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French777
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Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 7:09 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I love it because of all the Democratics

and the great arcitecure
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Caldogven
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French777
Maybe that's why Detroit is in such sorry shape-- because of all of the Democrats!
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Innercitydoc
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Got news for you. Almost every industrialized major American city is largely Democratic.
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Jimaz
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French777, what did you mean by "all the Democratics"?

For me, I love Detroit because of the people, the parks and the history. The people here seem to be both feisty and industrious. That seems a healthy combination to me.
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Bussey
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Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 8:24 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Does the spell check function only work on my computer?


I love Detroit so much cause I I'm never more than a few blocks away from a liquor store, church or abandon house. What a town.
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I love Detroit for the free crime.
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Jiscodazz
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Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 8:39 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It's more of a love/hate thing. I guess I like my house(as well as other architecture). In any other city it would probably cost 10 times as much
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Fareastsider
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I like the Architecture, Street/city layout, street names, history, culture, Wayne State, City Library, Hog Isle/ park system. I always say that any Detroit relationship is a love hate relationship so I agree with the above post but this thread is what we LOVE about Detroit and lets keep it that way.

(Message edited by fareastsider on June 06, 2007)
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Waz
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Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 9:23 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I love the fact that so many people hate it. Guess that sounds weird, but I've always been for the underdog.
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Lizaanne
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I love Detroit because it's home. It's what I know, where I smile when I come back to, and what I long for when I've been away.

Sure - I'm a girl from the burbs, but Detroit is still my home.

~Liza
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Southen
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Culture, history, architecture, and it gives me an opportunity to be a part of something. Its urban, gritty, and most of all real. It sure beats the cookie cutter homes and well manicured lawns of the suburbs. For my money its the only desirable place to live in southeast Michigan, but im a different kind of cat.
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Funny, my very first post started with kinda the same question/title. My response in that first post was also almost the same as here: love for the architecture, the beautiful old buildings in this town and the contradictory love/hate feeling one has about living here.
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Mayor_sekou
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Because I was born here.
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Ventura67
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I love Detroit for what it almost was.
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Ghetto_butterfly
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Funny, my very first post started with kinda the same question/title. My response in that first post was also almost the same as here: love for the architecture, the beautiful old buildings in this town and the contradictory love/hate feeling one has about living here.
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Yaktown
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Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 11:01 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I love it for the cheap car insurance.
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Bussey
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quote:

I guess I like my house(as well as other architecture). In any other city it would probably cost 10 times as much



sad part is that yeah you are getting that cheap house but what do you get for it? Personal income tax, high property tax, high car insurance, a 10 mile drive to any decent retail, and high crime.

I'd rather pay more for my house and not have to deal with all of the ancillaries associated with Detroit.

This is why all of the "steals" in the city aren't steals.

Its a Ghetto Economy through and through.

And yes, I have lived here now for five years.
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Gistok
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Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 1:49 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bussey, the spell checker on this forum has something to be desired...

If you mess up the spelling of "the" as teh, spell checker doesn't catch it.

Also (and as an someone from the Eastside) this is a hoot... Westside gets flagged on spell checker while Eastside does not! :-)
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Quozl
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I love Detroit because it has 3000 Wig Stores, 10,000 Nail Salons and loads of great Nationwide Grocery Stores. I also love Detroit for its world class Public School system, loads of Parks and Recreational fields that are maintained to the highest standards and a super low crime rate thanks to their efficient and friendly Police Department.
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Michigan
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LOL
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Yvette248
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Love - always lots of cool things to do, especially if you have money, and relatively cheap cost of living.

Hate - economy, weather.
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Izzadore
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Because (as Dorothy said) There's no place like home...

And, Because no matter where I go [even before the bad economic times] I'll find Michigan license plates. Washington (State), Ore, Mass... You name it we're everywhere, like roaches...

And, because Detroit is still more globally recognized than many other American locales. Outside of New York and L.A. of course.
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I love Detroit because its has its own identity. When others say lets be like New York or Chicago, we do it our way. I love the architecture, Belle Isle and how we are coming back strong. Detroit is special and I wouldn't trade it for no other city no matter how tough or hard things get. Detroiters are fighters and some of the greatest entrepreneurs I have ever seen. We may have our share of problems, but we try our best and that is what I like about Detroit.
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Izzadore.. there is a difference between famous and infamous.
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Defendbrooklyn
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great arcitecure...second to none.

Detroit also has a cool cultural under current...A lot of interesting art is being made in the D. Also, the D has produced some great jazz figures along the way.
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Mbr
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Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 2:59 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You never have to wait to be seated at a restaurant. (except Slows sometimes)
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Vas
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because it challenges you
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Izzadore
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LOL Higgs1634.

The Chicago Tribune ran an article not too long ago discussing Chicago's global image as they prepare to lose their Olympic bid. They sent a reporter to a small village in China and basically asked a person what came to mind when they thought about Chicago. The individual shot back; Isn't it [Chicago] the motor city?

I'm sure there more nationally recognized cities than Detroit. But, outside of the states, Detroit carries a lot of weight...

Every time I've been outside of the Continental United States told people I was living in Chicago but hailed from 'the D' the conversation stuck to Detroit. What's it like are there a lot of nice cars there e.t.c.
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Iheartthed
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^I got flamed from some members of this forum for suggested that Detroit was more recognizable than Chicago...
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Gibran
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I love Detroit for the foundation it gave me and the childhood memories...and the sports teams, food and culture...I have fondness that hasn't subsided in the thirty years I have been gone...
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Quozl
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quote:

I got flamed from some members of this forum for suggested that Detroit was more recognizable than Chicago...



They better not be flaming anybody originally from Grandmont, I will NOT stand for that kinda crap.
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Jjw
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Why do I love Detroit? Grand Blvd. and Outer Drive; Belle Isle (even with that cement slab-still fuming about it); the wide streets and large home lots; the memories; Mexicantown and that entire area; Hamtramck; Rouge Park and the bike trails; the close proximity of Canada and all of the fresh water; the four seasons; memories: family and friends; Fort Wayne (it could be SOOOOO spectacular); the musical background; Indian Village and the surrounding area. I guess I could go on but it is probably becoming boring. I really miss the flat land for biking.
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Kslice
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I always root for the underdog, maybe that’s part of my reason...

Detroit also has a great downtown. The buildings give it a cavernous feeling you don't get in some cities. Sure it could have more shopping, businesses and a more balanced racial layout but I believe we're on our way.
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Izzadore
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Yeah. It's one of those weird but true facts - even if it bothers Chicagoers. I tell my co-workers all the time that Globally and Historically Chicago doesn't have the 'major' historical notations to notch it's belt with.

I hate to beat the dead horse that is the auto industry but Henry Ford and his assembly line and all of the things that come along with that is taught to kids in places like Russia, China e.t.c. especially when the topic of past industrial might is on the table.

And don't get me wrong, Chicago is an incredible city ...
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Jjw
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I wouldn't brag about the automobile industry. Sometimes I think it has done more bad than good. Just my personal opinion though. I also think that Chicago, like Detroit, has merit and I really get tired of comparisons. Let's try to keep this thread to pumping up Detroit for once.
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Margaret
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I remember loving Boblo Island and Captain Boblo when I was a kid in Detroit! I liked the freighters on the river, too, blowing their amazing horns all the time...
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The freighters still sound their horns at all hours on the river. It is clearly audible in corktown. can you hear the freighters on the eastside? I love the people of this town. not the ones that land on the 6 o'clock news but the salt of the earth folk who make things work.
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Larry
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The churches !
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Hpgrmln
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The Windsor border across from the Rencen. This big city, so close, across from the water. Yet, in a different NATION. Where else in the USA can we look across water and see a nearby Metropolis thats not even in our country. At about the rencen, Windsor seems to be at its closest proximity to Detroit, and my fascination never diminishes when I look out and realize I need ID to step foot on the land im physically seeing.
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Hpgrmln: I would not call Windsor a "metropolis"

Even the Canadian government considers it a "medium-sized city"

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I love Detroit because it seems like the last American city without video surveillance cameras on every corner.
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The open air drug markets all over town . Plus , our crack houses are world class .
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Ericdetfan
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I grew up here. Its my home. Love everything about it despite what anyone else says.
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Detroitej72
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I love Detroit because its has its own identity. When others say lets be like New York or Chicago, we do it our way. I love the architecture, Belle Isle and how we are coming back strong. Detroit is special and I wouldn't trade it for no other city no matter how tough or hard things get. Detroiter's are fighters and some of the greatest entrepreneurs I have ever seen. We may have our share of problems, but we try our best and that is what I like about Detroit.

______________________________ ___________________

Agreed.

I also ad, I LOVE DETROIT because I'ts The City By The Straights...
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Queensfinest
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Windsor probably seems like a "Metropolis" to many Detroiters because Detroit, the city and the Metro Area, are so suburban compared to Metro Areas of comprable size in the U.S., especially in the Northeast and Great Lakes Regions. Very little pedestrian activity, very few tall buildings, and very little density, etc.

It's funny that smaller towns like Ann Arbor and Windsor seem so "Urban" compared to Detroit and it's nearest suburbs.

I do like Detroit and Detroiters because they use terms such as "pop" instead of soda and "tennis shoes" instead of sneakers. The proximity to the Great Lakes is a main advantage too.
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Illwill
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I love Detroit because when I travel to any city in the United States such as tonight here in Chicago I see Detroit Natives representing to the fullest. We may have left but we surely have not forgotten. We never stray from our roots and always wear our Detroit Tiger hat's, Motor City and Detroit muscle shirts and congregate at all of the Detroit themed bars that we've opened abroad. Detroit is a city that is deeply embedded in all of our hearts. Detroit is a city tattooed in our hearts.
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Izzadore
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You could not have put that any better Illwill!
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Iheartthed
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>Illwill

That's very true. A large percentage of the people I hang out with in NYC are former Detroiters. It's almost like we're clique-ish... even though we aren't deliberately trying to be. In the fall (football season), the streets are dotted with people wearing U-M paraphernalia.

I'm disappointed in the only Detroit themed bar I have found here so far, tho. It's called the Motor City Bar, and has a lot of Detroit artifacts but doesn't have a Detroit vibe at all. I went in there one day and asked the bartender if they had any Faygo products and she didn't know what I was talking about.
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i love detroit because you have work a little harder to find the beauty here, and that makes it all the more rewarding.
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Margaret
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corktown: yes we used to hear the freighters pretty loudly, because we lived on the east side near Jefferson...so not too far from the river.

hey, anyone remember "Swing Time," on CKLW in the late 60s? I used to dance on there, and would love to get my hands on some footage!

also: one time I ran into another ex-Detroiter at a party, and we both started doing the Soupy Shuffle! remember that? big giggle here...
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lake that is beautifully put ...
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Hpgrmln
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Ill tell you what is so great about this city. We are loyal to our own even when the divas arent. Madonna turned her back on us, now is saying she grew up in BRITAIN, and we still claim her. No matter where you go in life, Detroiters will always claim you as one of theirs.
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Exmotowner
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I grew up in the Walled Lake area till about the 8th grade when my parents retired and moved me to S. Illinois. I hated that place and came back to Pleasnt lake every summer till I turned 18. My dad said when I turned 18 or when I could kick his ass I could leave. So... Needless to say LOL the day I turned 18, my suitcase was sitting by the door, bus ticket in hand and mom took me to the bus station and I came "HOME"!. I lived in quite a few places throughout the city as an adult. I've had people say "How can you be homesick for Detroit" Well, Its home and I do and will always consider myself a Detroiter.

PS. The city looked AWSOME over Memorial day weekend! Had a great time and actually felt pretty safe. There were a lot of cops and the city (Downtown) was clean. It sure was good to be home!
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Detroitbill
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I like Detroit because of its edginess, the strength and survival traits of many of its people along with its great architecture, vast history, its strategic location with Canada and its constant struggle with itself. It brings out the best and worst in people I find and its displayed constantly on this forum. It clearly is not a city for those who want things pretty and chic. It is a city where the realties of life both bad and good are constantly in your face, to me it leaves me consistently grounded, and no matter where I go and where I live, the people are awesome in Detroit. Its an unbelievable sports town where its residents days are good or bad depending on how well their "team" did. Most of all its a city where I feel I can contribute because there is a vast need.

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