One reason I've always loved being 1-2 hours from the Canadian border is, that no matter who you are, if your NOT into long......................C O L D winters, and NO public transportation, you virtually Never get a lot of RIFF/RAFF. In fact you rarely get over 1-2 thousand PEOPLE total in even the biggest towns. I've known people who have tried REAL hard to stick it out during the brutal winters, but thier kids refuse to stay, and haul asss back to the warmth, and public transportation. I'm not talking about cities like Cleveland, which IS on the border, but along border towns like ME/NH/VT/NY/WI/MN/ND/MT/ID.
Check the sensus numbers in those towns in those states. EVEN in most Northern Micigan, like Marqutte for example.