ORIGINAL: Guss
VT, for some reason every old rail, coal, andmanufacturing shops are being turned into condos, and I cant figure out why. That is in MQT, other places in the UP are still the same old same old, loggers and minners still making up most of the population. I dont know what is happening to Marquette but it sounds like I am going threw the same thing you are on alittle smaller scale.
I'm going to try to take an exploratory drive later this summer if I can scrape together the money. The porcupine mountains area looks real nice so I may try a bit of camping there. I might try to make my way into MN as well.