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Wow, actually some areas even above Troy get coverage, such as Rochester, the Bloomfield area, and Auburn Hills. Most of Metro Detroit is covered, actually. Birds Eye View really does Birmingham justice.

New Bird's Eye view photos all the way up to Big Beaver, y'all! See SE Michigan's new-urban cornucopia up close! Just wanted to give you guys a heads up.

alright, nvm....

yeah that grid was pretty much halfassed from the start.

absolutely gorgeous.

layoffs, crime, poverty, the rape of Rouge Park, the exodus when all else fails in Detroit, the heart remains. Let the excuses begin: Go to hell, ESPN.

Two things. My first topic is in the form of a question. 1.) Did anybody go to the Tiger game today? Or maybe even downtown at a sports bar? My, oh, my... Probably the greatest sports related day of my life. Rogers pitching like an animal in front of the deafening roar of the Tiger fans. I was even getting rowdy, and I was sitting in front of a TV, 2000 miles away. My neighbors think i'm nuts. 2.) I also lived in Toledo as well, and though i've lived in Detroit for a longer time, most of my family still resides in Toledo, so I took on the OSU blood that was seemingly passed on to me. The interesting paret about Toledo is that its lodged in between Ann Arbor and Columbus, probably split 45 (OSU)-45(UM)-10(MSU, with Lansing a little farther out than AA). Yeah, around the end of November, it gets hectic. Almost every school and workplace in the area celebrates the day before the storm by wearing their teams respective colors. While I believe UM will win, I have a much stronger animosity towards UM than MSU. I'll cheer them (spartans) on, but that 4th Quarter against Notre Dame didn't help their cause at all.

Michigan is gonna manhandle MSU. And I'm speaking from a neutral standpoint as an OSU fan. Support the Tigers.

So who else is losing hair due to this Tigers collapse? Very reminescent to the 2003 Minnesota Vikings

Just Bomac's. Only Bomac's was torn down.

Oops... I read it as a "slightly non descript building" and "Bomacs Bar". Must have been sleepwriting. Still, there is no excuse to tear down an occupied building at this moment. It's not like anything better is going up in its place.

This will come off completely naive and retarded, but I dont care. What the eff did the city try to accomplish by demolishing two perfectly good buildings like that? Is the city that friggen desperate to scrap out a total of about 25 cot damn surface parking spaces? That seems like the only thing that comes to mind...

they have hotel (michi's) casino

Well, with all those single mothers in the city... one parent can only do so much. these kids need some real father figures as well, to teach them things that the mother isn't capable of teaching (hopefully i don't incite riot with that statement). who knows? not many people agree on the effects of "street life vs. parenting". its a touchy subject. LMich, i've ran into many mothers who have showered their kids with love and proper parenting, yet still run around rampant like they are untouchable. humans aren't born criminals but then again not every kid aspires to take the right routes. the parents may value hard, honest work, whereas the kid looks for the quick sleazy buck. He watches his neighborhood drug smuggler earn in 5 days to what his father earns in a month. To some, it motivates them pursuing an education so they wouldn't end up like dad. The others, well, they look for a different outlet. And i've lived beside these types throughout my adolescence. its not that they can't escape their destiny; its that some would rather choose the bumpier road to achieve it, and one day they will be forced to pay their dues

i know its not extremely often, but you ever heard of "uncoachable" players? same thing here. its no myth that you can do your best to raise a child, yet he still grows up to be a murderer. a bad seed does not necessarily mean that he was raised by a bad parent. a kid can't always be monitored. it what he picks up on the streets or in school.

Seriously. For those not from the region, its ALWAYS "8 Mile" that defines "Detroit".

OMFG IT WAS MINE TOO! 6/1! P.S. Bye Bye Ben, or Flip.

That was a pathetic finish, and it tarnished the significance of how well the Pistons actually did play today... as in the first 3 3/4 quarters. After abot 6 lackadasical games, the Pistons are back to playing their type of basketball.

So is GCP targeted to be the next gold mine? I sure hope.

Slum Village

that part of town is long. gone. ****in scrappers still annoy me though. Too bad it wont receive any attention anytime soom, being on the far east side. Probably about 15 years before we see any gentrification over there.

Quote 1: Were you there to witness the incident? Do you believe one word that comes out of these "witnesses" mouths? He may have been completely innocent. He may have had it coming, but you can not take a second to believe anything that 'they' say. They only say it to discontinued further police investigation. Thats common in Detroit (along with other places). Quote 2: When was the last time a rapper was killed in LA or NYC? Its been about 6 or 7 years since the last notable incident. Rappers are not slain as often as the media wants us to think. Pac and BIG were 10 years ago. Big L was 7 years ago. Call me dramatic. I just hate seeing the city constantly in a crappy spotlight. The entire city will get flack for Proof's death, as well as the flack its getting for the 911 incident.

Blade Icewood about 11 months ago, not November (slain on 7 Mile a week before his hyped debut album). Apparantly he was knee deep in sh*t anyway (he was shot on two different occasions in 2005) but he was a native nonetheless. If we keep losing rappers to this street BS, nobody is bound to take this city, and the hip hop industry, seriously... Yea, J Dilla died of kidney failure, not a murder. It still sucks, though...