Drinking beers out on the front porch is a ticketable offense in some places? Is it in Detroit but goes unenforced? [[I don't think so. It isn't illegal in Ann Arbor.) That seems absolutely absurd.

It's mentioned in this radio interview that ran in Chicago:

http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=38715

Meanwhile, TIME's local resident still sounds like he can't wait to escape his version of hell:

http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=38714