Dissention in the ranks

[jimkyser]

Originally posted by: irwincur

Oh, I'm not a member of the Christian Reformed Church anymore. But before I graduated from college I attended the Baldwin Street Christian Reformed Chuch in Jenison, MI. I went to the Jenison Christian Schools K-9 and graduated from Unity Christian High School in Hudsonville, MI in 1980. Jenison is about 15 miles west of Grand Rapids, just across the county line in Ottawa County (Grand Rapids is in Kent County). Hudsonville is the next town further west from Jenison. Unity was the only CRC high scool in that part of Ottawa county and drew kids from Jenison, Hudsonville, Coopersville, Allendale, Jamestown and several other small little burgs.

Wow, right from the center of bible belt North. Must have been fun watching your neighborhs hide in their basements every time they cracked a beer.

Actually, we couldn't have cared less if they had a beer. My dad used to keep some in the fridge. He'd only drink about one a month or so, but he had nothing against drinking per se. There definitely were 'expected' behaviors though. Like no mowing your lawn or working on you car on Sundays, etc.

Originally posted by: irwincur

Michigan really only has one industrialized city left (Detroit) and its in the gutter, thier mayor was just ranked 3rd worst mayor of any city in the country, and is forced to either lay off or cut the salaries of all city employees. I wouldnt be surprised if Detroit declares bankruptcy within the next few years.

OK, so the 1.3 million people on the West side of the state don't count as industrialized... Grand Rapids is one of the fastest growing regions in the Midwest. It is a top 35 economic region in the nation - passing cities like Jacksonville, Buffalo, and New Orleans and up there with Nashville..

I'll agree with irwincur that SW MI is pretty well industrialised (even though Hudsonville where I went to HS is still mostly a farming town). On the flip side, the two major industries in the GR area, the auto industry and office furniture, are both hurting pretty badly.

 

[ahurtt]

Originally posted by: Infohawk

News Flash!!! The average Joe does not think like most on these forums.

That's a good thing. The average joe is an idiot. (See PIPA study for proof).

Sure are an awful lot of Average Joes in this forum. That's just this Average Joe's opinion.