Lansing

When traveling through the US, making it a point to visit every single state capital along the way is something that some people used to do but has since gone out of vogue.

Lansing has an interesting history. It used to be a swamp, but the goverment decided that the state capital should be centrally located to the state, and so moved the capital from where it was (Detroit, if I remember correctly) to Lansing, many many many years ago (100? something like that – long time ago), and in the process, did lots of landscaping to ensure that it be usable and not just office buildings in the middle of a swamp. That much said, if you like swampy areas, you can still find them in Lansing, along with a decent number of mosquitos during the summer, as they like swamps too.

If you’re going to any of the surrounding areas (East Lansing, Okemos, Holt, Dewitt, Mason, St. John’s, Owosso, and probably more) by air, you’ll be landing at the Lansing airport and then traveling on land from there. Perhaps the smallest of state capital airports that I’ve seen, it is functional, safe, and clean enough to not make you feel icky.

Lansing is worth visiting as an example of yet another state capital, along with the state history museum, and nearby attractions (Michigan State University campus), but doesn’t have special landmarks/sites beyond that (no giant towers, archs, famous statues, etc…). Aparently “Elderly Instruments” in Okemos has quite the bit of fame, but I’ve not chanced my way there yet.

Im prolly just bitter, but i wouldnt live-in or visit Lansing Michigan for anything. Here are the reasons
1. No clue what the weather will be, except cloudy 90% of the time.
2. Everyone is fat, ugly, poor, or a combination of all.
3. The capitol is such a joke, they should have dozed it when they had a chance.
4. No culture
5. No Hope

I was hear during cheerleading competition, but you need to see the capital.

ITs a pretty cool place, it gets kinda cold in the winter. But i like it.

What you want to know?

enough said.

It’s utterly boring and insular. Some say Flint is the armpit of Michigan. If this is true then Lansing is its crotch.

I was in Lansing a looooong time ago for a school trip sometime in the early summer and it was way hot. I remember checking out the capital building and a really great museum. I wish I could remember what museum it was because I’d love to go back.

I lived here for about a year in a half (on E. Michigan Ave) in a run down house with 4 housemates. By this point I had already dropped out of classes at MSU, but right before I moved from Lansing, I started taking classes at the community college.

I went to visit my sister…. it was nice.