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Jay5 said:
and you should stop drinking the liberals kool aide.if obama had a city it would look like Detroit,bankrupt and with no hope of a good recovery
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I'm not drinking anyone's Kool-Aid. I was born and raised in Detroit and the surrounding areas. I know Detroit and its suburbs like the back of my hand. I know whats there, I am aware of what is going on in the city both negative and positive and I also know that people who sit around and talk shit about Detroit are most likely outsiders...ie, people outside of the Metropolitan area and people outside of the state of Michigan.

I don't listen to negativity about cities on TV and then pretend like I know what its really like.
 
If you want to be close and practical: Dearborn.



If you want good restaurants and fun stuff to do: Royal Oak or Ferndale.
 
SheHateMe said:
I'm not drinking anyone's Kool-Aid. I was born and raised in Detroit and the surrounding areas. I know Detroit and its suburbs like the back of my hand. I know whats there, I am aware of what is going on in the city both negative and positive and I also know that people who sit around and talk shit about Detroit are most likely outsiders...ie, people outside of the Metropolitan area and people outside of the state of Michigan.

I don't listen to negativity about cities on TV and then pretend like I know what its really like.
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Are you Emenim?
 
alkemyst said:
Most of the intelligent people get this here.

It's Ford Mustang

It's Ford F350

It's FMC, if you own stock (not saying it's a good one).

So sad most here are bottom feeders.
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You completely missed what he said.

People here actually call it "Fords" with an S.

"I work at Fords"

Just stop posting on things you are clueless about.
 
I've lived in the area all my life and rarely hear it referred to as FMC. Fords is top. To me FMC is the Food and Machinery Corporation, original makers of the Bradley fighting vehicle.
 
SheHateMe said:
Why do you insist on trolling? Do you even live in Michigan? Detroit has some ridiculously nice lofts downtown. Some are a LOT more than $1200/m and people still pay to live there. They have some along the Detroit River as well that most people on this forum can't afford...and tons of people live in them. Downtown Detroit is really nice and there is a lot of activities to do. Great food, great music, very talented people, and a lot of folks who are dedicated to investing and bringing the best to the city. Please don't speak on a city you've never actually been to. Stop drinking that "all of Detroit" is bad Kool-Aid.

Negative people do nothing but sit around at their computer desks talking trash about cities in recovery.
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This is true. But let's be real here, too... you can travel 1 or 2 blocks in the wrong direction and be in some serious ghetto. The nice areas of Detroit are pretty small, and as a percentage of land, is probably under 10%.

rednas said:
Exactly. There are places in every single city that suck. They just happen to make up a larger percentage of land area than other places in detroit.

Here are pics of the good that Detroit has to offer

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=601621
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This is a decent set of pictures that show the good and some of the bad, but some of those ghetto vs nice pictures are a mile or less apart.
 
SheHateMe said:
I'm not drinking anyone's Kool-Aid. I was born and raised in Detroit and the surrounding areas. I know Detroit and its suburbs like the back of my hand. I know whats there, I am aware of what is going on in the city both negative and positive and I also know that people who sit around and talk shit about Detroit are most likely outsiders...ie, people outside of the Metropolitan area and people outside of the state of Michigan.

I don't listen to negativity about cities on TV and then pretend like I know what its really like.
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This is pretty much true. Generalizations are strong with Detroit... and while it applies to a large chunk of Detroit, there are parts that are far from it.

We debated renting a condo downtown but only decided against it due to having a puppy. Couldn't find one we liked in an area that was animal friendly to our liking, while being affordable (I.E under $1500/mo).

You can get some pretty sweet condos along the river, but they are freaking expensive.
 
Tweak155 said:
This is a decent set of pictures that show the good and some of the bad, but some of those ghetto vs nice pictures are a mile or less apart.
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most major cities are like this. In SF the tenderloin is less than a mile away from Nob Hill, in Houston Montrose is about a mile away from the 3rd ward, etc. In most major cities you can make a wrong turn and end up in some extremely interesting areas.
 
I think those not familiar with the area would be surprised at how big the Metro area is. Detroit proper has a nice downtown and a few other small areas that are nice, but the rest of the city is not what I would call middle class. The city itself is probably 12 miles square and there are probably a half dozen close in suburbs that are also somewhat depressed, BUT once you get passed that you can travel miles and miles in any direction and the area is pretty nice. Dearborn, Ferndale, and Royal Oak will probably provide you with nice enough housing close into the city. Some parts of Dearborn that border on Detroit are a little shady, but hell at the other end of the city there are houses that are $1M+
 
I don't understand why people are complaining about me saying FMC and that people from the area say Fords blah blah blah. It should be obvious that I'm not from the area as I am asking this question. Can we get back to actual answers and suggestions please?
 
MBrown said:
I don't understand why people are complaining about me saying FMC and that people from the area say Fords blah blah blah. It should be obvious that I'm not from the area as I am asking this question. Can we get back to actual answers and suggestions please?
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I don't see how you're going to get anything more of value here until you know the location where you'll be working. You've heard all the spots to live. To refine it, you need to tell everyone how far in drive time you desire. That will be during good weather. Drive time will increase in the Winter. How much will depend on what time your work day starts. The counties are either broke or on tight budgets and plowing isn't done at the level it used to be.
 
Yeah, more info. Until you do, you're just going to get the cookie-cutter answer of "Royal Oak." How old are you, what do you do with your free time, how far are you willing to drive, what kind of things are important to you, etc. Ford is centrally located and pretty much the entire metro area is available to you.

P.S. If someone says "Fords" to me IRL, I punch them in the face.
 
MBrown said:
I don't understand why people are complaining about me saying FMC and that people from the area say Fords blah blah blah. It should be obvious that I'm not from the area as I am asking this question. Can we get back to actual answers and suggestions please?
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Because some people are still impressed that they can type on a keyboard and the words show up on the internet. IRL, no one gives 2 shits. You will catch on to what the people who work there call it and that's all that matters.

There are more than a few people posting in this thread who live in Detroit and then people like me who used to. Listen to the people living there, not the people who read about it on the internet.
 
rcpratt said:
Yeah, more info. Until you do, you're just going to get the cookie-cutter answer of "Royal Oak." How old are you, what do you do with your free time, how far are you willing to drive, what kind of things are important to you, etc. Ford is centrally located and pretty much the entire metro area is available to you.

P.S. If someone says "Fords" to me IRL, I punch them in the face.
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Is it a Michigan thing to put an "s" on the end of everything? Meijers, Fords...why do we do that?
 
rudeguy said:
Is it a Michigan thing to put an "s" on the end of everything? Meijers, Fords...why do we do that?
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Good question but it is annoying as fuck. I cringe every time I hear fords or meijers. I think I got my mil to stop saying meijers; one victory at a time.
 
rudeguy said:
Is it a Michigan thing to put an "s" on the end of everything? Meijers, Fords...why do we do that?
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It's definitely a Michigan thing. Meijers, Krogers, and Nordstroms are the three I hear most often. I don't hear "Fords" all that much, to be honest. People are not pleased when I correct them.
 
I've actually never heard anybody say "Fords".

People say "Ford" that's it. You ask them where they work, they say "I work at Ford"

The "Meijers" thing is true, though. "Krogers" is also a thing
 
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