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Wyandotte needs to take off soon. It would be a huge boon for Downriver as a whole. The ingredients are certainly there with old historic homes, a walkable downtown area, and waterfront property. The...

Allen Park is approximately the same driving time to Downtown as Ferndale and GPP. GPP is geographically closer but it’s further from freeways. Canton is certainly far. Livonia bear Middlebelt is...

Wyandotte isn’t really a quick commute to Detroit, it’s pretty far from I-75. And commuting up Jefferson is ok but the Ecorse cops will pull over anyone going 36 in their 35 zone. If you want...

What part of the city did Oakman represent?

I'm thinking one of the residency-requirement-era cop neighborhoods along the outskirts of the city in 1988 for H.W. Bush. Thoughts/Data/Sources?

On the small school districts merging discussion, I see Clarenceville, Flat Rock, and Madison districts folding into Livonia, TBD, and Lamphere, respectively.

Not sure if Livonia schools could...

I agree absolutely, we have enough exurbs already. But your opinion is based on flawed thinking and thinking that the state has used for the past 50 years. Growth does not equal more suburbs and...

https://detroit.curbed.com/2019/11/12/20961210/lafayette-towers-park-fence-mies-detroit

I think this is an awful idea. Lafayette Park was designed to be an open and welcoming place without...

They're wealthier, on average. On the flip side, however, some parents, especially in districts with high Asian concentrations like Novi, Walled Lake, and Troy feel like it's "unfair" that their...

It does seem that way, doesn't it?

The threads I’m mentioning are mostly ones for families moving to Metro Detroit through job relocation looking for a place to live with good schools. DPSCD is hardly mentioned as an option for these...

I've been looking at a lot of "Moving to Detroit" threads on DetroitYes and other forums and I'm noticing that the perception of what are "good schools" doesn't line up with mine.

For example,...

I visited Bishop Park in Wyandotte last week and the water was splashing onto the boardwalk. I talked to a lifelong resident and they said they had never seen the water come onto the boardwalk.

Doing some research on subdivisions in Downriver I noticed that a single company built half or more of the housing stock in the area in the 1960s/70s. The "Republic Development Corporation" was...

I took a trip to Westland a few days ago. It looked as if it was on the brink of death. The Kohl's looked fine and was reasonably busy, but that was the peak. The atmosphere of the mall was terrible-...

One thing that sets Detroit apart from its midwestern counterparts is its airport. Delta's CEO once said in an interview that DTW is "the best airport in North America". Detroit is currently the...

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1. Somerset- an obvious choice. They simply have stores that you can't find anywhere else in the area. A luxury mall with high margins should keep it around for a long time.
2. Great...

Back to the original topic of Lincoln Park and Downriver communities... I think one of the least-discussed stories about Downriver is that it is quickly becoming more Hispanic. Communities such as...

Riverview is about as exurban as Roseville is. Riverview is a middle ring suburb, while Trenton could be considered the next ring. You don’t get into exurban territory until you hit Woodhaven or Flat...

A lot has been discussed about the growth in inner-ring suburbs such as Ferndale. When I mean "inner-ring", I mean it more as an adjective rather than describing cities that touch Detroit. For...

Much has been said about the decline of inner-ring suburbs in Detroit. Most of it is true- Eastpointe, Melvindale, Harper Woods, Garden City, etc. just aren't what they used to be. Outside of...

Victoria Park is a newer, 90s subdivision located a few blocks south of Jefferson in Jefferson Chalmers. It looks to be in great condition- taking a drive around on street view, the entrance is...

My thought would be that Eastland could be redeveloped into a long strip of stores anchored by a Meijer or Target, similar to The Hill in AP or State Fair Redevelopment.

Harper Woods is 0.6% likely homosexual households according to cityData. 2.9 for Ferndale. 0.8 Hazel Park. Also 0.6 for Eastpointe.

It's no question that Harper Woods has changed in the past 20 years. In 2000, the city was about 85% white. In 2010, whites held a slim plurality at 49%. Today, Harper Woods has a black majority with...