Upper Peninsula State of Superior

**T.S.** · 10-30-2006, 07:20 PM

I once read about people in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan trying to turn it into a seperate state called Superior. Is this still going on? What do you think about the Upper Peninsula becoming a seperate state?

mariatherese · 11-02-2006, 12:24 AM

the concept is still alive, although not very seriously. some do take it seriously, of course, but its not something you hear about alot up there.

actually, i think its a great idea in theory- as i do feel that we yoopers are not properly represented by our government and upper/lower peninsula are like 2 different worlds. however, we are economically dependent on the rest of michigan. i think a lot of people realize that, and thats why the concept of UP succession isnt taken really seriously.

**Corlyx** · 11-02-2006, 02:15 AM

I wouldn't support any state division like that, it just wouldn't seem right to me. I don't think becomming a seperate state would benefit them much. The largest city in the UP is Marquette and only has about 21,000 people.

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T.S. Member Join Date: Oct 12th, 2006 Location: MN to NC to FL to MN Posts: 716	Upper Peninsula State of Superior I once read about people in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan trying to turn it into a seperate state called Superior. Is this still going on? What do you think about the Upper Peninsula becoming a seperate state?

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Corlyx Junior Member Join Date: Oct 14th, 2006 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 95	I wouldn't support any state division like that, it just wouldn't seem right to me. I don't think becomming a seperate state would benefit them much. The largest city in the UP is Marquette and only has about 21,000 people. __________________ --Corlyx--

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11-02-2006, 12:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
mariatherese Junior Member Join Date: Oct 19th, 2006 Location: Detroit Posts: 34	the concept is still alive, although not very seriously. some do take it seriously, of course, but its not something you hear about alot up there. actually, i think its a great idea in theory- as i do feel that we yoopers are not properly represented by our government and upper/lower peninsula are like 2 different worlds. however, we are economically dependent on the rest of michigan. i think a lot of people realize that, and thats why the concept of UP succession isnt taken really seriously.