Chicago or Detroit

[Lugnutzk 10+ year member]

2 blocks south of 12 mile off Van Dyke...right by Burdi Park

OK I know. Last I remember that was called Rinke Park. You are talking about the park on Arsenal? I lived in the townhouses off Martin behind the shopping center where Dunhams is.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

OK I know. Last I remember that was called Rinke Park. You are talking about the park on Arsenal? I lived in the townhouses off Martin behind the shopping center where Dunhams is.

nope...head west from Rinke and go across Van dyke, the park is right up against the property line of the tank arsenal

 

[Lugnutzk 10+ year member]

nope...head west from Rinke and go across Van dyke, the park is right up against the property line of the tank arsenal

Gotcha. You are on the same side of Van Dyke as the Tech Center? We were within walking distance of each other. I remember my parents taking me and my sister shopping at the Kmart at Tech Plaza.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

Gotcha. You are on the same side of Van Dyke as the Tech Center? We were within walking distance of each other. I remember my parents taking me and my sister shopping at the Kmart at Tech Plaza.

yup same side as the tech center...i think there is a dog park at Burdi Park called Dog Park USA or something...its been years since i went through that area. I have relatives in Utica

 

[Lugnutzk 10+ year member]

yup same side as the tech center...i think there is a dog park at Burdi Park called Dog Park USA or something...its been years since i went through that area. I have relatives in Utica

LOL my dad worked in Utica. 23 and Mound Ford plant. I never went on that side of Van Dyke. Never had to go down any of those side streets. If you haven't been there in awhile they closed the tank arsenal and rebuilt that area. They built an Mtech place iirc, and some sort of new building.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

i went to school at Lincoln Elementarty...i'm pretty sure that school is closed now

 

[Lugnutzk 10+ year member]

i went to school at Lincoln Elementarty...i'm pretty sure that school is closed now

I heard of Lincoln High which is on 9 mile by Hoover IIRC. My sister is a couple years older then me and she went to first grade at Crothers. We were in the Center Line district. I don't know if the other side of Van Dyke is the same district or not.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

I heard of Lincoln High which is on 9 mile by Hoover IIRC. My sister is a couple years older then me and she went to first grade at Crothers. We were in the Center Line district. I don't know if the other side of Van Dyke is the same district or not.

Lincoln was on Studebaker...1 block north of Chalmers between Macarthur and Federal

 

[Lugnutzk 10+ year member]

Lincoln was on Studebaker...1 block north of Chalmers between Macarthur and Federal

**** that's getting close to 8 Mile isn't it? That seems a long ways for elementary students. Crothers was directly across from the Warren city pool, between Martin and 11 mile, and between Hoover and Van Dyke. I cannot remember the name of the street it was on.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

**** that's getting close to 8 Mile isn't it? That seems a long ways for elementary students. Crothers was directly across from the Warren city pool, between Martin and 11 mile, and between Hoover and Van Dyke. I cannot remember the name of the street it was on.

i have no idea why i went there.......but thats where my parents took me

 

[Lugnutzk 10+ year member]

i have no idea why i went there.......but thats where my parents took me

That is strange. Must have been different districts back then.

 

[Proximity 10+ year member]

Objectively, chicago. As a Wings fan, Detroit.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

only read page 1. detroit isn't as bad as people make it out to be. it has ghetto's just like every big area, and it has nice areas, just like every big area.

i've worked down in detroit, i've spent plenty of days skating in detroit, and i never felt anymore threatened than i did when i was in brooklyn, or harlem, or other downtown areas throughout the country.

and i grew up in what used to be the whitest city in the U.S with a population over 100k

 

[Lugnutzk 10+ year member]

only read page 1. detroit isn't as bad as people make it out to be. it has ghetto's just like every big area, and it has nice areas, just like every big area.
i've worked down in detroit, i've spent plenty of days skating in detroit, and i never felt anymore threatened than i did when i was in brooklyn, or harlem, or other downtown areas throughout the country.

and i grew up in what used to be the whitest city in the U.S with a population over 100k

You must have grew up Warren like the rest of us.

 

[Proximity 10+ year member]

I live in grosse pointe, and if anyone knows that detroit isn't that bad, it's me.