<p>I don’t think I said it was SIGNIFICANTLY shorter going through Pittsburgh. I said it was shorter and it is. I’m not going to disagree either about the time in traffic through the cities taking up that difference. I appreciate the suggestion of going through Canada to get to Michigan and would certainly like to do that for another trip, but for this one we’re going through Pittsburgh. 
Hotel is booked. If anyone wants to start a thread where all posters get to vote on where the OP’s should go on a trip, I think we should all participate!</p>