Actually Ian, I refer to my hometown of Jackson, Michigan as the armpit because it is so culturally challenged. (Lots of kareoke bars andonly 2 music stores, selling nothing but "B"-grade guitars and basses. I travel to metro Detroit, about 50 miles to the east to get my hands on the cool stuff.)
I live in the lower peninsula of Michigan, which resembles a left handed mitten. If you hold your left hand out in front of you, palm down, my location would be near the area where all of the tendons from your fingers gather together before they travel into your wrist.