I Investigated The Most Northern Little Town in America

[@NickJohnson]

Here's my entire Great Lakes Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLq-_cmf3H6ypYq3snF04oSnlx1Nz_paCO

[@alexdavidson7785]

"IM COLD" ...but i'm doing this for youtube 😅

[@hollynonya6991]

Love it! Hope you listened to Gordon Lightfoots " wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" as you stood at the foot of lake superior 😊

[@sandy-quimsrus]

You're letting your freak flag fly and I'm so here for it. Liking it more and more ❤❤❤

[@mikes3827]

LOL Nick, you've grown on me a lot from when I first watched one of your videos. Not afraid to drop the occasional expletive, but for the most part your vocabulary is pretty clean, and you drop a lot of interesting tidbits (e.g. local history, humor, etc.) to make it enjoyable to watch your videos. Anyway, Marquette reminds me of some Maine coastal towns, where crime is almost nil, VERY close-nit townsfolk. And seeing that I spent my IDYLLIC formative years in small town Maine (Lakes Region), watching this brings back similar (and very good!) memories. Keep doing your thing, putting out more great videos.

[@sandy-quimsrus]

@KeeKaiShee love your humour from Australia where I just had 47 days without rain and it hit 46 degrees Celsius or 115 Fahrenheit just last week. I'm cooking a lamb roast in air conditioning!

[@patrickchilds5486]

I’m in Florida 30 years but miss my home state of Michigan often. UP is beautiful…

[@AMPProf]

YAH BOY FROZEN TO THE GROUND

[@GEN_X_]

Only in the Summer. LMAO

[@ericmoraski9102]

Looks great,and I can tell you really had a blast!! I have a couple of benders left in me!!it's sunny again in Tampa Bay,bummer

[@charley95sheridan44]

I'll take the Florida gov. over Michigans any day!

[@tomcollins5112]

Sssssh! You're supposed to keep that quiet! We don't want too many city folk moving up here!

[@kristenstudebaker814]

Finnish country! My grandmother was born in Helskinki in 1910, moved to the UP in 1912, and soon after her father was killed in the Victoria copper mine near Ontanogan. Fortunately her mother had the support of the Finnish community up there. The terrain is very much like Finland, which I was able to visit twice and meet her cousins there. Love that part of Michigan!

[@scrotieballs]

My Finnish ancestors moved from Finland to Rock, MI in the late 1800's. They liked it here for the same exact reasons as yours. My husband's Polish family is from Ontonagon. Meanwhile, we're just a couple of old trolls. Lol. Small world.

[@alansewell7810]

A person who moved from the Lower Peninsula to Ishpeming told me how nice the people up there were. He said when he and his wife bought a house up there, the neighbors asked how they liked it. "It's fine," said the wife, "except for the color [it was an ugly shade of light yellow]." The neighbors asked, "What color would you prefer?" The wife told them what color she liked. They went back down to Lower Michigan to pick up their furniture. When the got back, the neighbors had painted the house exactly the way the wife wanted, buying the paint at their expense. He said that even though frigid in climate, the hearts of the people were warm.

[@springrain9438]

​@@alansewell7810this whole comment thread is wonderful to read! How cool!

[@chicagotom1643]

Yeah, my grandpa moved to Munising to do that. Then went to South Bend, West Virssippi (INDIANA) to work at Studebaker

[@johnsambo9379]

Michigan is a liberal dung hole now.

[@peggyowen3386]

I’m a Native Texan and I’m in my late sixties. I hate the hot weather in Texas and would love to move up north but my kids and grandkids are here so I’m not going anywhere!! Love your videos Nick!!

[@hlwanmoe1981]

Don’t come. You’ll regret.

[@bletchdroshek5984]

Same here, I would always tell my Michigan coworker transplants that I would love to live in Michigan for a couple of years and get away from Texas for awhile. They all tell me that the winters are no joke but the springs and summers are great. I love to hear the ones with stories about sailing the great lakes.

[@williamstamper442]

Back in 1980 Michigan had a huge exodus of young men who left to Texas for work and never came back.

[@bletchdroshek5984]

@@williamstamper442 Yup, I'm sure I worked with some of them. Some I liked and some were just crappy. The crappy came from Detroit

[@8corymix8]

Please visit. Michigan is beautiful. Visit Henry Ford museum then head up north to Mackinaw Island ❤

[@DeeeQ12]

I'm a Michigander and have heard of Marquette but I've never been up there. Thanks for this video

[@katiez688]

You should go back in the summer. The Upper Peninsula is beautiful in the summer!

[@leroyberzerk4424]

Wish I could move up there, my 1st visit to Marquette taking my daughter to NMU fall semester of 2013 late August the temp reached 100 degrees made swimming in the lake lil more bearable. Then few years ago worked a job in Jackson MI delivering cannabis thru-out MI. My favorite trip of course was to "The Firestation" dispensary, Stosh mgr. kool guy, then Lume opened up shop later. I remember once driving back to the bridge from Mrqt late/early spring 45 degrees still lots of snow on the ground and watching snowmobilers along the sides of the road. envy

[@danielowen5889]

Bugs bugs and bugs... oh and tourist..hahah it is great

[@valhalla9688]

It’s a really fun place to enjoy the outdoors. Make sure to pack some mosquito spray 😅

[@wendytipon6020]

Cant find the best rocks in the winter!! 😂

[@leroyberzerk4424]

@@wendytipon6020 This winter probly could of, ‘the winter that wasn’t’

[@leanneadams2549]

I grew up in the UP. Me and my brother used to jump off our roof as my dad shoved the snow off. It was no joke in the 70’s and 80’s. Best years of my life !!!

[@cherylseidel6902]

So very true

[@PaulWolfert]

I think everyone forgets that we basically have two states here in Michigan and the UP is WAY different. The home prices throw off our averages a ton! 😅

[@BobSmith-kk7lx]

Absolutely. The rest of michigan does not include the UP and many things suffer because of it

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

I think the UP should be it's own state! Just my opinion though. @@BobSmith-kk7lx

[@paulqruel9290]

Lot of people talked to don't know we have a bridge 5 miles long, when telling them they say no ah.

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

These are the kinds of places many Americans will be retreating to in the next 50 years to get away from the places we and our parents grew up or lived in and can no longer tolerate. Another great one. Really appreciate your channel.

[@JamieSmith-fz2mz]

No no, send them to Milwaukee or Duluth. Nothing to see here. Sorry you've been mislead. Marquette is the perfect size right now.

[@matthewjohnson1211]

If the climate of Marquette was the same as where I live (Appleton wi) -I’d retire there in a heartbeat! Problem is -so would everyone else and it would be ruined.

[@paulqruel9290]

Family in Marquette.

[@alexandercage2500]

Overpopulation. A real thing that noone seems to recognize yet. Soon that will be self evident to all.

[@katjones2781]

Yeah maybe a southern people can move north and see how you Northerners like it when we ruin everything for you as you ruined everything for us here in Florida

[@TedBatkie]

Hey Nick. Awesome videos of northern mi and UP. This reminds me of old days in lower Michigan. Cold as hell and loved it . Walked around beer faced . The cold makes you feel alive. Hard to explain.

[@dcl97]

Not that cold here anymore. Maybe a week here or there into the teens, but mostly above freezing during the winter. We have to drive to the UP (this year we had to go all the way to whitefish) if we want to cross country ski or go snow shoeing. Occasionally we'll get a snowstorm and get a few days of skiing before it melts. Nothing like it was 20 years ago.

[@mqtsprinter93]

Never thought I’d see my hometown on here - I miss it quite a bit. Love seeing the UP get some love, it is a great place

[@valhalla9688]

@@Aaron-TheHandsomestop being a pervert. You dirty ole hound dog

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

I'm sure you miss it! You would have been the first kid in the world that Santa Claus visited on his annual global tour! In all seriousness, though, it's a pretty looking city.

[@cherylseidel6902]

From there too..well actually gwinn

[@cherylseidel6902]

Favorite place is presque isle

[@bladder1010]

Looks like a pretty dang nice hometown, to be honest.

[@tnit7554]

Michigan totally underrated.😊

[@12NFLtitles]

Minus the crazy governor.

[@8corymix8]

It's a beautiful place to live

[@kimbrown2244]

​@12NFLtitles she's the best!!!

[@Xx-po1fu]

@@12NFLtitles We love Governor Gretchen Whitmer, I hope she become the President one day.

[@NorthwoodsWolf]

Proud Yooper here (grew up about 60 miles south of Marquette). Beautiful country, and hopefully it remains unspoiled.

[@paulqruel9290]

Yes agree leave this little Gem unspoiled.

[@NatureScapesStudio]

As I have heard it hasn’t. Woke.

[@thereckoning5488]

Now that is the Michigan I know. Snowing like hell

[@arcticfirealaska810]

The most northern little town in America is actually Utqiagvik, Alaska, formally known as Barrow. Alaska is in the United States.

[@olympianproduct]

Exactly. Marquette isn’t even the northernmost small town in Michigan, that would be Copper Harbor, or if that’s too small for you, there’s Houghton/Hancock on the Keewenaw Peninsula

[@kylekarwowski2642]

Right on. There are 30-40 towns in Michigan north of this. And hundreds if you add up all the ones in Minnesota, N Dakota, and Maine.

[@doubleh7640]

This is the happiest I have seen you in any of your videos! Waiting for your Wisconsin stop. Up here is living the best life!

[@life5161]

Let all the "new comers" know how great it is so they can head there. 😂

[@doubleh7640]

It's already infested. Air bnb and what not. Just driving prices up and taking all the homes. Its sad. Nowhere for locals to live, and a year like this is devastating to economy there.

[@paulsmith3994]

cos he be bar hopping! ha ha

[@up-uw4op]

He better be strapped before going to Wisconsin

[@laraoneal7284]

That’s bc Nick is LIT.

[@yarsivad000.5]

28:47 Henry Ford opened a factory in Kingsford, MI near the WI border and it's sister city Iron Mountain, MI. Opened in 1920's and closed in the 50's. It's also where Kingsford Charcol started as Ford Charcoal. It produded Woody station wagon bodies and it converted to glider production for WWII. It employed 4500 people. It ran 24/7-3 shifts of 1500 each shift.

[@karlaruter3221]

I applaud you 🎉

[@thereckoning5488]

I love Iron Mountain

[@gorfpatrol2073]

Alberta, MI too

[@badguy5554]

That Glider museum is a MUST if you visit Iron Mountain.

[@NickJohnson]

There will be some of that history in another video

[@living-wellon-less5669]

I lived in Calumet for 5 years after I retired and loved it but it's got it's drawbacks, 11 months of winter and 30 days of rain! The northern most town in Michigan is not Marquette it is Copper Harbor!

[@ernestconnell8087]

Dry fluffy snow, that’s cold 🥶

[@rodeleon2875]

when the snow squeaks, you know its cold.

[@williamrandall6472]

Nick,I must say, this has to be 1 of your best videos,we even got to see your manager roll the sled over,"Perfect "

[@ariesempresstarotandguidance]

We live in Ironwood, and it's been pretty wicked weather for the past few days here also. I just got back inside from shoveling ice and snow out of the driveway, pretty invigorating, I just wish we had this weather back in January where it belongs... I am ready for spring :-) LOVE THE UP!!! We came here from Florida, lived in Reno NV for ten years, and now we are brand new Yoopers and learning the ways of the north. We were able to find a home we could afford and we moved here for the small town vibe and we really enjoy the people who live here, everyone is nice, polite, and ready to help out if needed.

[@leahvalta5991]

I was born there. I remember sledding out my second story window into the neighbor's driveway. People are very polite up there. Just be careful. Some of the churches up there are actually 'churches'. 😬

[@giacobbeperales5926]

I live north of Chicago near Wisconsin. We don't get much spring weather around here especially where your at. You'll get used to it

[@janefromtennessee]

That’s great

[@PositivelyPessimistic42]

I drive there from Minnesota a lot 🤫 🤫 💨

[@skinnylegendz6940]

Hello fellow Ironwoodies. What a strange winter huh? January was nicer than March haha, Mother Naitch always so unpredictable here 💎💚💎💚

[@jimh6254]

I grew up just outside of Marquette in the 1980s. Unfortunately, I haven't been back since. Those winters are no joke. Remember the lake effect snow dumping daily, and one year starting the fireplace on the 4th of July!

[@Miami543210]

To me, a guy living in Miami, Florida, that looks like 100% pure hell. Oh, my God, just watching this video made me turn the AC off of the car and roll down the windows. While I wait for my wife. I cannot imagine living up there. And that is probably why it is so damn crowded down here South Florida, and very isolated up there. But I do love your videos.

[@jeffcase11]

All good sir, Miami looks like pure hell to us too. We have good people up this way, not too many pretentious, materialistic snobs like you do down there.

[@michigan57]

I think the isolation is a big factor for folks living up there. It's not for everybody.

[@MrKillfield]

I love the cold and isolation. The snow is so peaceful and beautiful. There’s nothing like a sunny winters day with very little wind

[@goldenretriever6261]

I'm Canadian, Miami is nice to visit, but i couldn't handle that heat all year round

[@jabbarmuhammad]

I would love to live in a place like this nice and cold I love the cold weather

[@dannydeschilder9943]

You have also fans in Europe! Much love from Holland, the Flower and Cheese Nation!

[@NewHaven203]

🇳🇱

[@dannydeschilder9943]

@@NewHaven203 NederLand?

[@Sues007]

Thank you Holland - God be with you!

[@dannydeschilder9943]

viva Holanda. @@Sues007

[@SunRabbit]

Interesting that I've visited both Michigan and Holland for work! Loved both! I stayed in Zaandam, NL. Love from Czech Republic. 👋

[@LivingInMarquetteMichigan]

Great video! It's so important for folks to understand that it does actually get cold here! So many visit in the summer and move and then realize they can't stand the snow once the winter hits! Need to embrace it if you live in Marquette or the U.P. for that matter!

[@Last_day_events]

"I don't miss the cold. But It's nice to come up occasionally." Well said.

[@chrisblomquist6029]

Good one,Nick!! You cracked me up in the back of the truck😂. I’m in Wisconsin with mild winters and can’t stand it anymore- can’t imagine how much they get!

[@NickJohnson]

I like Wisconsin a lot Chris

[@charlesrocks]

My mother is from Ontonagon. My grand father was from Finland. This reminds me of home.

[@gorfpatrol2073]

Mita kuuluu suomalainen

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I live in Ontonagon now. Moved here in 2015. Love it

[@larryminton2670]

I lived in Southern California at the time I went to Ontonagon the first week of October and it was 32 degrees and saw local men wearing t-shirts outside. Crazy!

[@Scott-f8r]

I'm from Marquette . Just another day in January. But if you really want winter go East, just past Christmas to Munising. Now that's an adventure

[@laurafoote214]

we went to the UP in August of 2022,St. Ignace, soooo beautiful, we took the pictured rocks tour in Munising, i love Michigan now and would love to go back again. The Pasties are great!

[@johnsambo9379]

Living in Michigan sucks. It's very liberal and high taxes.

[@AsaTrenchard1865]

Luv 💕 pasties.

[@robertwiebenga5492]

Hey Nick was there in 1993 from Melbourne Australia with my cousin he is from Michigan never seen anything like it what a great place love those lakes thanks for the memories

[@Herbieserve]

Had the pleasure to live in Marquette for 7 years. It truly is a magnificent city. Best kept secret of the Midwest.

[@AsaTrenchard1865]

Queen City of the UP 👍

[@nobody_special012]

Marquette is beautiful. I lived in Ishpeming and Michigamme for about 3 years as a kid before moving back to California.

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

@@nobody_special012 Hardly anyone is moving to Cali these days. People are leaving that state in mass droves to escape the hypercost of living, hyper taxes, high crime/lawlessness, gangbangs/cutthroats and mass homeless.

[@michigan57]

SHuuuuush

[@MartinScreeton]

That downtown area reminds me of the past in many towns down south.... looks almost like the 70's if it wasn't for the newer cars!

[@michigan57]

It was safe to go downtown after dark with your kids.

[@noodlesmama9096]

Native Californian but spent the second half of my childhood further north..Calumet on the Keeweenaw peninsula about 100 miles NW of Marquette. Talk about snow. Yikes! Btw it is Northern Michigan University or NMU not Univ of Northern MI. Thanks for going so far north.

[@barlowmcmaster9771]

41.00 NO GOLF COURSE. AWESOME 🎉🎉😂😂😂❤❤❤❤ I'M IN ❤❤

[@raysboatingandadventure1277]

This was a mild winter. One year temperatures were below 0 f for 6 weeks, high 5 below, night 15-25 below 0 f. Don't get started on snow, start Monday am, stop on Tuesday pm. The college is northern michigan university. Don't forget the real end of earth is in porcupine mountains. Nice video, thanks for the trip.

[@johannachalk6645]

I love Michigan, especially the UP! My husband and I would usually vacation in Florida (we live in Kentucky), but 3 years ago we visited Michigan. Now it’s our go to vacation destination. I hope you visited Copper Harbor, Michigan in the Keweenaw Peninsula - it’s beautiful.

[@lavapix]

It's funny because I always tell people here in Hawaii that lots of people vacation in MI and they are surprised. Too many think all of MI is like Detroit.

[@maint1616]

Nick I have watched a lot of your videos, some real sad locations, some very interesting places, some dangerous spots, but you had me laughing my ass off in this video. Enjoyed every minute of it. You sure can tell a story" Mister"! I live in Mi by the way.

[@askadad7355]

Northern lower lifetime resident. Most people i know avoid Marquette because of the out of state tourist, same reason TC isn't on our vacation list.

[@melissaw7579]

We haven't laughed harder than you in the back of a pick up truck. That's the truest depiction EVER. And bars are on every corner.

[@NickJohnson]

🍺 🛻

[@NocturN4]

You have fans in Poland too! You drink almost as much as we do.

[@jax993]

And as much as Australians 🇦🇺🤣

[@NickJohnson]

❤️ 🇵🇱 🇦🇺

[@NewHaven203]

@NocturN4 I love the polish, we have a large Polish community in New Britain, Connecticut, there’s even a neighborhood called “Little Poland”

[@BamBamBigelow..]

Cleveland loves their pierogies

[@alonsolaw8380]

Illegal Eskimos would thrive here easily.

[@dashrender9320]

My homeboys brother when to Michigan Tech about an hour north of Marquette . I live 25 north of Detroit . It took us almost 8 hours to drive there. Best trip to take as a 15 year old. 1992.

[@flitetym]

Nick … you’re the World’s Greatest You Tuber. And you’re the reason why the mainstream media is collapsing. God bless…

[@NickJohnson]

💪

[@johncrouch6103]

As a native Michigander ( grew up in Lansing) i’ve always wanted to visit Marquette. You just did it for me. Good stuff Nick!

[@NickJohnson]

Ok John. Now go in July!

[@Steven-em5if]

I stumbled across your video on my KZbin feed. I grew up in a small village in the UP. We had about a hundred people in it, nothing but woods north to Lake Superior, south to Lake Michigan. I wouldn’t trade my childhood for anything, I still live up here. I am 67 and was a truck driver and know how unique the place is.

[@NickJohnson]

Ok Steve!

[@schonkable]

Marquette looks beautiful! It actually makes me miss real winters.

[@rossfenneken]

Northwest Ohio guy here. Been to the UP twice. Very nice up there. Bucket list to go again.

[@sued.530]

Thanks for the memories Nick! Attended NMU 47 years ago and loved watching the ships come in at night all lit up. Definitely need to revisit the area.

[@NickJohnson]

Go for the 4th!

[@willisjefferson5886]

Well, I am glad you asked Nick, I know I am a man a very few words, 3 to be exact but here is a little back story, after surviving a near fatal train wreck 7 years ago and the subsequent rebuilding of my spinal column I by chance found the Nick Johnson You Tube channel. Nick took me all around the country to bad places and very good places and all in between. I find the humor amazing, Mappy and the Family and the discussions between Nick and Mappy are Epic. This carried me a long way in my recovery. Well, Good news is I will be on the road myself this Spring and Summer, going to Concerts and generally causing mayhem , So that's the story and I am sticking to it, Thanks for the Ride Nick...Another Gem

[@NickJohnson]

Wow I am so glad to hear good news!! ❤️❤️ you get back on the road. I'm happy if youre happy! And Mappy says HI!!

[@انت-صلي-عالنبي-بس]

May Allah bless you 💙🙏🏻💜

[@YtheMain]

That's great! I wish you a full recovery. Greetings from The Netherlands

[@ucanrestwhenudie499]

Willisjeffers - How I also found his KZbin videos- recovering from spinal fusion’s T12 - tail bone 🦴- virtual travel

[@willisjefferson5886]

@@ucanrestwhenudie499 Nick Johnson has inspired me to get out and see the World in-spit of my disabilities. Nick Johnson is a Great Man, Good luck in your journeys my Friend

[@CJHump]

I've been watching you for many years. This was the best episode you've done.

[@VIV-wc2yi]

agreed

[@karenk1212]

Good photography.

[@NickJohnson]

I got cold fingers just for you guys 🥶

[@JJGhost-b3m]

Nicks the man! He walks the walk

[@NickJohnson]

He shuffles at times

[@JJGhost-b3m]

@@NickJohnson lol

[@GamblersUnknown]

You must’ve came the only week we had snow lol. Thanks for coming to our great little town

[@chalesgolding5314]

The Great Lakes are truly incredible , thanks for another great video Nick ! Keep up the great work

[@markpiekaczpiekacz912]

Hay in Daytona Florida it rains every morning from 7:00 -7:30 in the spring.

[@screamotrucker]

You wanted snow and the UP of Michigan will NEVER let you down on that !

[@NickJohnson]

I know! ❄️ ❄️❄️

[@VOOODOOO37]

Great video. Many memories I got to live there for a couple years in the mid 90s when I was stationed up there at the now closed KI Sawyer Air Force Base. It’s a very heavy drinking kind of city, everybody drinks, beer all the damn time lol. They would also close the schools when deer hunting started. That is true about jumping out into the snow. We used to jump from the second floor of our building into the snow. Also, every winter somebody would just disappear and never be seen again because they would go into the woods and there’s too much snow and get lost forever. It’s such a memory lane with this video.

[@knikula]

UP in the winter, just doesn't get better than that... I thought there would be a lot of weed places in Marquette...seems Ironwood is building them all the time...

[@srmarketto]

Good deal, showed up in my feed. I live in Negaunee about 10 miles west of Marquette. This winter was super mild, not much snow and warmer. Hope you enjoyed your visit!

[@NickJohnson]

I did!

[@kbran4414]

Yay Marquette! I am loving these drone shots, Nick! Great video!

[@gearheaddroppings]

I have lived in Michigan my whole life and I think the UP is one of the most beautiful areas of the country. Yoopers are some of the nicest people in the world and have some excellent values. They do have one drawback however....many of them are Packer fans but we will forgive them! Thanks Nick for another amazing video.

[@davidinwashington]

Don't freeze Nick! America needs you.

[@garyharnish2395]

I grew up in upstate New York and know what a true winter looks like. Lately we don’t have a good winter anymore. I don’t know if that is good or bad.

[@rayprevailer8454]

I like Labatt, but I like Grain Belt more. Fantastic video Nick! The ice fishing part brought me back to my childhood in Minnesota. The "we don't lock our homes, cars...crime???" was precious. That's the way it was when I grew up. That place is like a preserved living time capsule. I will be moving to Wisconsin. There are rural places like that there. Places where common sense and morals still prevail.

[@charlesrocks]

Good luck with that bro. 80 million migrants now tread this land. We’ve been replaced

[@up-uw4op]

I had my house broken into in Wisconsin and the UP and my doors were locked. I now sleep with a gun and keep doors locked at all times. Morals are not any better in either place. Please be very careful in Wisconsin. I was assaulted by a tweaker and police did nothing. I was robbed many many times there. Wisconsin is crawling with tweakers in every small town.

[@Jonathan-rp8tq]

Hi Nick, who do you travel with? I hear you mention manager/s. What do you mean? Enjoy your channel and humor!

[@MICHEAL_SCOTTT]

Nick Johnson is awesome

[@josephmarkle4735]

I lived in Adirondack park of upstate NY ..1980s....loved winter....but 15 below zero got to me and houses froze up ...but the cold was exhilarating....

[@meedwards5]

My parents and sisters used to live in Marquette. They absolutely loved it!

[@billbirkett7166]

The opening to this video pretty much sums up what Marquette is all about lmao. No more words required.

[@NickvainUSA]

You’re amazing at finding hidden gems like Marquette, Nick. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us

[@NickJohnson]

I try Nick!

[@debrapaulsonphotography-da4857]

Wow! I was wondering if the movie "Anatomy of a Murder" would be mentioned and you did not disappoint! Thanks for showing that bar - so cool!

[@2ndchanceguy]

Freaking Nick. I remember the good ol days when you were a 30k subscriber kinda guy. You're now practically the most famous person in the entire world 😂

[@handoverfist5857]

I heard that around the end of October, if you look at the moon, you can see the governor flying around on her broom.

[@NickJohnson]

🧙

[@patjones5723]

Lol 😂

[@svenjanssen08]

Awesome, love the more traveling idea of the vid. U made a cold, icy part of the us so warm and welcoming. Cool peeps there!

[@jean9l187]

I LOVE Marquette and Big Bay! Thanks for highlighing these 2 UP towns.

[@MeesterJ]

Would love to find out if you have also been to the Keweenaw Peninsula, around Houghton and Copper Harbour!

[@NickJohnson]

Not quite but almost! Stay tuned!

[@MeesterJ]

@@NickJohnson hell yeah 😃

[@lindaglenn-l6s]

Lived in Michigan almost 2 yrs. Took that trip to the UP. Thanks for the you tube visit. Beautiful area.

[@cherylcampbell7495]

I love your sense of humor 💕

[@bradleymercier6817]

I moved to the UP from Fresno California after I retired. Marquette isn’t quite the end of the earth, where I live in Mohawk is. You need to visit the Keweenaw.

[@anttheaquarist7922]

Bro, best video yet! Watching this trip has been informative and flippin' hilarious!

[@bigboydrz]

Native Michigander here, also a former NMU student. Even downstate, we learned of the Iditarod trail early as kids; it's engrained in Michigan history as deeply as we are people. The UP 200 used to go almost thru my back yard. You just experienced a huge slice of my old life.

[@bigboydrz]

There isn't much to be said for the second half of the video. You'll miss a lot of the culture if you aren't from there. People consider Ish, Mqt, to Munising and nearly down to Gladstone one community. Long distance driving is nothing

[@Brian-sh4sm]

I went Northern Michigan for college 55 years ago ,it was fun skiing everyday 😊

[@dews3340]

Thanks for sharing today

[@NickJohnson]

Thanks for watching!

[@AlexandertheGreat99]

Marquette is the largest town in da UP with a population of only 19,000. 😂 My parents met at NMU, the college you mentioned.

[@ztl2505]

I grew up in the UP. Can’t wait to see your take on the rest of it. I remember driving to Marquette was basically visiting the big city for those of us in the sticks lol

[@spudnikkx1112]

Absolutely ! Marquette is the big fancy, spendy city compared to small town Yoop !

[@robatsea2009]

I think this was one of your most enjoyable videos - despite the cold you seemed to be having a legitimately fun time there.

[@genegorringe7395]

I grew up in Northern Michigan there's no place better. Gene Gorringe Mi USA 💛 💙 🇺🇲

[@GEN_X_]

Yes there is.. .warmer places. LMAO

[@williamstamper442]

A drag racer friend of mine went to the college up there. He only owned a snowmobile to get from his living quarters to school. A 600hp Buick GS wouldn't have worked during the school season. I'm too old to snowmobile anymore, I done sold them off...but last time I went to the UP to ride, we took only marked trails and went from Lake Superior, Tequomenon falls, then down to a bar on Lake Michigan for lunch. Then rode back for dinner on Superior

[@NickJohnson]

Fun! Snowmobile needs an emoji 🛷

[@alansewell7810]

This is the tough time of year up there. The rest of the country is getting into spring while Northern Michigan still has two more months of winter. High today is 33 with snow on the way. You get a couple days in late March and early April when the highs get into the 60s and the sun seems strong You think you're safe, and then Mother Nature unloads more weeks of snow and blizzards. I lived full time in Northern Michigan for two years, and experienced a blizzard on Mother's Day. The short summers (about June 15 to September 15) are delightful in the awesome beauty of the land and splendid days, but you have to wait a long time for them to arrive.

[@NorthwoodsWolf]

Fall is stunning up there, though.

[@jeneanmoebius5676]

Yooper here, Marquette is getting hit up to 37 inches of snow tonight and 60 degrees expected on the 8th! Unpredictable but beautiful! Have a good one eh!

[@NickJohnson]

Lucky!

[@NewHaven203]

Here in Connecticut we had 2 snow storms and about 2 weeks of snow on the ground the whole winter season, very light for a Southern Connecticut winter

[@NickJohnson]

Next year it's on Joey ❄️❄️

[@stormanmajor]

Northern Michiganer here. Busch Light is the official yooper beer

[@reubenj.cogburn8546]

It is a university town, with literally half the population under 23 years old. The rest of the county is like the rest of the up. Can't really blame the Yoopers for not liking the city people and what they bring. Congestion, complaints, and littering... the only upside is they drop money.

[@up-uw4op]

Yoopers do most of the littering

[@TheDevilsTail]

Great video Nico!

[@cherylseidel6902]

We lived on K.I FROM 66 TO 83..LOL

[@kenjohnson5498]

When i was younger i was working in Tn at a power plant for MJ electric who is stationed in Marquette Michigan and they offered me a chance to get in the electricians apprenticeship program but i would have to move to Marquette and after seeing the snow amounts and average temps i had to politely decline

[@evangelinateague175]

Hey Nick, you ever thought about doing a video in Buffalo NY? I would love to see one!👍😎

[@NickJohnson]

I did!

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

Great video. Snowmobiling brings in a lot of money for the U.P. And a lack of snow means loose of income. So come see Michigan's better half this summer. The snow covers up a lot. I paid 16k for 10.1 acres in the U.P. It feels like home. Most of the cheapest counties to live in are in the U.P. Being away from people for weeks at a time makes a person happy to see people. The high today was 36. Washing your car in Michigan just makes it rust faster.

[@springrain9438]

Did you get that land at that price recently?! That's amazing!

[@SunRabbit]

Thanks for making this video! Yeah, I've been to Michigan only twice, both times for work, and although I didn't get to see the UP, almost everyone in MI seems to talk about it a lot. The people were very nice! I did visit a place called Pere Marquette, but it wasn't anything special. As someone from a cold country in Europe with long cold winters, it seemed like a place I could really get into if I wanted to live in the USA, which I don't.