Well, I am not only double-posting, but also bumping this thread to remind DYers of a major update.

It appears that without expectation, Google has decided to finally release the 2011-present HD Street View images to every state that mostly hadn't had them yet, including Michigan. I was working on an unrelated project and while I was on Street View, I was on Puritan Street between Livernois and the Highland Park border and the 2009 image suddenly turned into a 2011 one!

I then decided to look around some parts of the metro area and noticed that even my home city now had 2011 images! Also, I noticed Royal Oak now has images from last year! This was truly something I never expected at all.