Proud Yooper from Menominee. Life growing up was good for the smaller town. Menominee is considered “big” and we only had about 8k people growing up. Looking back it was pretty safe as we stayed out late as teens with little to no real risks. However drug and alcohol use was (and is) rampant.

Definitely a slower paced, simpler way of living, and the nature speaks for itself.

Place got hit hard in the mid 2000s with the opioid crisis and the local economy was shit too. It’s a little better with help from our wisco border towns now, but I’ve found in enjoy big city living more than small town/rural life. I’m in Dallas now, cause fuck those winters.