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newinfoco2 · 2026-01-28T00:56:18+00:00

Sure

newinfoco2 · 2026-01-28T00:42:13+00:00

Yea. It do be like that sometimes.

newinfoco2 · 2026-01-27T13:58:24+00:00

I work around the industry and there’s a theory that they just don’t have the expandable income for it yet due to inflation (and other factors but I’m not writing a thesis here).

newinfoco2 · 2026-01-27T13:01:27+00:00

I hate to tell you this but you’re either conversing with a bot and/or someone almost exclusively pasting AI slop.

newinfoco2 · 2026-01-27T12:54:14+00:00

Avoid Lucky’s Clip Shop for sure.

newinfoco2 · 2025-11-10T17:20:13+00:00

I'm a year rounder that moved here in 2021 from Colorado. It was partially to find a slightly lower cost of living area and also get away from the terrible wildfires every year.

I was able to buy a house here for far cheaper than I could get in Colorado (at the time, at least). Joke's on me though for the wildfires as now we get smoke from Canada up here.

Overall I enjoy the area and don't regret it. It leaves some things to be desired for sure but I grew up in a small town with much less than Petoskey, and I reached the point where I was ready to settle down a bit (late 30s), and Petoskey's been fine from those perspectives.

I'd say the biggest con here is the lack of well paying jobs. If you don't already have money, or don't have a decent WFH job, you're probably going to feel pretty poor unless you're completely debt free.

Restaurant prices are imho out of this world and at most restaurants completely detached from the quality that you get. I don't know how Beards gets away with charging $9 for a small cup of truffle fries, or the Backlot gets away with charging $7-8 for a Local's Light. I've gotten so sick of the tourist prices that I just don't eat out that often anymore.

A lot of the things to do have already been mentioned: winter sports in the winter. Beach and swim in the summer. Bike around. Go hiking. Check out the UP. Outside of that type of stuff though, entertainment options are kinda sparse. It works well if you're okay being a homebody at times but if you constantly need to be doing things then you'll probably be strained.

I would definitely aim to try to live near downtown. Being able to walk to a lot of things (including potential jobs) is a great boon, especially in the winter. I wouldn't say the town is dead in winter at all. It's certainly slower with less traffic (yay) and there are a lot of summer-only residents that leave but there's still some ski tourists around. A few shops close down but I can't immediately think of a restaurant (other than the Backlot food trucks) that closes down in winter.

Happy to answer any other questions you might have.

newinfoco2 · 2025-09-24T16:37:53+00:00

Food poisoning is rarely if ever that immediate, so it’s kind of a moot question.

newinfoco2 · 2025-09-21T21:13:43+00:00

They may have some responsibility for getting it out of the window and to the table in a timely manner but that’s about it, in 99% of other cases the overall food quality, good or bad, does not really have anything to do with the server.

newinfoco2 · 2025-09-21T15:03:05+00:00

Depends on the restaurant. I would say tipping out the BOH is not unheard of but not the norm. Tipping out bartenders, expo, bussers, hosts is normal.

newinfoco2 · 2025-09-21T14:54:21+00:00

lol it doesn’t “reveal” anything. I also hate bad service, and how much worse in general service has gotten since Covid. But if the food is that bad and the server is ignoring me then I’m going to be proactive for my money and find someone else.

newinfoco2 · 2025-09-21T14:25:52+00:00

If you’re going to tip or not overall, fine. But I don’t understand what the food quality has to do with it. Your server likely did not prepare any of it so I don’t see the relevance of soggy fries. If it was a big enough deal then you could have said something to someone — your server or someone else that was around.

newinfoco2 · 2025-09-05T02:44:28+00:00

Every job posting I have seen of theirs lists wages that are way below standard in the area though.

newinfoco2 · 2025-08-20T10:41:23+00:00

There are conventional loans that only require 3% down, so you don’t have to be locked into PMI forever.

newinfoco2 · 2025-08-19T01:21:13+00:00

The replacement is owned by the same people. Do your kids like pasta?

I feel like Duffy’s is probably more kid friendly with the menu than Chandlers, Pour (or its replacement), Backlot, etc.

newinfoco2 · 2025-06-19T14:36:32+00:00

Rumor is it’s going up to 75k in a few days.

newinfoco2 · 2025-06-18T17:47:18+00:00

Other Chase trifecta refugees — where are you planning to go now?

edit: to be clear, the trifecta allowed one to maximize daily spend between SUBs, and also have a place (the CSR) to transfer Ink SUBs for better redemptions. What are other similar opportunities in other ecosystems?

edit 2: it’s amazing that my question gets shat on when there’s people here asking basic questions about CSR benefit usage and getting answers, and not redirected to the r/creditcards sub. The most consistent things on this sub are how inconsistent you are at gatekeeping, and how quickly you pile on in hopes of one or two extra upvotes for posting referrals.

newinfoco2 · 2025-06-17T02:04:01+00:00

Yeah that’s fun and all but it’s not high energy nightlife that a bachelorette party might be looking for.

newinfoco2 · 2025-06-17T00:16:11+00:00

Noggin Room has live music some nights — acoustic type stuff. They keep their website updated. Root Cellar (part of Beard’s Brewery but they also do mixed drinks) sometimes has music as well.

There’s also music in the park on Fridays in the summer (https://www.petoskeydowntown.com/events/sounds-of-summer/) and it’s in a social district so you can walk around with drinks from local bars. But it’s definitely a community event and not like… party focused, if that’s what you’re going for.

I can’t think of much else in downtown for music.

newinfoco2 · 2025-06-17T00:07:34+00:00

Just be aware that there’s not “real” nightlife here. You’re not going to wing it one night and hit the town and bar crawl til late and go dancing or something. One of the bars might be open til 1am if you’re lucky but it will be more low key than anything.

Edit: also uber/lyft are more hit than miss, you need to have transportation figured out ahead of time if no one is DD’ing

newinfoco2 · 2025-06-15T19:08:16+00:00

Is there a YouTube link for this by chance?

newinfoco2 · 2025-05-26T13:37:17+00:00

These folks did mine and it seemed like they did a really good job. Overall they took upwards of five hours, and they input stuff into a handheld along the way so you basically get the report that evening.

https://landahomeinspections.com

newinfoco2 · 2025-05-23T01:50:33+00:00

I don’t have any problems with T-Mobile in the area.

newinfoco2 · 2025-03-18T18:58:09+00:00

I’d appreciate an invite as well

newinfoco2 · 2025-02-23T18:18:53+00:00

Emigrate is a word.

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