Interesting article. I spend a lot of time in Marinette county and Iron Mountain. I was un aware of the disparity.

I grew up and spent the first 25 years of my life in Marinette, my partner is from across the river in Menominee. The differences between the two towns is crazy - Menominee can’t attract new businesses to save its life. It only gets worse the farther north you go.

I was just up there, and 0ne could argue that just a bit closer in area Wisconsin is an already very bustling and attractive area…. Closer to Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, etc. So lots of people go no farther.