  Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 274 Registered: 08-2006 |
How many people in this site actually live in the city of Detroit? | ||
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies Post Number: 2258 Registered: 10-2003 |
https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/6790/62672.html | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 1251 Registered: 04-2005 |
Although not 100% complete or accurate, take a look at this map. http://www.frappr.com/detroity es | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 417 Registered: 11-2003 |
I do. So what. | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 545 Registered: 02-2006 |
Nice edit. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 244 Registered: 01-2006 |
I live in the city. 48702 | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 1352 Registered: 05-2005 |
anywhere I lay my head is home | ||
Spacemonkey Member Username: Spacemonkey Post Number: 102 Registered: 03-2006 |
I'm in Rochester Hills. I used to live Downtown Detroit though; Cass and Bagley. | ||
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa Post Number: 1198 Registered: 11-2003 |
Where's 48702, is that a new zip code? | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 245 Registered: 01-2006 |
lol...crappy typing...48207!!  | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 274 Registered: 04-2006 |
I would assume about 5 percent actually live in the city. There are probably an additiional 25 percent that have apartments in the city, but still list their home addresses as being mommy and daddy in the burbs so they can get cheap insurance. These folks can't count as living in the city as they do not pay city income taxe rates nor do they vote. All they do is whine and act like they are cool. They also do not fill out their census forms for fear of being found out, in a way, they are a major part of the problem, though they feel entitiled to see them selves as the solution to Detroit's ills. Me? I live in the same zip code I grew up in, 48228. I pay my full city taxes, property taxes, and car insurance. I vote in the city elections. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 246 Registered: 01-2006 |
strange, it wont accept my address. It tells me I live by the cemetary. Creepy. | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 1252 Registered: 04-2005 |
^^^ I assume you are talking about entering your info on the map. You can change the exact location of the marker in your preferences for frapper. I don't remember exactly how, but it can be done. | ||
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies Post Number: 2259 Registered: 10-2003 |
Detroit planner your assumption is very wrong. You should believe the 50% living in Detroit is very accurate. Out of the people I've met from the forum it is about right. Most of us are way older than needing to rely on Mommy and Daddy for mailing addresses. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 275 Registered: 04-2006 |
ndavies, maybe I am just focusing too much on the whiny types that seem to bug me the most? : ) | ||
Newlaster Member Username: Newlaster Post Number: 195 Registered: 06-2004 |
Detroitplanner, I disagree. I know at least 100 people personally who live in the city but have out-of-town addresses. And even if you rent, through your rent, you pay property taxes. You shop and eat in the city and participate in the social climate. Even though they aren't counted on the Census data, it's inaccurate to say they don't live in the city---because they do, in fact, live in the city | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 276 Registered: 04-2006 |
All I can say to you and your 100, is shame on you. | ||
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa Post Number: 1199 Registered: 11-2003 |
Please tell me you're being sarcastic, Detroitplanner... please? | ||
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou Post Number: 153 Registered: 09-2006 |
I "stay" in Lansing, but I "live" in Detroit and always will. In fact during the 2010 census im going to tell my parents to put it down that I still live there so atleast im contributing to the pop count. When I graduate I hope to live in the city even though living in NYC is appealing to me. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4420 Registered: 11-2003 |
Northwest side. jjaba. | ||
Stecks77 Member Username: Stecks77 Post Number: 126 Registered: 08-2006 |
48226. I work, vote, pay taxes and ridiculously high car insurance. | ||
Bussey Member Username: Bussey Post Number: 273 Registered: 12-2003 |
48208 in the house | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 277 Registered: 04-2006 |
Sarcasm? Heck no. Here is my rationale/position: 1). The folks who live in the city, but do so without paying income taxes use services like those of us that do pay income taxes. 2). The cost of insurance is higher because of all of the folks who try to skirt the system. Those who do this and have good driving records are not counted as paying into the Detroit kitty. 3). For example, I have another home in N Michigan, if I used that as my address, I too could get over on the system, save on taxes, insurance. However, my primary reason for not doing so is so that I can vote within the City as it is the jurisdiction I care most about. Mind you I know I could save thousands by simply changing my address, but I am not a sell out. I want to contribute my fair share. I see those that don't contribute their fair share as parasites; living off of those that do. | ||
Naturalsister Member Username: Naturalsister Post Number: 836 Registered: 11-2004 |
48226 later - naturalsister | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 546 Registered: 02-2006 |
Most of the stories you hear about people keeping separate addresses has nothing to do with their address of residence, it's for insurance purposes only. They just say that that is where the car is "parked" most nights. | ||
Tkelly1986 Member Username: Tkelly1986 Post Number: 158 Registered: 01-2004 |
I live in England now attending grad school, although I grew up in the Great Lakes State. Regardless, I don't believe my current residence discredits me from bitching and whining…….Michigan is still home. (Message edited by tkelly1986 on October 19, 2006) | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 819 Registered: 01-2004 |
Greater downtown region ... 48201 | ||
Bobj Member Username: Bobj Post Number: 1252 Registered: 11-2003 |
I don't live in Detroit, but I live about 3 blocks out of the City. I moved here from Oakland County. My car insurance, exact same car and driver, went up 40% when I moved. | ||
Kiplinger Member Username: Kiplinger Post Number: 37 Registered: 06-2006 |
Me! 48227 | ||
Matt Member Username: Matt Post Number: 1114 Registered: 10-2003 |
Hey, where'd my post go? | ||
J_stone Member Username: J_stone Post Number: 339 Registered: 10-2003 |
Sky Loft - Birmingham here. I make $165K a year plus bonus. I post on this site, mainly to stay abreast of crime in the city, just in case. | ||
Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog Post Number: 764 Registered: 03-2006 |
lol. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 280 Registered: 04-2006 |
"What I Believe." I believe in rainbows and puppy dogs and fairy tales. And I believe in the family - Mom and Dad and Grandma.. and Uncle Tom, who waves his penis. And I believe 8 of the 10 Commandments. And I believe in going to church every Sunday, unless there's a game on. And I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, wholesome and natural things.. that money can buy. And I believe it's derogatory to refer to a woman's breasts as "boobs", "jugs", "winnebagos" or "golden bozos".. and that you should only refer to them as "hooters". And I believe you should put a woman on a pedestal.. high enough so you can look up her dress. And I believe in equality, equality for everyone.. no matter how stupid they are, or how much better I am than they are. And, people say I'm crazy for believing this, but I believe that robots are stealing my luggage. And I believe I made a mistake when I bought a 30-story 1-bedroom apartment. And I believe the Battle of the Network Stars should be fought with guns. And I believe that Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was - an arctic region covered with ice. And, lastly, I believe that of all the evils on this earth, there is nothing worse than the music you're listening to right now. That's what I believe. | ||
Buddyinrichmond Member Username: Buddyinrichmond Post Number: 71 Registered: 02-2004 |
I live in Richmond now but I still really love Detroit and hope things improve. I try to go to at least a Tiger game or two a year with drinks afterwards to help the cause. That and all the big country acts are playing at Ford Field it seems. Always a good time. | ||
Magic_mushroom Member Username: Magic_mushroom Post Number: 21 Registered: 12-2005 |
I live in Bismarck, North Dakota. Originally I'm from South Bend, IN. I maybe will get back to the Midwest one day. However, I love it out here too much. When I'm home, I try to get to Detroit to visit, maybe see a Tigers game. Can't get enough of the town. | ||
Chow Member Username: Chow Post Number: 312 Registered: 10-2003 |
I, as a renter, apparently don't live in Detroit. Maybe my college attending ass should purchase a home to appease some people's warped sense of entitlement to a city that really can't afford to be exclusive. | ||
Sticks Member Username: Sticks Post Number: 116 Registered: 08-2005 |
Hating the car insurance payments here in 48226. | ||
Superaygun Member Username: Superaygun Post Number: 537 Registered: 04-2005 |
Loving the dill pickle soup here in 48212. | ||
Imperfectly Member Username: Imperfectly Post Number: 142 Registered: 06-2004 |
48207 honestly my insurance is not a ton more than when i lived in 48021 (eastpointe). And its worth it to be living in the city. | ||
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin Post Number: 3039 Registered: 10-2003 |
48226 representing well.... | ||
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto Post Number: 2616 Registered: 10-2003 |
48216... | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 283 Registered: 04-2006 |
Maybe if more educated people in Detroit were registered to vote, you would not have been stuck! I fail to see how this is a counter-arguement. If you don't vote, you get no say in local politics. This is pretty much giving up all of your rights as an american citizen. I need educated people voting to help me clean this city up, can't you see that? | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 275 Registered: 08-2006 |
Mayor Sekou, If you really want to be a part of the population of the city of Detroit, move into the city of DEtroit. Your blank count isnt helping us in terms of housing and what not. | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 276 Registered: 08-2006 |
"Face it my fellow citizens in Detroit aren't very smart" Its not that the citizens of Detroit aren't very smart, it's just that they would waste their intelligence on stupid things and dont have anything to show for their intelligence. I'm sure Detroiters are some of the brightest in the world, just stupid decision makers, like Fort Wayne, Indians. (Indiana) | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 286 Registered: 04-2006 |
I am 40 and live in my parents basement. That way I can afford sundaes from Sanders. the HF Cream Puff is my favorite. | ||
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou Post Number: 172 Registered: 09-2006 |
Dtown1, If all goes well I will move back into the city Id love to be here to watch it revive. However, just in case im forced to take my first "real" job outside the state or I find manhattan too appealing, I will still have my parents doctor up their census forms. Besides id be helping balance out the undercount. | ||
Dillpicklesoup Member Username: Dillpicklesoup Post Number: 210 Registered: 05-2006 |
I was born in the D and went to school there- grew up in Royal Oak- lived there most of my life- and now I live in Holly- | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 872 Registered: 01-2005 |
1936 - 1938 Detroit 1938 - 1941 Grand Rapids 1941 - 1946 Dearborn 1946 - 1984 Detroit 1984 - date Las Vegas When they bury me: Detroit (Woodlawn) (See? I'm coming back some day!) | ||
Billybbrew Member Username: Billybbrew Post Number: 224 Registered: 07-2005 |
Claytown... 48210 | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 293 Registered: 08-2006 |
I figure if people on this site loved Detroit so much, that they would ssupport it by livning and surviving only in th ecity. Although it will be hard , it definently can be done. I mean came on, Las Vegas is like a desert boiund Detroit, with the casinos, prostitution, crime and lack of mass transit. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 106 Registered: 11-2005 |
I live in New Center, about three or four blocks from the Fisher Bldg. | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 295 Registered: 08-2006 |
Rhymeswitrawk, how do u like it in the new center area and what building or housing do u live in? | ||
Ffdfd Member Username: Ffdfd Post Number: 18 Registered: 09-2006 |
""Dtown1, If all goes well I will move back into the city Id love to be here to watch it revive. However, just in case im forced to take my first "real" job outside the state or I find manhattan too appealing, I will still have my parents doctor up their census forms. Besides id be helping balance out the undercount."" I cannot think of a more empty gesture. | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 299 Registered: 08-2006 |
Dont get me started up, as that's that I love Detroit mentality, but I'm not going down with it. I didnt see people fleeing New York when they were having their crime problems and issues. I can mention one thing thats better in Detroit than New York, and that is traffic and congestion. the congestion in Detroit isnt hardly as bad as New's York, with or without Manhatten. However, go ahead, we dont need ya. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 288 Registered: 04-2006 |
Las Vegas lacks transit??? Busses run on main routes every 15 minutes, big articulated ones... They have a people mover systemt hat is actually used to move people! | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 302 Registered: 08-2006 |
Sounds like a Detroit with DAILY TOURISM INCLUDING AROUND 500,000 thousand population and suburbs. Detroit doent have a major daily flow of tourism like Las Vegas does | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 822 Registered: 12-2005 |
Las Vegas is currently losing business to nationwide casinos in the same way Detroit lost business to an international auto industry. There's an odd parallel there. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 876 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jimaz, Las Vegas area casino earnings have increased every month without exception. They are reported monthly in the local papers. They even break down the casinos in the various areas of the valley (strip, downtown, Henderson, Boulder Strip, etc). Tourism numbers also have increased monthly without exception, which includes arrivals at McCarran Int'l Airport. The City of Las Vegas has about 500,000 residents, but the population of the entire valley including the suburbs of Henderson, North Las Vegas, and unincorporated Clark County exceeded 1.6 million as of July. I moved here on retirement for the weather. I had my share of gray, gloomy-assed Michigan winters. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 829 Registered: 12-2005 |
Live long and prosper there. Ray! (Message edited by Jimaz on October 23, 2006) | ||
Milwaukee Member Username: Milwaukee Post Number: 266 Registered: 08-2006 |
"I can mention one thing thats better in Detroit than New York, and that is traffic and congestion." Detroit's beating New York in cost of living. | ||
Milwaukee Member Username: Milwaukee Post Number: 269 Registered: 08-2006 |
Casino's, strip club's, high crime, traffic, no water, and all in the middle of a sun baked dessert!!!!! God shed his grace on the Viva Las Vegas!!! | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 308 Registered: 08-2006 |
"Casino's, strip club's, high crime, traffic, no water, and all in the middle of a sun baked dessert!!!!!" Las Vegas isnt all its hyped up to be. Besides, Detroit does get Las Vegas weather during the summer, so what's the friggin differnce, density, widespread forested environment or desert, limited forest, hot, dry desert land. | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 309 Registered: 08-2006 |
By the way Milwaukee, ty for the support, now we need your count in the city, then everythingwould be square, and when I mean count, I mean literally living in the city of Detroit, not a blank count. | ||
Milwaukee Member Username: Milwaukee Post Number: 274 Registered: 08-2006 |
"Las Vegas isnt all its hyped up to be." Dtown1, don't worry I was being sarcstic. "By the way Milwaukee, ty for the support, now we need your count in the city" Keep reading about all of the great new projects downtown and I'm getting pretty interested in Detroit. Already loved Detroit, but now I see is as cool and coming back. | ||
Sknutson Member Username: Sknutson Post Number: 722 Registered: 03-2004 |
I keep having to refer to my Detroit zip code map to see where you all are. From waaaaaaay out in the 94611 here, but I miss my days in 48214! | ||
Yvette248 Member Username: Yvette248 Post Number: 13 Registered: 10-2006 |
Born and raised a Detroiter. Lived in Royal Oak (the only truly cool suburb) for the last 5 years. | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 347 Registered: 08-2006 |
Oh my goodness. "Born and raised a Detroiter. Lived in Royal Oak (the only truly cool suburb) for the last 5 years." "I keep having to refer to my Detroit zip code map to see where you all are. From waaaaaaay out in the 94611 here, but I miss my days in 48214!" How are you all helping DETROIT living in the middle of nowhere and in a SUBURB???? | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 348 Registered: 08-2006 |
ALmost like yall lived here because yall were forced to live here | ||
Sknutson Member Username: Sknutson Post Number: 723 Registered: 03-2004 |
Dtown1: Oakland, California is not quite the "middle of nowhere". | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 350 Registered: 08-2006 |
Actually, if the zip's apart of the whole state, the 94... its the whole area, then it could very well be the mountains of California, or desert, and that is the Middle of nowhere. | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 351 Registered: 08-2006 |
Actually, if the zip's apart of the whole state, the 94... its the whole area, then it could very well be the mountains of California, or desert, and that is the Middle of nowhere. | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 838 Registered: 01-2004 |
Detroit teams can advance beyond the first round of the MLB playoffs. | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 352 Registered: 08-2006 |
I dont know why people find other cities more appealing than Detroit. | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 353 Registered: 08-2006 |
I have htings Detroit is better than New York in... - less traffic, - better weather (except more severe weather, less chances of tropical systems or Nor'easters or heavier snows) - Fresher waters - Best Tap Water system - Parties - Sports Teams - Better recreational Park than Central Park (Belle Isle) - International Port (Closest Major city in the nation (to Canada). - Snack Capitals of the World (one of them) - Maker of cars and car-friendly streets - Home of the oldest and biggest shopping destinations in the nation - Potentially the best school districts and teachers around (even with lack of money) - Better entertainment districts - Best hospitals in the world (from babies to seniors) - | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 873 Registered: 12-2005 |
(htings = things) IIRC, the first digit of a ZIP code represents a zone (0 on the east coast through 9 on the west coast), the next two digits represent a region within a zone, and the last two digits represent a particular post office within a region. Can anyone recommend a good ZIP code map on the web? I was surprised to see that http://www.usps.com didn't seem to have a good one. Maybe http://www.refdesk.com/ has something. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 874 Registered: 12-2005 |
http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gas temperaturemap.aspx can zoom to show ZIP code boundaries. | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5943 Registered: 10-2003 |
This is cool to breakdown the Zip code system: http://acg.media.mit.edu/peopl e/fry/zipdecode/ | ||
Hit24sqft Member Username: Hit24sqft Post Number: 15 Registered: 11-2006 |
Was born in Harper Hosp and lived near 2nd and Seward, then St Clair Shores, then Europe, then W Bloomfield and now west Texas. Still have family in the area and each spring I come home for the Stanley cup playoffs. I like keeping up with Detroit - one of the most fascinating places in the world. | ||
Izzadore Member Username: Izzadore Post Number: 3 Registered: 11-2006 |
Lived on Schoolcraft and Stahelin, then Oak Park. I currently reside in University Park, IL - The last stop on Metra's Electric branch. | ||
321brian Member Username: 321brian Post Number: 196 Registered: 02-2006 |
Dtown1, Please, you can't possibly believe that Belle Isle in its current state is better than Central Park. Also, why do you think the D.P.S. System is "Potentially the best school district" with the "(best) teachers around (even with lack of money)"? ..and "better entertainment districts" ?? Come on you are a bigger homer than Mickey Redmond. | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 492 Registered: 08-2006 |
first of all...... -what I meant was that belle isle is the largest recreational park in the nation (in size) -Second, DPS does have a chance to be one of the top school districts in the nation, as we do. have excellent teachers striving it out in the school just to educate children in the city of Detroit. DPS has more rebuilt school than New York I think ever had. -Also, we have Ford Field, Comerica Park, mostly excellent sports teams, unlike all of New York's, Fox Theatre, likely one of the highest looked upon, shall I go on. New York sucks in my opinion, too much traffic and not enough history. Detroit has did the best with what they had and thats better than what New York has done to me. (considering the impossible). Detroit is wayyyyyyy underestimated while New York is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy over estimated. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 342 Registered: 04-2006 |
What defines a recreational park? Rouge Park is larger in terms of acreage. It too has a golf course, tennis courts, basketball courts, ball diamonds, pools, an airport for airplane modelers, and picnic grounds. | ||
Detroitbill Member Username: Detroitbill Post Number: 82 Registered: 09-2006 |
Detroit Downtown area here, Lafayette Park -48207 | ||
Milwaukee Member Username: Milwaukee Post Number: 307 Registered: 08-2006 |
"New York sucks in my opinion, too much traffic and not enough history." Not enough history in New York? | ||
Crash_nyc Member Username: Crash_nyc Post Number: 672 Registered: 08-2004 |
What's with the New York hate? What did New York ever do to you? As a resident of NYC, I've gotta say that the pros far outweigh the cons here. -23 years as a Detroiter -12 years as a Brooklynite -Love 'em both equally | ||
Detroitbill Member Username: Detroitbill Post Number: 86 Registered: 09-2006 |
I agree with what people say about Detroit being very unique and a good place to live, I have lived in Chicago, Manhattan and also own a part time residence in Toronto now and while its certainly not the prettiest of cities, ( but does have its cool areas) it is very much so one of the most interesting.. It has a very diverse history, great architecture in the city if you take the time,,a great place for sports and museums (the DIA is a stellar facility) , a reasonable cost of living, very well located to other destination points and Canada, is very edgy,, and most of all I really really like most of the people,,I think Detroit with all its problems is quite fine, and getting better. | ||
321brian Member Username: 321brian Post Number: 207 Registered: 02-2006 |
Dtown1, If this was 50 years ago you might have a point but you'll have to do better than that now. Why do you think Detroit teachers care so much? I think they care about themselves (see: strike fall 2006). Ya, Belle Isle is big, but it constantly dirty, the buildings are falling apart and the city doesn't have the money to do anything about it. A big piece of crap is still a piece of crap. Yes, the Fox is a great theatre, but it is ONE theatre!!! New York has a ton of great theatres. Ford Field is great but Comerica park is a minor league field with an upper deck. Now go thank your excellent DPS teacher for teaching you phrases like "has did" and " more rebuild school". | ||
Lukabottle Member Username: Lukabottle Post Number: 9 Registered: 12-2004 |
48226 | ||
321brian Member Username: 321brian Post Number: 208 Registered: 02-2006 |
Citylover, It's called an opinion. You should try having an original one sometime. I don't like Comerica park. The seats are too far away from the field and if you sit in the 100 level the seats are not sloped enough and you are constantly looking around the head in front of you. What about the outfield? Who on earth would spend hundreds of millions of dollars planning and building a stadium just to reconfigure it a few years after opening it? Now the seats in left field are just that much farther away from the action and the bullpens look like the cheap add-ons that they are. Do you want to talk about the scoreboard? First, it is off center but that does not really matter because the entire thing is advertisements. I have been to better baseball parks. Pure and simple. Jacobs Field comes to mind,so does Wrigely Field, and Dodger Stadium too. Yes, I have been to all 3. Tiger Stadium was a much better place to watch a baseball game!!! I think riding the carousel and baseball wheel have blinded you. | ||
Citylover Member Username: Citylover Post Number: 1879 Registered: 07-2004 |
Spare me.You said Comerica pk was a glorified minor league park.I simply pointed out that you made a dumb statement.......... a really dumb statement because that is what it was. Tiger stadium was great.I would have prefered that they keep Tiger stadium.But that does not mean Comerica is a "minor" league park. As for configuring or reconfiguring I am quite certain all teams have reconfigured their parks from time to time it is part of how things work in baseball. Ironically I agree with much of what you say. But I think you are mistaking the idea of having an opinion with making absurd declarations.I don't like the extra curricular things at the ball park; but I recognize that it is a decent, in fact quite a nice baseball yard. | ||
321brian Member Username: 321brian Post Number: 209 Registered: 02-2006 |
Yes, parks have been reconfigured from time to time but not a few years after construction. It was just poor planning. I still think it is a minor league park. I want more when I walk in to a stadium. The place has no feel to it. For example when I walked in to Dodger Stadium I got "the feeling". When I walk in to Comerica I don't feel anything. Remember the feeling when you walked in to Tiger Stadium through the concourse and finally saw the field? It was an oasis. I expected more. Like when Ford Field was built. Granted the Fords can't run a team but Ford Field is great. Waaaaaay better than the Silverdome. I got what I expected from Ford Field. I guess it was like when they replaced Ernie Harwell the first time. The guys they replaced him with were pros but they were not what we expected after listening to Ernie forever. Comerica Park is just there. I guess we'll just agree to disagree. | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 246 Registered: 04-2006 |
48102 hancock and second. i do claim "mommy and daddy's" address on legal shit, but that doesn't mean much, just that I vote on the EAST side of detroit... 48214. Oh, and detroitplanner... when I lived in ann arbor for four years, i still counted detroit as my legal home... | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 247 Registered: 04-2006 |
48201 hancock and second. i do claim "mommy and daddy's" address on legal shit, but that doesn't mean much, just that I vote on the EAST side of detroit... 48214. Oh, and detroitplanner... when I lived in ann arbor for four years, i still counted detroit as my legal home... | ||
J_stone Member Username: J_stone Post Number: 344 Registered: 10-2003 |
Santa Cruz, California - 22 yrs old - Professional skateboarder - Detroit native. Eastside! | ||
Bob_cosgrove Member Username: Bob_cosgrove Post Number: 423 Registered: 03-2005 |
The question was raised about how Detroit compares to New York City. Having lived a year in Manhattan - 10th Street & 2nd Avenue - and a year in Chester, New Jersey with a one-hour excellent rail commute into Manhattan in which I always read my New York Times, there are things in the Big Apple we don't have. Like everything - shopping, museums, historic sites, sports, etc - is at your fingertips and eastern cities like Boston, Philadealphia, Balrimroe and Washignton are within a hour or two by rail. When I lived in New York City I didn't need a car - could rent one when I had to. And, in Jersey I had a 14-year old station car I purchased for $100 in excellent condition with only 40,000 miles on it. Now I lived there in 1969-1970, so things may have changed, but the last itme I was there it was much to same. Bob Cosgrove | ||
Nanska Member Username: Nanska Post Number: 12 Registered: 08-2006 |
Was raised and spent the first 25 yrs. in 48206. Then after university moved to 48207 for a couple of years, and then moved out to 48334. Am currently living in 93049 - that's Regensburg Germany. Although it has been years since I lived in the City, I still consider myself a "Detroiter". Growing up on the Westside formed my outlook on life as it is today. | ||
Nanska Member Username: Nanska Post Number: 13 Registered: 08-2006 |
Oh, and Detroitplanner, when I lived downtown I used a friend out in the 'burbs address for the auto insurance. Had too. The rates are so high in the City. It wasn't right ( and believe me I did wrestle a bit w/the issue - all that parochial school education ) but I had to do. Just like a lot of other people. Try not to judge others so hard. Not all of us can/want to live in our parent's basements . But do miss those hot fudge sundaes. Moms keeps me well supplied w/care packages that always includes a jar or two of Sander's Milk Chocolate Hot Fudge. | ||
14509glenfield Member Username: 14509glenfield Post Number: 45 Registered: 05-2006 |
'46-'70 Detroit (Chalmers & Outer Drive) minus 4 years at EMU. '70-'91 Aspen, CO...minus 7 months on Maui. '91-present...22741 (hint: Stevensburg VA.). I've been back particularly in the 80's during the State Fair. Still have aquaintences with friends and cousin kin. WILL ALWAYS PROUDLY SAY "I'M FROM DETROIT". That's only because I am not there now! Great City. Melting Pot. Detroit YES...pound your chest. | ||
Homer Member Username: Homer Post Number: 57 Registered: 08-2004 |
48209 .........except for 1 year in Texas, 1 year RVN, courtesy of Uncle Sam 4 years Ypsi/AA for School Family moved to the D in 1904... | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 975 Registered: 03-2006 |
greektown baby | ||
Lukabottle Member Username: Lukabottle Post Number: 13 Registered: 12-2004 |
Just moved from Capitol Park to Cass Park. | ||
Milwaukee Member Username: Milwaukee Post Number: 561 Registered: 08-2006 |
what happened to Dtown1? | ||
1st_sgt Member Username: 1st_sgt Post Number: 6 Registered: 11-2006 |
Born Brent Gen Hosp Detroit, MI, 48204 till 1967, 48209 till enlistment. KY, GA, Korea, GA, Germany, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Korea, TX (by choice). | ||
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker Post Number: 809 Registered: 02-2004 |
living in 48212 hamtown, after spending one year in exile in 48220 (ferndale) | ||
Sailor_rick Member Username: Sailor_rick Post Number: 157 Registered: 02-2004 |
I presently live in Ferndale/Marine City. I’ve lived in a Detroit over the years; Iliad, Alameda, Cochrane, Danbury, Prentiss & the Bob-Lo Boat. Also Hamtramck back when a man could get a perogi and a draft for under three bucks and not a bunch a lip from a damn punk kid with purple hair and pop-rivets in his nose (just kiddin’, being a grouchy old-man.) When I was sailing, I lived/shipped out of New York, New Orleans, San Francisco & L.A. | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 2018 Registered: 06-2004 |
Movin' on up... | ||
Drankin21 Member Username: Drankin21 Post Number: 38 Registered: 12-2003 |
I live in Wiesbaden, Germany but am from Roseville originally | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 80 Registered: 07-2005 |
I live in Pearland, TX and Leadville, CO. From 1956 to 1973 I lived on Archdale between Glendale and Davison. Attended Dossin Elementary, Our Lady Queen of Hope Elementary, St Mary's of Redford HS (expelled), Benedictine HS (expelled), Cooley HS (yep, expelled again) and graduated from Bentley HS in Livonia. | ||
Rosedaleken Member Username: Rosedaleken Post Number: 274 Registered: 06-2005 |
Moved to Chicago this year, before that Ann Arbor for 4, before that Det. |
