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Michigan is an incredibly important state in the country due to its history with and current home of the U.S. automobile industry. But while the state today is home to about 10 million Americans, the vast majority of them live almost as close to the border of Ohio and Indianapolis as possible. Here's why so few Michiganders live in the north and why Michigan owns the Upper Peninsula in the first place.

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