trilobyte

I agree, saying Detroit to someone far off is totally fine. They dont know the locality and that is the only way you can relate it. I was just asking you a general question for specificity because I am from the area and I was wondering.

Additionally, the Southern edge of Dearborn and downtown Detroit is in fact about ten miles. However, I ment ten miles in the sense that ten miles from Palmer park is Oakland county. My reference was for denouncing the concept of Metro detroit. Personally, I think it is sick that racism would exist on such an scale. Dress it up any way you like, but I get pissed that people grow up in rich suburbs and hate a city they never go to, becauce the population is primarily African American and then to make it worse they claim they are from it with intention of presenting themselves as being tough when really they have never spent more then the length of a footbal game in the city. I wasnt saying you did that, just that it happens.

As for East Pointe, it may in fact be highly concerned with land value and tax brackets, but just because they abandoned Detroits government doesnt change the fact that they were once part of the city and they in many ways still have its neighborhood mentality. In fact, it was the strength of their community that led to them breaking away. Forget the legal titles, they are distinctly Detroit as much as any of the committees are. As for Gross Pointe, wheter or not there is a few hidden lower middle class neighborhoods, you cant be black and drive down a city street without getting searched. That is as distinctly "metro detroit" as it gets. They both may have pointe in the name, but they are very different cities.

PS Your last post seemed offended. I dont mean to anger you, I just think people have alot of passion about the area due to the distinct fragmentation and I was wondering where you were from.

so which is it? passionate or vulgar?