People in north Michigan are not different at all from people in southern Alabama. Trust me someone who's spent a lot of time in both places. They're all hardworking simple people.
If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society or what is worse looking as if he stifled grief.
I love being a dad. I'd have more kids if I could. I'd take a couple more one or two more before I croak.