The car dependence is all-consuming in Macomb. Also places like Rochester, Royal Oak, Ferndale, and the Pointes are successful in part because it is fashionable among fashionable people to go hang out in cutesy downtowns, and, to be blunt, Macomb County isn't chalk overflowing with fashionable people. Hall Road and cheesy fake downtown malls are just awesome for them, as we can all readily see by their success.
It really is too bad. There was a lot of potential for Mt. Clemens. It could have really been an alternative to the bland yuppie dirge of Ferndale and Royal Oak - probably not a lot unlike the old blue collar Detroit commercial streets.
Nice collection of churches, too. Has a very American small-town feel to it.
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