• @NineMileTower
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    562 months ago

    I live in Michigan and sell to manufacturers. This is terrific news to be in manufacturing sales in Michigan.

    • @Chocrates
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      192 months ago

      I’m not a smart man, but Michigan seems pretty far away from the Ocean

      • @[email protected]
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        I admire your honesty and capacity for self-reflection. But shipping is huge in the Great Lakes. You can also get to the Atlantic from them.

        • @grue
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          242 months ago

          Fun fact: it’s possible to circumnavigate the eastern half of the US via the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.

          • Flying Squid
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            152 months ago

            That never occurred to me before and now I want to do it.

            • @grue
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              92 months ago

              Me too, although politics is making me more interested in sailing away from the US at the moment.

              Anyway, https://www.greatloop.org/

              • Flying Squid
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                22 months ago

                I’m also looking into getting out, but I’d still love to do that. Very cool.

                • @grue
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                  12 months ago

                  You can, but you’re still spending the vast majority of your time in US jurisdiction (which is bad if it turns into a fascist dictatorship and you’re trying to flee…).

              • Spot
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                12 months ago

                Oo, oo, lemme drop this lil tidbit in too,

                https://www.ic.org/directory/a-watership-down/

                Current Focus: Ohio River (Cincinnati to Louisville) to Canada to Montreal (Quebec) to Nova Scotia to Maine] [Secondarily any of the great lakes or the ohio river; Mississippi still a possible]

                A water-based, sustainable effort, with a view to a better quality of life. (tentative statement) disclaimer: almost all of this is planned; the only actuals are a couple of sailboats on the ohio river; there are no requirements for supporting one another

          • @[email protected]
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            22 months ago

            As soon as that first verse comes in, every Canadian automatically leans back and nods their had in satisfaction. It’s a genetic thing (we inject DNA therapy into immigrants at the border for those not born here)

      • @someguy3
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        St Lawrence River and Erie canal, though I’m not sure how functional that one is.