Hey, I'm Chris. I haven't lived in the UP since I was 18, but still get back at least 3 times a year to see the rentskies. I don't consider myself a Yooper either, though til 18 I lived the Yooper life. Now I can just imitate the accent.

Yoopers rock. I'm a convert and now live in LA. I lived in Marquette 5 years, started 231 art gallery and give former pres. Bailey hell as the voice of skinny white boy on Radio X. DON'T TELL ANYONE ABOUT THE U.P. This should be a private club: I don't want all the CA kats moving there. heh heh. I'm a filmmaker, indy style and I have friends and connections in Marquette. I get back at least 3 times a year, and I'll be hitting Hiawatha this year. I love the beaches, the long winters and piles of snow. The slower pace of life, the white nights from yellow lights refeclting of mounds of snow. The forests and quietness and cold spawn an intimacy hard to find anywhere else. Let's get the yoopers around this country united.

~jEss

hey all - i'm not techically a yooper. i'm what you all would call a "flatlander" actually... but i have half of my family up in Iron County so i travel up there usually at least once a year. my mom also owned a sports bar in Escanaba but she recently sold. nice to meet everyone!