No drive-bys in our neck of the woods. No big, black flies, either. The winter is cold, but then that's what winter is most places. And there are no more mosquitoes in Michigan than there are in California. Actually, the Olympic cow-tipping team works out in Michigan.
Most families keep their own cow in the back yard just so the kids can become ace tippers.
For the record, I have never seen anyone tip a cow in Michigan. Maybe I'm living too cloistered a life. While fielding all these questions it occurred to me that Michigan has a bit of an image problem. The problem is it has so many images. One person has a vision of urban blight, while another sees farmers putting along on tractors.