You're closer to more of Michigan than you think. Here's something Warren doesn't get enough credit for. It sits almost exactly in the middle of everything. Two hours north and you're in the Thumb, where the shoreline is quiet and the campgrounds don't have waiting lists. Two hours west and you're in the Irish Hills, the lakes, the kind of Michigan that people from other states picture when they think about Michigan. Two hours northwest and you're touching the edge of the nor

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