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Originally Posted by Docere
Michigan being "Yankee" in the US context makes sense given the western migration paths. Michigan is the most "Yankee" state of the Midwest culturally (as its settlers came from New England/western New York).
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Historically it might make some sense, though all of the western states were settled by New Englanders (along with the immigrant English, Scots, Scandinavians, Germans etc.). And even so, western New York isn't New England; it's midwest.