Is Michigan a brand?

[Gistok]

Why are Metro Detroiters so afraid of saying "Detroit"? Am I the only one who noticed this?

I was walking through Metro the other day and saw a sign above the exit to ground transportation in the McNamara terminal proclaiming "Welcome to Michigan". Does Grand Rapids have a sign in their airport also saying "Welcome to Michigan"?

Then just now I was browsing the Detroit Free Press and saw an article about the Michigan Bucks playing in the stadium where the Detroit Lions once played.

http://www.freep.com/article/2012052...MLS-extra-time

Just think how the people of Romulus feel??

Does the term MADE IN DETROIT ring a bell?
http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid...&bih=655&ion=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqr-gguaeDY

[poobert]

It's dysfunctional boardering on schizophrenic. You're from Detroit, yet you're not!

However if Detroit had as many residents as they had people who actually said they're from "Detroit" the coffers would be overflowing, the city would be repopulated, and most of the current problems would virtually disappear. Alas, Detroit has far too many boosters and not enough residents.

I resent those who claim they're "from Detroit" when they're out of town. It's inaccurate. I don't see what is so hard about saying "Metro Detroit" or "the suburbs of Detroit" or "just outside Detroit". It's called being a poseur. Yet these are the first people who, when back home, will jump and scream about how different Warren is from Detroit and how they would never actually live in Detroit [[despite paradoxically claiming to be from there), as we have seen from recent threads.

I ran into some dumpy tourist on a plane who said she was "from Detroit" and she talked about how bad things are there. Upon futher investigation, she was from Waterford, which, in relation to Detroit, may as well be Mars. Of course she's qualified to talk to people about how mean our streets are. Now if she had just told me she was from Waterford in the first place she could have saved me the trouble and I would have known to ignore her right away.

[drjeff]

It's dysfunctional boardering on schizophrenic. You're from Detroit, yet you're not!

However if Detroit had as many residents as they had people who actually said they're from "Detroit" the coffers would be overflowing, the city would be repopulated, and most of the current problems would virtually disappear. Alas, Detroit has far too many boosters and not enough residents.

I resent those who claim they're "from Detroit" when they're out of town. It's inaccurate. I don't see what is so hard about saying "Metro Detroit" or "the suburbs of Detroit" or "just outside Detroit". It's called being a poseur. Yet these are the first people who, when back home, will jump and scream about how different Warren is from Detroit and how they would never actually live in Detroit [[despite paradoxically claiming to be from there), as we have seen from recent threads.

This is kind of silly. There are people to claim to be "from Chicago" who live 50 miles in any direction [[well, except east I guess). I don't currently live within the Detroit city limits but I work here and always say I'm from Detroit when traveling. I probably spend more time in the city than I do anywhere else. If you're in Europe there are more people who have heard of "Detroit" than "Michigan" in my experience.

[Wheels]

It's dysfunctional boardering on schizophrenic. You're from Detroit, yet you're not!

However if Detroit had as many residents as they had people who actually said they're from "Detroit" the coffers would be overflowing, the city would be repopulated, and most of the current problems would virtually disappear. Alas, Detroit has far too many boosters and not enough residents.

I resent those who claim they're "from Detroit" when they're out of town. It's inaccurate. I don't see what is so hard about saying "Metro Detroit" or "the suburbs of Detroit" or "just outside Detroit". It's called being a poseur. Yet these are the first people who, when back home, will jump and scream about how different Warren is from Detroit and how they would never actually live in Detroit [[despite paradoxically claiming to be from there), as we have seen from recent threads.

I ran into some dumpy tourist on a plane who said she was "from Detroit" and she talked about how bad things are there. Upon futher investigation, she was from Waterford, which, in relation to Detroit, may as well be Mars. Of course she's qualified to talk to people about how mean our streets are. Now if she had just told me she was from Waterford in the first place she could have saved me the trouble and I would have known to ignore her right away.

I was born raised educated and married in Detroit.
I have worked played lived and nearly died in Detroit.
I no longer live within Detroit but I have traveled the world and whenever asked I always reply I am from Detroit.
If ANYONE has a problem with that they can kiss my "MADE IN DETROIT" ASS!

[poobert]

I was born raised educated and married in Detroit.
I have worked played lived and nearly died in Detroit.
I no longer live within Detroit but I have traveled the world and whenever asked I always reply I am from Detroit.
If ANYONE has a problem with that they can kiss my "MADE IN DETROIT" ASS!

Cool story, bro.

Check your driver's license. That's where you live.

[Wheels]

Cool story, bro.

Check your driver's license. That's where you live.

AHHH. But it's not where i'm from.

[BEEAH]

It's dysfunctional boardering on schizophrenic. You're from Detroit, yet you're not!

However if Detroit had as many residents as they had people who actually said they're from "Detroit" the coffers would be overflowing, the city would be repopulated, and most of the current problems would virtually disappear. Alas, Detroit has far too many boosters and not enough residents.

I resent those who claim they're "from Detroit" when they're out of town. It's inaccurate. I don't see what is so hard about saying "Metro Detroit" or "the suburbs of Detroit" or "just outside Detroit". It's called being a poseur. Yet these are the first people who, when back home, will jump and scream about how different Warren is from Detroit and how they would never actually live in Detroit [[despite paradoxically claiming to be from there), as we have seen from recent threads.

I ran into some dumpy tourist on a plane who said she was "from Detroit" and she talked about how bad things are there. Upon futher investigation, she was from Waterford, which, in relation to Detroit, may as well be Mars. Of course she's qualified to talk to people about how mean our streets are. Now if she had just told me she was from Waterford in the first place she could have saved me the trouble and I would have known to ignore her right away.

Ok Eminem...

People who live in the metro area can say Detroit all they want. If you live in the burbs of any city anywhere its all the same. If I said I was from Rockwood MI nobody would know what the hell I was talking about. But the fact I am 10 or 15 minutes from the city means nothing to me. 10 minutes from Chicago, you still say you are from Chicago.

Get over it.

[rb336]

New York is another story. If you're from Brooklyn, you say your from Brooklyn. Queens is a toss up, don't know about the Bronx. No one admits to being from Staten Island. Manhattanites, of course, are from New York, or just "The City," and they barely put up with people from the other boroughs saying they are from New York. If you're from Long Island, Yonkers or Hackensack and claim you're from "New York," you might just end up in the East River

[Gistok]

It's dysfunctional boardering on schizophrenic. You're from Detroit, yet you're not!

However if Detroit had as many residents as they had people who actually said they're from "Detroit" the coffers would be overflowing, the city would be repopulated, and most of the current problems would virtually disappear. Alas, Detroit has far too many boosters and not enough residents.

I resent those who claim they're "from Detroit" when they're out of town. It's inaccurate. I don't see what is so hard about saying "Metro Detroit" or "the suburbs of Detroit" or "just outside Detroit". It's called being a poseur. Yet these are the first people who, when back home, will jump and scream about how different Warren is from Detroit and how they would never actually live in Detroit [[despite paradoxically claiming to be from there), as we have seen from recent threads.

I ran into some dumpy tourist on a plane who said she was "from Detroit" and she talked about how bad things are there. Upon futher investigation, she was from Waterford, which, in relation to Detroit, may as well be Mars. Of course she's qualified to talk to people about how mean our streets are. Now if she had just told me she was from Waterford in the first place she could have saved me the trouble and I would have known to ignore her right away.

Poobert... stop preaching to the choir!

[iheartthed]

Just think how the people of Romulus feel??

Technically, the airport is addressed as being in Detroit. But the airport for most cities isn't actually in the central city. Newark Airport is in a completely different state from NYC and there is a sign inside the terminal saying "Welcome to New York".