Well, people who grew up in NY say I grew up in Bronx, Harlem etc. So it should read John Doe grew up in the Suburbs of Detroit in Ann Arbor. The Ann Arbor community is very Socially and economically different than the city of Detroit. So a person growing up in Ann Arbor is going to have a totally different life experiences than one growing up in the city of Detroit in the 80s an 90's. I remember when people from Ann Arbor wouldn't dare to go to Detroit for anything but a tigers game. Now the go for hockey, clubs, casinos and more.
> Let's back up for a minute. > > houseman04: Did you grow up in Southeastern Michigan? You mentioned > that you work in A2, but are you originally from the area? > > I can understand that, if you're not from the area, you could see this > as a potentially divisive and confusing issue. But it's really very > common for anyone from basically east of Jackson to the lake (not to > mention north of Toledo to basically...well, the lake) to refer to > themselves as "from Detroit". > > It's not meant to be deceiving. It's just that the so-called "metro > Detroit" area really is thought of as that - satellites around Detroit. > And the area in question is REALLY large. > > When people ask me where I'm from, I tell them Detroit. (I was born in > Warren and grew up in Sterling Heights.) If they then make it clear > that they're actually familiar with the area, I go into suburbs-level > detail. > > 2 more cents, > > -- > Dennis DeSantis > www.dennisdesantis.com
