Here’s something you’ve likely never considered on your daily driving across Michigan, are you a vertical or horizontal commuter? Meaning, particularly in the Lower Peninsula, are you oriented to driving mainly north-south or east-west?
The discussion came up recently on Reddit about which is better, having to do a regular commute vertically or horizontally? The original poster (OP) in this case debated between horizontal routes, I-96 (which runs from Muskegon to Detroit via Grand Rapids and Lansing) and I-94 (from New Buffalo to Port Huron via Kalamazoo, Jackson and Detroit), stating they would rather live along the I-94 corridor but commute to work along I-96. The post concludes with an exclaim, “I don’t even know what you vertical-highway-associated Michiganders do.”…