Surveys

With the month of “America” wrapping up, (that’s what I think of July, between the 4th, vacations, this year the Made In America rally at the White House, it makes sense that July would be the month of America.) I thought this would be a good time to go back to the beginning of the month when we were all hanging out for Amway Family Fireworks...

Let’s start off with the actual definition of bullying from stopbullying.gov: Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time...

What’s your guess as to which food Michigan is known for?  Ours is kind of a no-brainer, but we'll get to that in a minute. The website SpoonUniversity.com decided to play into the age-old "state pride" of which food is each state's pride and joy...

For as many "best of" lists Grand Rapids falls in, it's a little upsetting when something like this comes along. A new study from Grand Valley State University (conducted by VoiceGR) found that people in the greater Grand Rapids area don't feel as safe as they did just a few years ago...

I'm so glad these lists get compiled, especially when our state doesn't look like weirdos! Estately just put together at list of "Products Each State Googles More Frequently Than Other States When Shopping Online"  and there are certainly some weird-ass states...

Today marked the start of Daylight Saving Time. A time when we set our clocks ahead an hour which results in longer amounts of daylight each day. I’m not going to try to sound super smart.. but here’s the deal: According to Wikipedia, Daylight Saving Time (DST) started with Benjamin Franklin in 1784...

OK, let’s get real for a second. I came across a Facebook friend’s post who was complaining because she wasn’t sure how to get into her car because of how the other car parked next to her. I had to recreate this post and the pictures, because we have “company rules” that save us from getting sued… so I’m going to have to “Rescue 911” recreate (still all the truth, just none of the real) this madne

If you currently live in Michigan or have ever lived in the state, then you know Michigan is better than Ohio, unless you are an Ohioan.  Now, there is a study to support our opinion. U.S. News ranked the best states in America based on many data points including Health Care, Education, Crime, economy, government, etc...

Grand Rapids just made another "best of" list. U.S. News listed the "100 Best Places to Live in the USA" and Grand Rapids came in at #19! If you already live in G.R. than you know this to be true. U.S. News says that Grand Rapids: ...

Last year the country was torn politically, but one thing we can all agree on, is a weekend of Netflix binge watching every now and then is something we all need! Highspeedinternet.com recently took at all the numbers and figured out what series each state binge watches...

How would you rank Michigan’s winter, compared to the other states? Thrillist did just that; ranked all 50 states on the level of how horrible the winters are..

We’ve just barely made it out of the summer of 2016, but already Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. wants you to start thinking about next summer! They’ve opened voting for next summer’s “Movies in the Park” and there’s about 100 movies to choose from...