Quote Originally Posted by animatedmartian View Post
This actually occurs in a number of suburbs across Metro Detroit.
The city line goes right through several houses on the west side of Barrington St. south of Jefferson. So even though the houses are addressed in Grosse Pointe Park, the backs of the houses are actually in Detroit. This came in handy during the days of residency requirements for city employees, as many people who lived on Barrington simply claimed to sleep regularly in the back bedrooms of these houses, making them officially Detroit residents. Although I have no idea how their taxes were handled.