You're right. As a kid growing up I always figured anywhere south of Standish was southern Michigan and strikingly different than the Alpena area. Shortly after we hitchhiked up here in '74 Art Garfunkel (who was from Saginaw) came out with his "Nothing But the Dead and the Dying Back in my Little Town" song and I just knew he was referring to Alpena or Bay City or any of the other little struggling towns and cities after the hey day of the auto industry.