The DetroitYES Community--Where Are we From?

[Lowell]

All over...according to locations volunteered during new member registration. Obviously anyone could have put anything in and I suspect it is likely many used Detroit to indicated where they are from meaning Metro Detroit, as one might do when out of town where no one would likely have heard of their tiny burb.

Metro Detroit-Windsor				Outside Metro Detroit-Windsor
3111	~	Detroit		Major International Cities
139	~	Warren		50	~	Toronto	ON
137	~	Royal Oak		20	~	London	UK
131	~	Ann Arbor		11	~	Paris	France
128	~	Ferndale		7	~	Montreal	QE
113	~	Livonia		6	~	Berlin	Germany
104	~	Dearborn		5	~	Sydney	Australia
91	~	Southfield		5	~	Ottawa	ON/QE
76	~	Troy		5	~	Vancouver	BC
74	~	Windsor		4	~	London	ON
71	~	Sterling Heights		4	~	Copenhagen	Denmark
67	~	Farmington Hills		3	~	Stockholm	Sweden
62	~	Grosse Pointe		Nationalities
60	~	Macomb		163	~	Canada
59	~	Hamtramck		46	~	UK
57	~	Canton		16	~	France
57	~	Redford		15	~	Germany
52	~	St. Clair Shores		8	~	Netherlands
51	~	Shelby Township		6	~	Ireland
50	~	Westland		5	~	Denmark
46	~	Birmingham		4	~	Italy
45	~	Bloomfield Hills		32	~	Rest of World
44	~	Grosse Pointe Park		Outstate MI
41	~	Clinton Township		45	~	Lansing	MI
41	~	Plymouth		27	~	Flint	MI
41	~	Roseville		27	~	Grand Rapids	MI
41	~	West Bloomfield		25	~	East Lansing	MI
39	~	Allen Park		14	~	Traverse City	MI
39	~	Northville		11	~	Grand Blanc	MI
38	~	Eastpointe		11	~	Kalamazoo	MI
37	~	Ypsilanti		11	~	Port Huron	MI
35	~	Oak Park		7	~	Midland	MI
34	~	Rochester		6	~	Bay City	MI
34	~	Taylor		6	~	Saginaw	MI
34	~	Waterford		Major Cities US
31	~	Berkley		94	~	Chicago	IL
30	~	Rochester Hills		67	~	New York City	NY
29	~	Harper Woods		66	~	Los Angeles	CA
28	~	Novi		43	~	Washington	DC
27	~	Dearborn Heights		35	~	Brooklyn	NY
26	~	Madison Heights		28	~	San Francisco	CA
25	~	Wyandotte		25	~	Seattle	WA
24	~	Farmington		24	~	Phoenix	AZ
24	~	Grosse Pointe Woods		23	~	Atlanta	GA
22	~	Harrison Twp.		23	~	Austin	TX
19	~	Clarkston		22	~	Toledo	OH
19	~	Metro DetroiT		19	~	Denver	CO
18	~	Milford		19	~	Philadelphia	PA
15	~	Lake Orion		18	~	Boston	MA
14	~	Garden City		18	~	Las Vegas	NV
14	~	Pleasant Ridge		17	~	Portland	OR
13	~	Howell		14	~	Cleveland	OH
12	~	Franklin Village		14	~	Indianapolis	IN
12	~	Highland Park		13	~	Columbus	OH
12	~	Lincoln Park		13	~	Houston	TX
12	~	Southgate		12	~	Orlando	FL
12	~	White Lake		12	~	San Diego	CA
11	~	Brighton		10	~	Cincinnati	OH
11	~	Pontiac		10	~	Minneapolis	MN
11	~	South Lyon		9	~	Charlotte	NC
10	~	Hazel Park		9	~	Milwaukee	WI
9	~	Belleville		8	~	Oakland	CA
9	~	Monroe		6	~	Baltimore	MD
9	~	Trenton		6	~	Dallas	TX
8	~	Brownstown		6	~	San Antonio	TX
8	~	Centerline		6	~	Virginia Beach	VA
8	~	Clawson		5	~	Akron	OH
8	~	Grosse Ile		5	~	Arlington	VA
8	~	New Baltimore		5	~	Berkeley	CA
8	~	Washington Twp		5	~	Boynton Beach	FL
7	~	Auburn Hills		5	~	Henderson	NV
7	~	Fenton		5	~	Little Rock	AR
7	~	Mount Clemens		5	~	Mesa	AZ
7	~	Oxford		5	~	Nashville	TN
7	~	Romulus		5	~	New Orleans	LA
7	~	Utica		5	~	Omaha	NE
6	~	Chesterfield		5	~	Sarasota	FL
6	~	Flat Rock		5	~	Silver Spring	MD
6	~	Fraser		5	~	Tampa	FL
6	~	Hartland		5	~	Texas City	TX
6	~	Huntington Woods		5	~	Tucson	AZ
6	~	Lathrup Village
6	~	Melvindale
6	~	Romeo
6	~	Saginaw
5	~	Grosse Pointe Shores
5	~	Jackson
5	~	Madison
5	~	River Rouge
5	~	Walled Lake
5	~	Wixom
4	~	Beverly Hills
4	~	Inkster
4	~	Riverview
3	~	Highland
3	~	New Boston
3	~	Ortonville
3	~	Richmond
3	~	Rockwood
3	~	Sylvan Lake
2	~	Holly
2	~	Marine City
2	~	New Haven
2	~	New Hudson
2	~	Pittsfield Township
2	~	Woodhaven
1	~	Keego Harbor
1	~	Royal Oak Twp.
1	~	Wolverine Lake

[Scottathew]

Very neat! Quite a diverse bunch we are!

[Lowell]

Very neat! Quite a diverse bunch we are!

Also shows the extent of the Detroit Diaspora.

[Richard]

Ha,shows 5 from Tampa you guys are in for it now

Pretty cool though the diversity and interest,make one wonder how many are X pats keeping up with back home?

[Meddle]

Never saw the survey, but I don't do surveys, so it wouldn't have mattered. I'm pretty sure there are more than 32 of us in the 'rest of the world'. And yeah, I'm here just to more or less keep track of the old place.

[Ray1936]

Actually, I'm in the City of Henderson, not Las Vegas. Henderson is the 2nd largest city in Nevada. Surprised? Just sayin'.

[timinasia]

I'm from Chiang Mai, Thailand.

[Dmberko11]

Milford born and raised! Miss that town. Love metro Detroit!

[Former_Detroiter]

Ha,shows 5 from Tampa you guys are in for it now

Pretty cool though the diversity and interest,make one wonder how many are X pats keeping up with back home?

Ex Pat retired living in Escazu, Costa Rica.

[Sehv313]

Detroit city limits, East Side. Still here too.

[Gistok]

Never saw the survey, but I don't do surveys, so it wouldn't have mattered. I'm pretty sure there are more than 32 of us in the 'rest of the world'. And yeah, I'm here just to more or less keep track of the old place.

Um... what survey? When you register with DYes, you give Lowell some location information about yourself. All he did was put that into a location table.... you're in there... no survey was ever involved...

[Skyblue777]

Detroit city limits, East Side. Still here too.

I visit friends almost Daily on Detroit eastside. 👍

[douglasm]

Gistok.....

I was wondering the same. I know I've been here forever and maybe Lowell didn't collect info during the dark ages. BTW, I'm in the other Washington [[NOT D.C.)and have been since '76. Grew up in Ferndale [[FHS '66) if that counts for anything.

[night-timer]

I'm in Australia [[City of Sydney) and I visit friends in Detroit and Bay City whenever possible, usually after a few days stop-over in L.A. or Las Vegas. Covid-19 has made it a lot more difficult.

It was Lowell's "Fabulous Ruins Of Detroit" photos that first attracted me.

[garyalex]

Born and raised in Detroit. I live in NYC.

[Ray1936]

Milford born and raised! Miss that town. Love metro Detroit!

Never lived in Milford, but was in that town in my young and middle years during most of the summer fishing in Pettibone Lake, just to the north [[or it's outflow, Moore Lake). Great largemouth fishing. Miss it greatly.

[kathy2trips]

Actually, I'm in the City of Henderson, not Las Vegas. Henderson is the 2nd largest city in Nevada. Surprised? Just sayin'.

I know Henderson well, Ray. My sister's best friend moved there years ago when it was a much smaller place.

[Ray1936]

I know Henderson well, Ray. My sister's best friend moved there years ago when it was a much smaller place.

It's probably the best place in the whole Las Vegas valley area. Alas, it is getting "too big for its britches".

[oladub]

Lowell, I am either being persnickety or reflecting that I am a former geography major with a penchant toward noticing patterns. I was wondering how many of your registered Detroit Yes members lived in Madison, WI.

I Googled 'Madison, MI' and found there was 'Madison Charter Township' about 40 miles SW of Detroit. There is also 'Madison Heights" within the Metro Detroit section. Either Madison Charter Township should be in the outstate column, Madison Heights needs to to include 'Heights' or Madison, WI is in in the wrong column.

[jcole]

I don"t even see Madison WI in the lists. Just Milwaukee in the Greater American Cities list.

Lowell, I am either being persnickety or reflecting that I am a former geography major with a penchant toward noticing patterns. I was wondering how many of your registered Detroit Yes members lived in Madison, WI.

I Googled 'Madison, MI' and found there was 'Madison Charter Township' about 40 miles SW of Detroit. There is also 'Madison Heights" within the Metro Detroit section. Either Madison Charter Township should be in the outstate column, Madison Heights needs to to include 'Heights' or Madison, WI is in in the wrong column.

[oladub]

I don"t even see Madison WI in the lists. Just Milwaukee in the Greater American Cities list.

It could well be that Madison WI has fewer than 5 former Detroiters listed but those other listings of Madisons in MI didn't quite make sense either. Something is amiss. I remain a loyal geography student of Prof. Wm. Bunge of Wayne State.

[jcole]

If the member wrote "Madison" there is no way of Lowell knowing which Madison they live in. It's taken from either registration or what people enter in their profile.