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Dear Lions fans--I know you don't want to hear this, especially from someone who no longer lives there. But I do have a vestigial rooting interest in the Lions. I've lived in many places: Atlanta,...

I'm from Chiang Mai, Thailand.

I'm now old [[72) & an expatriate living in Thailand. Memories are important when you're older. I left Detroit in 1970. One of my fondest memories occurred at Tiger Stadium in 1963. I was attending...

Thank you, but my continued interest in Detroit is due to my belief that Detroit was a great place to grow up. Ironically, my interest in this website was sparked by a JAG attorney [[also born &...

I guess you put your finger on why the Detroit riots were worse than LA's.

Thank you.

We didn't have Federal troops & tanks in the '92 LA riots, though I remember seeing young California National Guardsmen holding AK-47s guarding the beaches from gangs. That frightened me. In both...

Yes, you're correct. You can be thrown in jail for 20-30 years for disparaging the royal family & we had a military coup d'etat in 2014 & still have a military-dominated government without elections....

I had just turned 21 when the '67 riots hit. All Detroit liquor stores were closed, so I had to drive to Ann Arbor to buy beer. I agree that you have to study & learn from history or you wind up like...

I understand your concern about turning this into a non-Detroit discussion.

SDDC Hello. Thank you for your reply. My reply is above. I am not very good at navigating this site.

Yes, Thai politics rivals America's insanity. It's a kingdom & the king is beloved. He has ruled longer than any other royal sovereign, including Queen Elizabeth II of England. & yes, the country...

This is an interesting discussion. I left Detroit in 1971 to go to Emory Law School in Atlanta & only returned briefly once in 1991 to visit my dying mother. I have been an expatriate for a long...