This thread is too good not to respond to. So:

Born at Mt . Carmel, 1954.

Grew up on Abington, south of Schoolcraft, east of Southfield.

Went to elementary school at Our Lady Queen of Hope.

Grandmother lived on Stahelin in Rosedale Park.

Went to high school at U of D High. Discovered the city; changed my life.

Left Detroit to go to college in the East. But it is still part of my identity.

An extraordinary, rich place, culture, and community that doesn't exist anymore, and yet somehow lives on.