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Detroitrise
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Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 11:02 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

This excludes sport teams, discussing downtown alone, the casinos, and the riverfront.

Really, what I always liked the most about Detroit is the overall vibe & infrastructure. The neighborhoods surrounding downtown (what's left of them) have this urban-suburban feel. It's like a suburban town with mad density. This city has roads in each & every direction (which end at a supposedly center) + it's almost impossible for someone to get terribly lost & confused (unless they're frightened by some of the "less stellar" areas).

Also, I like how the energy in Detroit is sort of easy-going. The Motor City (despite having wild drivers) isn't really a city with too much hustle & bustle. There's some clusters of traffic here & there, but it's mostly quiet & in a strange way cute.
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Professorscott
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Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 11:27 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

1. Coneys - if you're going to have a local food, make it something inherently unhealthy which you then manage to make even more unhealthy! And let's not even discuss "chili cheese fries", which is a three-fer.

2. The aggressively working-class ethic, and just to give an example: when the Red Wings won the first of the recent Stanley Cup championships in the late 1990s, Al Sobotka got to ride the Zamboni on a float in the victory parade. Now, the fact he got to ride in the parade isn't the main thing that impressed me; the main thing is everyone knows who that is. Not true, I bet, of the person doing the same job for (say) the Rangers.

'rise, I've never before heard the adjective "cute" used to describe Detroit; I think you are the first person in our history to use that word for that purpose.
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Lmichigan
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Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 11:52 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I really like how the city feels old and new at the same time.
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Warrenite84
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 12:04 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Two things stand out for me. One, the Baroque spoke layout and architecture. (Could you imagine if Woodward's Design for even one whole six sided block had been compleated?) Even though it is only a portion, our present layout gives Detroit as one blogger mentioned an incredible sense of place.

Two, a tenacious, grounded work and play ethic. A people who deliver when called upon,(Arsenal of Democracy), hard working, and competitive.

A little too hard on ourselves, though.
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Hamtragedy
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 12:34 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I really enjoyed getting my shit stolen from the Home Depot parking lot on Seven Mile this afternoon. I especially appreciated getting a ticket for helping people safely cross the street last month as well. Sadly, this public school grad and lifelong Detroit supporter's romance with this worthless piece of shit town is coming to an end.

"Was blind, but now I see." :-)
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Tayllik
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 12:46 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What I love most is the people there positive attitude and ability to over come most anything. I love the people smart enough not leave important things in a car so they can be seen by some crook to steal.
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Youngprofessionaldetroiter
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I love the architecture here. Not just downtown, but in the historic districts, like near the cultural district, Indian Village, Palmer Woods. It's very apparent that Detroit was once an "alpha" city, where excellence, innovation, and ambition were greatly valued by the culture here. I hope to see those traditions become prominent again here.

YPD

(Message edited by youngprofessionaldetroiter on August 12, 2008)
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Hamtragedy
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 1:01 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah, try carrying on a business in this town and sometimes you really have no choice but to leave shit in your vehicle..for three fucking minutes. Never mind the other countless times I've had shit stolen from my locked vehicle not out in the open, or bullshit like a CD or a pack of squares, or several radios. I've seriously lost track (at least four hands) of all the times my shitty ass car or truck has been broken into, whether at the store, at the club, in front of the crib. Yet I'm still here, everyday getting closer and closer to gettin' the fuck out.

I especially love the responsive police force, who I know better than to even call.
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Hamtragedy
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 1:12 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I love the way all the lead glass windows are being stolen from freshly foreclosed homes and sent to California.

I love the way the magnificent houses in Boston Edison are being destroyed daily by scrappers who break in and take the bronze sconces off the wall.

I love the 100 year old Speakman Mixometer shower fixture with 5 heads and its nickle plated ribbed sprayer being stolen from the 10' marble shower stalls and the way they destroyed the marble trying to get it out.

I love the 150 lb china sink smashed into the octagon tile floor (without a crack in the floor) so they could take the bronze Chicago Faucet.

I love the way how they did they exact same shit in the house next door only 4 days later.
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Lmichigan
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 1:47 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Troll. There are enough "why do you hate Detroit?" threads in this forum for you not to have to come here and f%ck this one up. Yes, you are a tragedy.
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Hamtragedy
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 2:00 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Four words: Great Lakes & Belle Isle. Now let me return to my irregularly programmed schedule.

I love the way there were two murders on the block behind me last month in the same week and no one knows a damn thing. I'm the tragedy for continuing to turn a blind eye to it, in addition to the tragedy that kept up this romance with this town for this long. Hence the name. At least I can see the irony. I'm pissed off because of what keeps happening and how nothing seems to change for the better. But the rest of you can keep your love affair alive for now and keep breathing the fumes from the incinerator.

Oh, I love how they built an incinerator, and how in 20 years all of the neighborhoods down-wind from it are gone.
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Kville
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 5:18 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Amazing - another positive site turned negative in only about 5 postings. Considering how many members seem to hate the city so much, I wonder why they want to belong. I'm about ready to quit because it gets too depressing to constantly find a negative spin on just about everything. It's worse than watching the news.
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Detroitduo
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 6:00 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

sometimes people just need to vent.

sometimes we just need to let the people speak.

sometimes the people are heard.
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Jita1
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 7:34 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Although I now live outside of the city, there are things that I do still appreciate about Detroit:

1. Belle Isle - A true gem. Many memories there, cruising "The Strip" as a teen and riding my bike around the fountain as a kid and going down the giant slide with my dad.

2. Campus Martias - Great idea, especially the Winter Blast.

3. Chene Park - My favorite music venue

4. Hart Plaza - I miss the Praise Fest but many nice festivals down there.

5. The river walk - another great idea

6. Greektown and Mexican Town - Some of the best food on the planet.

I miss:

1. Spartan Atlantic (or something like that) dept. store.
2. Kingway
3. Edgewater Park
4. Bob-Lo
5. Young's BBQ
6. Onasis Coney Island (are there any left?)
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Detroitduo
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 7:49 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I love the Theatres! Detroit has some of the greatest theatres around. (if only we could get some long running shows......)

Eastern Market is something our City has that other Cities can only try to reproduce.

The collection of top notch museums.

amazing neighborhoods of gorgeous (albeit some unkempt) early 1900's residences.

I love the Talent and Creativity of the people of Detroit. This is a V E R Y difficult city to live in, but the people who do it and enjoy it are truly special people that this City needs to do better to keep within it's borders.

Finally, the POTENTIAL of this City is unbelievable. I may talk "down" about our City, but I firmly believe that if someone finds a way to tap the hidden energy and spark the POTENTIAL of this City, the boom will be nothing short of amazing. I just do not know if the time is right, yet......
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Lombaowski
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The old churches and just going into neighborhoods or by old buildings and thinking about the history of the city, what it did to make America what it is today. It's sad and sentimental but a lot of those things make me smile. Although a lot of current residents lack pride in their neighborhoods, the city is filled with pride through brick and mortar and wood.
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Jita1
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 8:04 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

ditto detroitduo.
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Sg_creative
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 8:17 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The Architecture
The Underdogness
That I was born here
That it's improving with baby steps all the time
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French777
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 8:17 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Its an Urban Area

Its not like Rochester Hills just 2 Story 3,ooo sq ft house after another.


ITS DEMOCRATIC!
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Izzyindetroit
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 9:49 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =3WLJ6iffp9A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =ViseqH8hilU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =WT3KhSfHl9M&feature=related


^^^^^What they said^^^^^


In my own opinion, the big city with a small town feel, being able to strike up a conversation with anyone, and the smile I get on my face every morning when I look towards downtown and marvel the fact that I actually live here.

Oh yeah and of course drunken bike rides home after the bar.
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Gazhekwe
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 10:15 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I love the old beauty, and the new vibes. Tech Town, Woodbridge, Midtown, the Village, places we must explore and appreciate. Celebrating the history and building the future are ongoing, and I love that, too. The cultural district, the huge range of music and art, the creativity, all are the breath of Detroit.
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Detroitrise
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 10:49 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

quote:

What I love most is the people there positive attitude and ability to over come most anything. I love the people smart enough not leave important things in a car so they can be seen by some crook to steal.



LOL! Agreed. :-)
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Detroitnerd
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 10:50 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bars with smoking. Mmmmmmm, smoking. :-)
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Tkierpiec
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 11:00 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I love the architecture and the general bohemian spirit of people here. It's an interesting vibe and it takes some getting used to. Things you take for granted in the suburbs don't always come so easily here but it's kind of fun "working it all out" and finding creative ways to live. Let hamtragedy vent - the world isn't all puppies and sunshine. It *is* frustrating to see all the crap that goes on in this city and yes, it's nice to see a thread with positivity. However, you have to expect people to be real and do some bitching as well.
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Detroitrise
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 11:04 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Tkierprice, I'm putting your quote in notepad notepad for the next time I must vent & be real about something as well. :-)
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Sec106
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 3:10 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

People of Detroit are possibly the most friendly and helpful in the USA.
Better Made Chips
River Walk makes so happy I could cry.
Fabulous Art Institute
I love when people come here from out of town and are blown away by the city and go back and tell other folks.
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Wormbookie
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 3:27 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Detroiters
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Bcscott
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 4:37 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Same here, I also love the architecture. Everything from the mansions in Brush Park and the downtown skyscrapers to the warehouses and Kahn designed factories. So much history, so many beautiful structures it's hard not to find something that catches your eye. The food is fantastic, the people are wonderful, the nightlife is vibrant. Of course I live 120 miles away so I'm sure I have somewhat of a romantic view of the place. But I try to tell as many people as I can to visit Detroit. There's so much more than Ford Field, the Copa, and the Joe.
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Goldensunshine
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What I like . . .or in My case, what I MISS:

The Waterfront
The street-smartness of people around me, and in my neighborhood.
The folks where I am are still in La-La Land somewhere

Coney Island
Olga’s Kitchen
Faygo Pop
The Riverfront
Taking Drives around Detroit & the Suburbs
Starting conversations with “What high school / elementary school did you go to?”
Woodward
Jefferson
Driving through the Grosse Pointes down Lakeshore Dr.
Being close to Cedar Point
Outer Drive
Michigan State Fair – closer proximity to my house than
The Puyallup fair is to me in Seattle.

Fairlane
Twelve Oaks
Somerset Collection
Northland – believe it or not

My Backyard
My street & neighborhood (the way it USED to be)


So much more . . .
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Richard_bak
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The fact that we're north of Windsor. For some reason that cracks me up.
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Sumas
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The panhandlers. When you explain to them you don't have any money either. You always get a God bless you.
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Lferg
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I love the neighborhood bars downtown and the diversity of the people.
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Bobl
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 9:12 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Live music. Jazz Festival. The river. Belle Isle. DIA. The architecture. The people. Late April through early November weather.
Dislikes: Devastation of the economy, neighborhoods, and self respect. Drugs. Racial and economic polarization. And the politicians who, rather then looking for solutions, use these problems for "gotcha" politics while lining their pockets with cash.
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Detrola
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 9:22 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Duly's
John King Books
...a few of my favorite things...
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Ravine
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Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 9:31 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Tiger Stadium!

Oh, damn! Uhh... never mind.
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Wolverine
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Downtown skyscrapers, and the interesting viewpoints you get because of the angled streets.
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Ggores
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I like best the absence of omnipotent commercial superstores. I like the rich assortment of bars and a Dairy Queen here and there. But most of all, I like the style. Nothing more exemplifies this than the women of Detroit, the girls, etc. (getting too old to keep saying "girls"). And I lived in So Cal for several years, and came back, well... it's the honest to goodness truth. Question asked, question answered. Like? I absolutely love it. Hope ya'll do too.
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Goldensunshine
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I definately miss the historic homes, and the architecture of Detroit.
I don't care where I go in the world, there is nothing like the neighborhoods of Detroit.
Even certain run down spots have such charcter because you can see the ghost of their former splendor, and what they used to be.
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Professorscott
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Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 12:19 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Detrola, thanks for mentioning John King Books, which I completely forgot about in my first post on this thread and then felt badly about it.

I have told Mrs. Prof that the ideal birthday present for me (and it's coming up) would be five thousand dollars and a U-Haul truck (better: Penske; he's local), then I could go to two places. First to King Books, and spend about four G, then off to the Art Van clearance center for the necessary bookshelves because I'd need more of them.

Also the Detroit Theater Organ Society at the old Senate Theater on Michigan west of Livernois, a rare and somewhat unusual type of a cultural gem.
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Smogboy
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I guess one of the things that I noticed that I have here in the area- and most of my friends who don't live here don't have, is a yard. We actually seem to have some personal green space! Compared to some of my friends & family who live in other large urban areas who own property, they really don't have lawns or if they do, it's the size of a postage stamp.

Yeah sometimes it's a pain to mow it and keep it relatively crisp but it's mine.
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Detroitstar
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What I like most about Detroit is not any place, but the people. When I moved here 3 years ago I knew just 3 people in and around the city. From the day I moved into Lafayette Park I have met dozens of people who go against everything I had heard about Detroit.

We might not live in a shiny, clean city...but that doesnt matter. I would rather live in a city with friendly people. Great people are all around our city. People are quick to judge us because we have abandoned buildings and a high crime rate. But these people passing judgement have no clue how strong the spirit of detroit really is! 99% of Detroiters are the greatest neighbors there are.

I moved here 3 years ago as a 21 year old white guy moving into "Americas blackest city." I was told I wouldnt be welcomed. Now I'm a Detroiter. I might not have been born here, but I have been made to feel more at home than anywhere I lived before.

I dont believe anyone can truly understand Detroit until you live here. I have laughed at friends in Chicago, Cleveland and other places who make jokes when I tell them why I like it here. People will never understand. It is not our buildings tourist attractions that make us great, but the hearts of the people who are some of the friendliest people in the country.
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Gertrude
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I love that my family has been here for ~140 years so driving around parts of the city are walking personal history tour for us. I love the people here who always something better. I love that people here are relatively unpretentious. I love the old homes and non-sterile vibe around. I love the people who lived near my grandma. They looked out for her and her house in her later years. She was never broken into although she lived in a very, very rough neighborhood. The architecture can't be beat.
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Mrsjdaniels
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I agree with the prof - Coneys, not so much a coney dog but just the idea of eating at 4 a.m.
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Dfd
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Detroit Fire Dept.
Their skill level
Their ability to do more with less
The architecture of the firehouses
The traditions
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Dannyv
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The music, the music, the music
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Maxdetroit
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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

And we have the least boring mayor of anyplace on the planet.
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Sludgedaddy
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I love watching the trash blizzards blow down the street on windy days and the trash tornadoes that form in the whirlwinds between buildings.

I love giving a wolf whistle to black burqa clad babes on Conant.

I love the return of Mother Nature and seeing coyotes and foxes and other wildlife roaming the once inhabited areas of the city.

I love partaking in a 1960's hand rolled joy stick and wandering through Elmwood or Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

I love the unique vista of an urban prairie and imagine Laura Ingels writng "Little HUD House on the Prairie".

I love trapping rats by the score, taking the carcasses to work and watching them mummify in the parking structure that never gets clean.

In a Travis Bickle frame of mind, I love the onset of Winter's first blast and how it drives the scum off the streets.

I love the quiet majesty of the old Polish churches near Eastern Market.

I love dumpster diving on bulk pick-up days.

I love the hoopties that drive around town, where anywhere else would never pass a state inspection.
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Sean_of_detroit
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The work ethic and sense of community... even through hard times. Simply amazing!
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Reddog289
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My two Dairy Queens and the Pizza places left there.The Redford Theatre,and the fact that Detroit mirrors my life. The good, bad and well unexplainable.
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Elimarr
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I love the Detroit sense of Humor. (Right, Sludge?)
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Detroitjim
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There are several things that I like about Detroit.
1. If I don't want to cut my grass or shovel the snow I don't have to. (Some other cities will come out and do it for you then add it to your tax bill)Not Here!
2. I can have my property looking like a junkyard (all 10 ghetto cruisers that I have ever owned)and no one bothers me.
3.Front porch barbecues! Yeeehaw!
4. Ifn I feel like capping of a few rounds . No need for a shooting range ,just fire away.
It hardly draws any attention (No different than any car alarm).
5.You can save on rv storage fees by keeping the boat and the mobile home in the side drive.
6. No need to license my kennels worth of dogs.
7.Who needs bulk trash pickup .Just drive a few blocks away and off load it .
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Long_in_the_tooth
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Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 12:30 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

no tourists
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Melody
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Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 3:13 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"I love giving a wolf whistle to black burqa clad babes on Conant."

You don't really do that. You should dress up like a woman (in any kind of clothes) and walk around Hamtramck. I can't go anywhere without someone saying something. It's the number one thing I don't like about living in Hamtramck.

Anyway...here's a few things I like about living in Detroit:

- Hamtramck
- Fishbone's in Greektown
- The Eastern Wig Co on Woodward
- Driving down Jefferson from Woodward to Metro Beach
- Eastland Mall before the Olga's closed
- Cruising Gratiot on summer nights in the '90s
- The Pistons
- American and Lafayette Coney Island
- Jim Diamond's Ghetto Recorders (and the Tempermill)
- Not a crazy influx of Starbucks
- Foran's, Bookie's, and the Anchor Bar
- The Majestic Theater Center
- Red Coat Tavern
- And YEAH, no tourists, ha ha!
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Ray1936
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Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 3:22 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The Kwame and Friends Laugh-in. I haven't had such belly laughs in years.
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Richard_bak
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Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 3:24 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Melody, please, there are already several DY posters who dress up like women and walk around Hamtramck. Any more and it'll be the Cafe GiGi.
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Melody
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Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 3:50 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ha ha! :-)
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Sludgedaddy
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Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 5:14 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I often get whistles and shouts of approval when I have my old man's dupa pointed toward Polaris when weeding my garden. I smile and wave back.

Melody, you've got to stop wearing that babushka with those hot-pants on Campau. You know how that combination stirs men's passions.

CANCER!....and my name's Larry. Now, I like all the women of the world......Float...Float on....(dingdingdingding.....)
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Jasoncw
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Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 11:41 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I like the city's history with industry, and applied arts. I like that Detroit has done a lot of things that have changed the world. I like that, while not always good, we have a meaningful history and strong characteristics.

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