apart.
@tammyellison735
3 жыл бұрын
I live in a small town in southern Ohio I love when my husband had a flat tire it became almost a party with everyone coming to help him change it and because he was in dressy work clothes they would let him change it. Everyone says hi no matter where you are.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋👋 how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@gregorycropper9521
3 жыл бұрын
I live in Indianapolis and I appreciate how convenient it is to go where you need without too much traffic.
@Amy-hs1qe
3 жыл бұрын
$600 rent? Unheard of in northern NJ - more like $1500 for a small one bedroom. All of your content here was so nice to hear. I read the Times of London every night online, including the many readers' comments after the articles. The amount of anti-Americanism, how terrible it is in the US, the snide remarks about Americans, and on and on, is shocking and even maddening. I've spent a month a year in England over decades and had no idea how some/most of the British look down on Americans and the US. I understand it's not all Brits - and very encouraged to hear your positive comments, Lawrence - in this video and others. Thanks for a great channel.
@Ira88881
3 жыл бұрын
It’s $600 because who the hell wants to live there?
@Bacopa68
3 жыл бұрын
I would hate to see what you could rent for $600 in the Houston area. Top floor of an over/under shotgun in 5th Ward maybe. Gunfire in the front and rail surfers in the back. Train horns all day long.
@timmotz2827
3 жыл бұрын
@@Ira88881 About 20% of the US population lives in the Midwest, slightly more than live in the Northeast and slightly less than live in the West. So it’s not a matter of people not wanting to live here. We live here because we like it. Have you ever actually visited the Midwest? People in the Northeast and the West Coast have strange ideas about what the Midwest is like. It’s not a cultural wasteland.
@jobrimar8291
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Amy, I’m from the UK ( same town as our Lawrence, originally)too, just to say that those people who put the snide comments about the US. will be doing the same about the UK too, they despise their own nation and many of its population, we know them here as the chattering classes and they are loathed, deeply. I would say that some of your own media hasn’t helped in promoting a very negative view of America around the world. Many here are still fascinated and drawn to the US, me included. I can’t wait to explore the mid-west, Appalachia and the Ohio river valley for starters.
@icezebra
2 жыл бұрын
@@Ira88881 Idk because it's safer and more friendly? Probably the best place to raise a family in the country
@sallybruska1499
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for saying Illinois correctly with a silent 's' at the end. I can't tell you how many people I have come in contact over the years who insist on pronouncing the 's'. Some of them have lived in Illinois for 20 or 30 years. Well that's the end of my rant.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋👋 Sally, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@awookieandagerman
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a Hoosier through and through, though after 23 years I'm very ready to live outside of this midwestern expanse for a while. I think one thing you forgot to mention is the good thing about midwestern weather. You get all four seasons and there all very distinct and exactly as advertised. Summer is almost too hot with green trees and blue skies and lots of humidity. Winter is almost too cold with heaps of snow and a pensive quality. Spring is rainy and full of new life sprouting up everywhere. Fall is chilly but not cold with all of the autumnal hues in the trees. In addition, hurricanes can't reach this far inland, earthquakes are pretty abnormal, forest fires aren't an issue, there are no volcanoes, and whatever happens here in winter is much worse in New England and Canada. We do have tornadoes, which can be massively destructive... but its so statistically unlikely for a tornado to hit you specifically that it isn't often very scary. They're much more isolated in the area of their damages than any other natural disaster.
@kathrynterlikowski7302
3 жыл бұрын
Spot on!
@R.M.MacFru
3 жыл бұрын
Indiana has no forests? Because Michigan certainly does and wildfires are a definite concern here.
@LindaW1956
3 жыл бұрын
@@R.M.MacFru yes we have forests... Hoosier national forest, for one! 😁
@awookieandagerman
3 жыл бұрын
@@R.M.MacFru Indiana has plenty of forests. I mean I've never heard of wildfires being a life threatening issue in all my time living here. If they are they can't be anywhere near as bad as those in California.
@cindyloomis-torvi3396
3 жыл бұрын
Greetings from a Michigander, who misses the Great Lakes, the inland lakes of Oakland County every summer. Calgary winters are very much the same. I miss the fall colors too.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋 how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@ElainetheGARugrat8815
3 жыл бұрын
The Southeast is relatively easy on the wallet as well - without the snow and cold. Lived in Chicago a year and scurried back to the Southeast after that year. Different areas in the US are great places to live! Always enjoy your reactions - just wanted to add some thoughts on another part of the US.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 Dear, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@kathythomas7371
3 жыл бұрын
“Lost in Muncie, IN” I forget, sometimes, to appreciate my home. Thank you for the reminders 😎
@TPDProductions
3 жыл бұрын
As a Michigander living in Georgia, I am now very homesick
@kevinloving3141
Жыл бұрын
I was born and raised in Texas and my 60 years here I'm still amazed that while Delhart can get 3foot snow drifts in winter in Houston we might have 70° and sunny in the same winter
@SheaTheSarcastic
3 жыл бұрын
I moved to the Midwest from NY 13 years ago, and the cost of living is ridiculously lower. It’s the main reason we moved here (I’m from NY, my husband is from OH). The sunsets in my backyard are among the most beautiful that I’ve seen. I’ve also seen some amazing ones over Lake Erie. The very first time that I saw one over the Lake it was PINK! Just stunning.
@aipo86t
3 жыл бұрын
Agree - I moved from NY 25 years ago. Went from 3 paychecks a month for Mortgage, taxes and Insurance to one!
@angiebee2225
2 жыл бұрын
I moved to Missouri from NY 5 years ago and my cost of living went up. Just depends on where in NY one lives...
@erinstark5450
3 жыл бұрын
I moved from Colorado to Kansas City a few years ago and fell in love with the Midwest.It is my favorite❤️
@dmpeacefrog38
3 жыл бұрын
pork tenderloin sandwiches are one of my favorite things, and i have not been out of Wyoming, much. Thank you for your videos. I truly appreciate them.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋👋Donna, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@rickpresley63
3 жыл бұрын
As a former resident of northwest Michigan, I can tell you that sunsets are truly breathtaking. We (along with neighbors and tourists) could often be seen sitting in our cars watching the sunset. On the three days when it was warm enough to enjoy the beach without a sweater, we would even get out of the cars.
@sunnyday5621
3 жыл бұрын
I love the Midwest commitment to work and fun. There is something different to do every weekend.
@deanfirnatine7814
3 жыл бұрын
My mom's family lived in Kansas, the people are so friendly and kind, I loved it.
@karenwivell8300
3 жыл бұрын
I love the beaches. Sunsets on Lake Erie here in Ohio are breathtaking. I live just 5 miles from a mile long beach. Waterfront living at an affordable price cannot be beat.
@samanthab1923
3 жыл бұрын
Growing up going to ocean beaches in NY & NJ my whole life it's funny to hear people refer to the Great Lakes as having sandy beaches. Until I realized they have waves.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋 Karen, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
@@samanthab1923 Hello 👋👋 Anne, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@nicholaspotts962
3 жыл бұрын
I live in xenia Ohio. Just east of Dayton. Fun fact only city name in the country that starts with X . Alot of people would say it is boring and they would be right, but I enjoy the normally peaceful nature of my hometown. And I love the woods and forests of the surrounding areas. And just north of my town is a small village of Yellow Springs famous for being the home of Dave Chappelle. And having nature preserves and hippies and colorful art. Really nowhere else in the country like it. Such different cultures can just be the next town over.
@johnhelwig8745
3 жыл бұрын
As a Michigander, you can't beat the Great Lakes. Like the words on local t-shirts: "Always Fresh... Sometimes Frozen, Salt and Shark Free". Have a place in South Haven, great sunsets over Lake Michigan. People on the pier applaud when it finally sets. I am surprised that you and Tarah haven't yet visited the dunes on the east coast of Lake Michigan. Chicago's interurban South Shore Line will get you to Michigan City, IN. Amtrak has a route from Chicago to St. Joseph. And the Prius will get you anywhere. If you want to do another Discover America series, I have a place for you to stay.
@cheriekalel9578
3 жыл бұрын
I love so much that you don't get up before 10:30 am...I am not a early riser either, so I really only see sunrises if I am on a road trip, because I love driving all night long and then watching the sun rise while resting at a Rest Area.
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋 Chierie, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@danielhoehne801
3 жыл бұрын
I started cracking up when you mentioned Sherman, IL...only because, as you now live in Chicago, my first instinct was that you were going to say Schermer, IL...the fictional town and high school of so many John Hughes movies. lol Most of which were filmed within five miles of where I grew up. But yes, have enjoyed your channel for a while, love your take on things, and appreciate that you appreciate this best part of this country. Grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago...love the city to no end...and my previous career took me all over the country, so as to experience Florida, Colorado (twice) and Wyoming. All have particularly great aspects, here and there. But I was able to relocate back here (a little bit further north than my upbringing) two years ago, and was such a relief to be back and re-experience much of what you talk about in this.
@catmomjill
3 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Michigan, (we call ourselves midwest). 17 Years ago, I moved to AZ (Where the sun actually shines) and found a lower cost of living, but lower paychecks overall. I do miss Michigan, but not the snow. (Weather picks up water from the Lake and dumps it all over western Mich. I found living on the east side of the state (Ann Arbor) less snowy.
@enifled8888
3 жыл бұрын
South Florida (Miami) sunsets...pink, purple, blue...amazing!!!
@SandyVanV
3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of food, if you find yourself in Nebraska, you've got to try a Runza, especially from a Runza restaurant. They're marvelous
@vincem3748
3 жыл бұрын
I ate my first-ever runza at the runza in Kearney, NE in July of this year. Can't wait for my next runza!
@afreebird53
3 жыл бұрын
I live outside Daleville, IN near Anderson. The sunsets and sunrises are beautiful!
@Dizzydog214
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, i too like Chicago style deep dish pizza but as a born and raised Michigander i love Detroit style pizza ! Cheers from the tip of the Mitt!
@patwilk7684
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, life long midwesterner. Traveled all around the US for work and almost all of EU for pleasure. Live in NW Indiana now. Worked in Chicago for 23 years, lived there about 8 years, then realized Indiana was truly a lot cheaper. I liked going to the Indiana Dunes as a high schooler, the brisk air at a Friday night high school football game (that’s American football to you), the winter snows (January 26 & 27, 1967), experiencing the “hawk” walking down Michigan Ave in Jan or Feb, (do you know what the hawk is?), fishing for salmon in the fall on Lake Michigan. Oh, and northern MN in the summer growing up, fishing for walleye and musky. These are the best memories of my life. My best friends are my life long friends, I’ve known them since 16. We all went are separate ways for college but all returned here, raised families and still reside here. Answer your questions?
@deborahdanhauer8525
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve only just noticed your little happy bob when you walk Laurence! That is so cute🐝❤️🤗
@jordannicholson8751
3 жыл бұрын
I live in central Indiana, and I always said the sunsets are one of the few great things we have. I do think the food is okay, the cost of living good, the lack of people, noise and air pollution are also pluses. But back to sunsets: other places just don't have the same colors, and no camera can do it justice.
@abcdefg54321x
3 жыл бұрын
American here…Just found you today, your sense of humor cracks me up😂
@ruclvr.
3 жыл бұрын
I’m a native Detroiter now in Nashville. A suggested vacation destination for you and yours would be Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI (near Detroit). With your interest in Lincoln, you may be Interested to see the chair in which he was shot, which resides there. Love your channel!
@amethystanne4586
3 жыл бұрын
I want to visit Greenfield Village next summer. DH and I moved our family from New Jersey to 50 miles east of Bowling Green. Lovely area, nice people, and property taxes are insanely cheap for senior citizens.
@ruclvr.
3 жыл бұрын
@@amethystanne4586 I grew up there and it’s the prime spot for school field trips and family vacations. The village is comprised of original buildings which were relocated there.
@kathrynterlikowski7302
3 жыл бұрын
I have never forgotten the yearly school field trips to Greenfield Village which is now called The Henry Ford. I live less than 30 minutes from it. It’s still a top attraction here in southeast Michigan ♥️.
@amethystanne4586
3 жыл бұрын
@@ruclvr. The Saturday TV show, Innovation Nation, is hosted out of different parts of Greenfield Village. And features parts of it too. I am so envious of the local school children. History is so much more interesting if a person can see and/or walk where our history came from.
@amethystanne4586
3 жыл бұрын
@@kathrynterlikowski7302 I have looked at it on the Internet, and at it’s website. So very interesting! The Wright Brothers’ bicycle shop, Thomas Edison’s laboratory, are the 2 that came first to my mind. There is an inn too that I would like to dine at.
@DebbieKinIL1
3 жыл бұрын
I live west of Chicago . A native born Chicagoan who lived in MN, GA and now back home. You hit the target with the gorgeous sunsets- like the one I saw tonight - right before I watched your video. The best part of living in the Midwest by Chicago is all the cultures here- you have some many hubs with people still immigrating from all over. Out Midwest accent is to be envied because it it not twangy and easily understood. The forest preserves that ring Chicago is amazing as well as the lakefront design with LSD - Lake Shore Drive. . One does not get lost because you know the directions- towards the lake or away. And never, never, ever go to lakefront in winter- it is always colder, wetter, hotter, etc at the lake- Cooler by the lake is just built into our vernacular. In the Midwest we can get away from the big cities and back to nature in a hour or two and that is a way to defuse from any big city negative vibe.
@tonyaosborne6881
3 жыл бұрын
I lived just outside Chicago in Lake Forest for 8 years before moving to Seattle. I loved going to Lake Forest Beach which is actually lake Michigan. It was white sand and blue water that you could not see the end of no matter how hard you looked. The deep dish pizza...ahhhh yes that is good stuff but I also loved the variety of restaraunts. The people are great as well. I really didn't mind the snow - at least they salted the roads and as you said it's pretty flat. I've been to a alot of big cities and I have to say I always loved downtown Chicago, michigan mile for shopping Wabash for jewelery and the signature room (top of the Hancock building) for the best martini in Chi-town, not to mention the view. Great video!
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋 Tonya, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@unclejustin7267
3 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Missouri. I miss the fall weather and making snow forts in the winter.
@erichusayn
3 жыл бұрын
Got lots of family in Illinois. Best sweet corn ever.
@MrsJoyism
3 жыл бұрын
I've lived in Minnesota and spent much time in Michigan. Super good corn.
@lindawolffkashmir2768
3 жыл бұрын
From Fort Wayne here. Midwestern people are pretty down to earth, and we do love our food! You are right about the pork tenderloin. Some of them are massive! The cost of living here is still very affordable.
@donnaroberts281
3 жыл бұрын
I’m starting a movement to change the name of what is currently called the “Upper Midwest” (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and possibly Ohio, Indiana and Illinois) to the Great Lakes Region. Who’s with me?
@angiebee2225
2 жыл бұрын
Are you willing to add PA and NY to the list, or do Erie and Ontario not count?
@PapaVanTwee5
3 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Northern Indiana, where we get trillions of inches of snow (Lake Michigan lake effect). I migrated south to Marion to go to Ball State, and had brief stints in Richmond and Anderson before settling down in Indy. I've been a lot of places, but I have never wanted to leave home. We did a trip around Lake Michigan a couple summers age pre-Covid. We stayed in a hotel on the east side of the Lake. There was a kid, couldn't be more than a teen still, and he was great at his job, recommending a good restaurant, and to go out to the beach and see the sunset. Oh, and not the big beach, everyone's there, go to this little beach, it's a bit of a walk, but you'll be one of the few there. And yes, he was spot on. We love walking, so it wasn't far for us, there were very few people there, and the sunset was fantastic, my first in 50 years living over the water. Lawrence, you have to travel to somewhere in Michigan to partake, you won't regret it.
@jwb52z9
3 жыл бұрын
Laurence, I love fried ravioli, so I can totally relate! A good pork tenderloin sandwich never goes amiss either. It's very similar to chicken fried steak sandwich in the South, but the Southern one has more batter and gravy. :)
@marywood5493
2 жыл бұрын
I understand about the sunsets. I live in San Diego CA. The beach is very close. (Abouta mile and a half) the sun on the water is absolutely gorgeous. Especially walking out on the pier to view it. It's like you're inside the sunset.
@lia53233
3 жыл бұрын
Of all the food related videos you've done you haven't once mentioned Chicago's best food invention, the Italian Beef sandwich. You like Arby's so you must like beef, but what about the Beef and Cheddar Croissant from Portillo's?
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋 dear, how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@whitelacey333
3 жыл бұрын
Cincinnati, Ohio here. Everything you want or need is here without the big city hassle. Midwest is the best!
@scottjones3102
3 жыл бұрын
On the other side of the lake, so many people gather to watch the sunset, you have to try it at least once.
@cindymorgan4639
3 жыл бұрын
I grew up outside of Buffalo, NY, which is very much like Michigan, where I've lived for the last 35 years-I've come to think of it as the Great Lakes subculture. It's friendly, practical, and down-to-earth. I lived in North Carolina for 7 years & was relieved to return to a place with 4 actual seasons, & a culture that felt more straightforward. You hit a lot of the highlights of being a Midwesterner. Glad to have you as one of us, even if you're a transplant from across the pond!
@jdinhuntsvilleal4514
3 жыл бұрын
"I'm never up before 10:30." - LOL, you just became a new favorite of mine.
@maryslack6169
3 жыл бұрын
Love it you can't believe how nasty people are about the Midwest. I was born in Indiana and spent half my life there but ended up I Florida. All I've heard how we are hicks. I've missed your posts I enjoy them so much
@nicholasnicholas5652
3 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋👋👋 how are you doing today hope you're having a wonderful day and nice to meet you here
@alycerichmond8041
3 жыл бұрын
Born in StL, thanks for the positive thoughts on my hometown. Next time you visit, be sure to get some pork steaks and gooey butter cake to go with your toasted ravioli.
@christinakinsley4441
3 жыл бұрын
I love living in Michigan! I love being near Lake Michigan and all the seasonal fruits and veggies.
@MelocheMeriah
3 жыл бұрын
You are correct. The sunset over Lake Michigan is indeed spectacular from the Michigan shore, particularly from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. It is Michigan's most popular national park unit for a reason. You can sit on the dunes rising up more than 400 ft. above the lake surface and watch the sun set into the water. It takes a bit over 5 hrs to drive up there from Chicago, but it's absolutely worth it for a summer vacation. It's a popular spot for tourism with all of the typical beach vacation amenities (i.e. lots of places to eat and many nice B&B's). Plus you can go to the beaches outside the National Park and look for Petosky stones in the surf. It's a fossilized coral and the state stone of Michigan. They are quite lovely. Another hidden wonder of the Midwest.
@535Computer
3 жыл бұрын
I grew up in central Illinois, lived in Chicago for six years, and now make Fort Wayne, IN my home. The coasts are nice to visit, but the midwest has a lot to offer.
@Rabaheo
3 жыл бұрын
There is a nut that is also called a Buckeye. Do not eat this. It is shiny, and pretty, and not food.
@bridgettebollig2649
3 жыл бұрын
But a GREAT mascot! O-H-I-O
@bridgettebollig2649
3 жыл бұрын
Buckeye are not peanutbutter balls. They are the most delicious holiday treat!
@kathyreynolds7100
2 жыл бұрын
I’m a Minnesota girl who only lived elsewhere during my college years. Then I beat it back here and have stayed out! Though, thanks to my Scandinavian ancestors, I love to wander, my feet are firmly planted in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Okay, while it isn’t an ocean, we do have plenty of shoreline including that along Lake Superior’s North Shore. I am glad sunsets were mentioned. I never realized how long they lingered until I was living in East Tennessee for a few years. I missed the beautiful, lingering sunsets as much as I missed stumbling across lakes.
@angelhelp
3 жыл бұрын
We moved here FOR the snowy winters (South Dakota). The cost of living is less than it was in NYC or CT with food being the major exception. One meal’s non-egg protein will generally run the same as a very snazzy night out 10 years ago. Yes, people are exceedingly welcoming here in this little town of roughly 23k, and after enduring NYC for many years, it’s a welcome relief. Locals here think of this town as a “big city”, an observation that I find highly amusing.
@audreychurch
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in northern Michigan, now living in Connecticut. I love the 4 equal seasons here, especially the fall. I never knew how awesome spring can be until I moved here! But I do miss the niceness of the Midwestern people! New England could learn the art of niceness from the Midwesterners. (people ask me why am I so friendly all the time? I just tell them I'm not from around here.)
@elgorp
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up on lake Michigan and love that you acknowledged our sun sets 😁. Also the lake reflects the sun so it stays light/ twilight longer on the coast
@gbclevenger7742
3 жыл бұрын
I love living in the midwesr, MO, because I can get to anywhere like mountains, oceans, dessert, etc. Within a days drive.
@DarkShadowCustoms
3 жыл бұрын
Watching the sun set over Lake Michigan is amazing. If you really wanted to you could watch the sun rise over Lake Huron or Lake Erie and then watch it set over Lake Michigan.
@donelmore2540
2 жыл бұрын
We just moved to Texas from California! I had an aunt who used to regularly visit the Lake District in the UK.
@markbajek2541
3 жыл бұрын
I've been on that helicopter flight from the arch, midway into the first turn off the pad the rear passenger door popped open , that was fun!
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