Pure Michigan

• ernest_t_bass

  

  I don't know how far these commercials reach on TV and radio, but I hear them and see them in my neck of the woods. They have Tim Allen as their voice-over, and every ad makes me want to take a vacation. Fuck University of Michigan, but this advertising campaign is very well done. Detroit and many other shit hole cities can easily bring the state of Michigan down on their own, but the rest of the state has some great areas.
  
  /cool story bro'd
  
  Anyone hear these, like these? Again, perfect ad campaign.
  
  http://www.michigan.org/pure-michigan-ads/
• Sonofanump

  Yeah, makes me want to head up to Mackinaw, Traverse, Petoski, Sleeping Bear.
• gorocks99

  

  It's a good tourism campaign, agreed. West side of the state up into the UP is gorgeous. Actually getting married in ~2 months in the Southwest part of the state (close to St. Joseph)
• ernest_t_bass

  

  gorocks99;1444367 wrote:It's a good tourism campaign, agreed. West side of the state up into the UP is gorgeous. Actually getting married in ~2 months in the Southwest part of the state (close to St. Joseph)

  My family loves St. Joseph. Perfect place/beach to take children. Very kid friendly.
• justincredible

  

  Agreed with OP. I really want to take a trip to Michigan when I hear/see the ads.
• Iliketurtles

  

  Yeah I remember hearing/seeing them all the time back when I lived in NW Ohio. Always made me want to go visit the beautiful places of Michigan.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  justincredible;1444376 wrote:Agreed with OP. I really want to take a trip to Michigan when I hear/see the ads.

  Wow, so they make it down to Cincy? I wonder if this is a nationwide campaign.
• Sonofanump

  http://www.vrbo.com/297928
• rocketalum

  They air in Pittsburgh as well
• Tiger Style

  I HATE MICHIGAN
• Classyposter58

  

  The golf up in the northern part of the state is unbelievable. Seriously some of the best courses I've ever played is up there, I regularly play around Traverse City. Have family who live on Cedar River in Shanty Creek, a really awesome place
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• Tiernan

  It gags me to admit it but these ads are well done and make you want to go up there.
• se-alum

  

  Michigan does have some very nice areas. I really enjoyed our vacation to Mackinaw when I was younger. Planning on a golf trip to St. Joseph area next summer.
• cruiser_96

  

  justincredible;1444376 wrote:Agreed with OP. I really want to take a trip to Michigan when I hear/see the ads.

  +1
  
  And then I remember... It's Michigan!
• Laley23

  

  Michigan is awesome. If you get far enough north, it seriously rivals some of the best places in the country.
  
  The lakes on the borders are amazing and the trout fishing (fly fishing in general) only gets better if you head to Montana, imo. I love to fly fish and I have been to MANY places in the country. Alaska, Montana and Northern Michigan...in that order. Just gorgeous.
  
  I have been spoiled with my family owning a big cabin in Grayling, Michigan my entire life.
• fan_from_texas

  I was in Lansing this week for work. Not nearly as pretty as the commercials led me to believe.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  fan_from_texas;1444831 wrote:I was in Lansing this week for work. Not nearly as pretty as the commercials led me to believe.

  
  I'd assume you'd have to seek out the beauty?
• said_aouita

  

  My uncles place in the middle of nowhere up around Saginaw was fun growing up. Dirt road and acres through the woods. Uncle Bill had a cr-80, cr-125 and two cr-250's. The cr-500 had a paddle rear tire and was pretty much only for the dunes, my uncles favorite toy at one time. He's had multiple snow mobiles everything from a Rupp old school racer to the new Polaris models. He even had for years an old "Big Red" model Honda 3-wheeler.
  Now he's retired to his Hog in Florida and I don't only mean my aunt.
  
  Side note- all those snowmobile trails the state has marked are great for long runs.
  
  F*ck Ann Arbor. The rest of the state ain't bad.
  
  
  (cool story bro')
• fan_from_texas

  ernest_t_bass;1444840 wrote:I'd assume you'd have to seek out the beauty?

  Probably. It's definitely not in Lansing or Detroit.
• reclegend22

  

  fan_from_texas;1444831 wrote:I was in Lansing this week for work. Not nearly as pretty as the commercials led me to believe.

  There are plenty of thai restaurants, though. Maybe it's the cultural beauty the commercials are talking about.