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Ohio and Detroit Are Beefing Over a Tourism Billboard [PHOTOS]

By Jenna Jones on Mon, May 22, 2023 at 4:31 pm

If your 2023 bingo card did not include a second Michigan-Ohio war, you’re not alone.

A billboard in downtown Detroit promoting travel to Ohio with the old-new-old slogan “Ohio: The heart of it all” went viral over the weekend, leaving Michiganders threatening to take Toledo back and Ohioans defensive. If they want to throw a fit, fine, they can take it back. We don't want it, anyway.

Here are some of the funniest jokes cracked over the weekend — and if you’re an Michigander reading this, you can take Toledo.

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This means war! 😂
— ShotokuTech (@ShotokuTech) May 19, 2023

Soon the entire world will be OHIO.

Ohio Vs the The World. https://t.co/P1QpwXWCvd pic.twitter.com/zhH38U1WbQ
— Cincy Browncoat - You can't take the sky from me (@cincy_browncoat) May 20, 2023

Take. Back. Toledo. https://t.co/xWB5sjGngb
— Max Winnick (@WinnickMax) May 20, 2023

I’m just happy that this is probably the most photogenic picture of Detroit
— Brandon Peign (@PurplePeign) May 19, 2023

they started it, I been seeing PuRe MiChIgAn ads in Columbus for YEARS
— TSwany (@TSwanyIRL) May 19, 2023

"that's it we're taking back Toledo"
I think I speak for all Ohioans when I say we do not want Toledo. Please take it
— Horizon's #1 Hater (@LobaSupremacy) May 19, 2023

Difference between them and us is we would have already blown it up
— Chase (@chasekr8) May 19, 2023

We keep Sylvania and Ottawa Hills, you can have the rest of Toledo though!!!
— Bobwehadababyitsaboy (@ohwhocaresnow) May 19, 2023

I see Pure Michigan billboards here in SW Ohio all the time. Doesn't phase me.
— Jeremy 💂 ⚾ (@GuardTheCLE) May 19, 2023

I would surrender Toledo to Michigan before I would give Texas back to Mexico. And I'm a guy who REALLY wants to give Texas back to Mexico.
— The Jerk Store (@cantstandja82) May 19, 2023