Over the last several years, Michigan City has gone to great lengths to attract new business. Specifically, restaurants, places to shop and other tourist-oriented businesses have been popping up like a sophisticated game of Whack-A-Mole.
All along, though, we've struggled to address the elephant in the room: How do we get people to live here?
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