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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I hear it in movies so the time. We're going upstate. I went upstate. Etc

I never hear downstate, or similar. Does it just mean going north?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In Michigan, there is "downstate" it means heading to the southern part of the state.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Where does the line for this lie? I've lived in Northern LP most of my life and I've never heard it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm also in northern LP. We use it for when we are planning a trip to Detroit, for example.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Now that you say it like that maybe I have heard it in this context. I just avoid that area lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The bridge

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It'd have to be. Didn't hear it when. I lived in Marquette either tho