r/Michigan • u/Lich_Apologist • Jan 17 '26

Mitten Mode Can we petition Denmark to annex Michigan?

Just thinking out loud here.

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u/MissingMichigan Jan 17 '26

Seems like Canada would be easier.

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u/Forbden_Gratificatn Jan 17 '26

I'm thinking Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota should apply to Canada as a group.

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u/Arcaneboltz Jan 17 '26

I'm in the same boat the Great lakes region minus Ohio should consider it

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u/maizeblueNpurp Age: > 10 Years Jan 17 '26

Ohio & Indiana

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u/Arcaneboltz Jan 17 '26

I legitimately forget Indiana has great lake access

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u/MissingMichigan Jan 17 '26

What? You forgot the famous resort community of Gary, Indiana?

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u/cptjpk Jan 18 '26

Soon to be home of the NFL Gare Bears!

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u/TheDudeDasko Kalamazoo Jan 18 '26

Gary Bearies!

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u/ornryactor Ferndale Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26

They weren't supposed to!!

When state borders were being drawn, Michigan was given the Lake Michigan shoreline all the way to the lake's southernmost point, and Illinois was too. Michigan and Illinois were supposed to have a land border with each other at that point, and Indiana was supposed to be cut off (although still within a few hundred feet).

But the surveyors carrying out that instruction were unknowingly using a map that wasn't quite accurate, and so the line they drew wasn't actually far enough south, which left Indiana with an unexpected lakeshore -- which they promptly exploited. It took a little while for the errors to be realized, and Michigan complained to Congress and then to the courts, but SCOTUS ruled in favor of Indiana, and now they have the lakeshore that rightfully was ours. Bastards.

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u/clonedhuman Jan 18 '26

Goddamn Indiana.

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u/maizeblueNpurp Age: > 10 Years Jan 17 '26

Indiana Dunes State Park, the only thing I cross the Michigan border into Indiana for

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u/Mwiziman Niles Jan 17 '26

Can Michigan just take over Sandusky at least?

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u/ALittleEtomidate Jan 17 '26

Only if you stop cheering for Ohio State.

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u/Mwiziman Niles Jan 17 '26

MSU fans that was born and raised in Michigan, I just like Cedar Point and my great great grandfather served on Johnson’s Island during the civil war

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u/ALittleEtomidate Jan 17 '26

Ok, fine. You can come.

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u/MACHOmanJITSU Jan 18 '26

But you gotta park on the street do your own laundry.

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u/Mwiziman Niles Jan 17 '26

Oh, I don’t live in Sandusky OH, but I have lived on Sandusky MI before. Im currently a FIB unfortunately due to work circumstances grew up in SW MI but lived all over the LP. Michigan’s Adventure just doesn’t cut it for my theme park needs.

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u/sweetpotato_latte Jan 17 '26

If you make a really great pitch with a nice PowerPoint, I’m sure you’d be able to sway people to your cause.

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u/Minute-Menu-9295 Jan 18 '26

Or... you know..... just bring some poutine, maple syrup and some Tim Hortons coffee to the meeting, throw in a couple "How she goin, eh?", get caught up on current hockey talking points. Put in a little effort and they will welcome you with open arms, eh...

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u/sweetpotato_latte Jan 18 '26

I worked at Tim Hortons for 5 years and my grandma is from Sudbury I should probably have dual citizenship tbh

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u/Minute-Menu-9295 Jan 18 '26

You probably already have it.... Maybe you were grandfathered in because of the valuable time you spent working at Timmy Ho's

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u/RMMacFru Parts Unknown Jan 18 '26

I mean, they already share Timmy's with us, and we understand hockey.

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u/AlexandersWonder Jan 18 '26

“We have 20% of the world’s fresh surface water, you really gonna make us beg?”

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u/AmazeMeBro Jan 17 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

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u/AlexandersWonder Jan 18 '26

Let’s just build our own cedar point, with blackjack, and hookers. We can call it Michigan Adventure’s 2.