What your Detroit suburb says about you

By on Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 10:56 am

People definitely judge you based on what high school and college you attend, but where you choose to live as an adult is even more telling. Whether you’re willing to admit it, everyone makes judgments based on where other people live. 

When it comes to Detroit suburbs, people in the city and other towns have perceptions about people living in other local areas. Hey, don’t come at us for this, we’re just telling you what everyone else is already thinking. This is what may come to mind when you tell people what part of metro Detroit you live in.

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Royal Oak You’re a sorta-cool progressive white person who may have lived in the city when you were younger, but then got married and had kids and moved out to a house that is too expensive for how mid it looks.
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Royal Oak

You’re a sorta-cool progressive white person who may have lived in the city when you were younger, but then got married and had kids and moved out to a house that is too expensive for how mid it looks.
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Dearborn Statistically speaking, you are probably Arab and you definitely know where the best shawarma and hookah bars are.
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Dearborn

Statistically speaking, you are probably Arab and you definitely know where the best shawarma and hookah bars are.
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Ferndale You’re probably a part of the LGBTQ+ community or at least an ally, you like to drink coffee, and you complain all the time that Ferndale used to be better before it started getting more like Royal Oak.
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Ferndale

You’re probably a part of the LGBTQ+ community or at least an ally, you like to drink coffee, and you complain all the time that Ferndale used to be better before it started getting more like Royal Oak.
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Birmingham You’re from new money and when you and your spouse aren’t working your intense jobs, you’re on Tinder looking for a third.
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Birmingham

You’re from new money and when you and your spouse aren’t working your intense jobs, you’re on Tinder looking for a third.
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Allen Park You are Downriver, with all that that entails, which means you are either a blue-collar worker or a savvy drug entrepreneur.
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Allen Park

You are Downriver, with all that that entails, which means you are either a blue-collar worker or a savvy drug entrepreneur.
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Farmington Hills Honestly, a white guy rapping about being the king of “Farmington, Farmington Hills” while wearing Crocs pretty much sums up your entire vibe.
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Farmington Hills

Honestly, a white guy rapping about being the king of “Farmington, Farmington Hills” while wearing Crocs pretty much sums up your entire vibe.
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Pleasant Ridge You consider yourself a progressive, but you prefer living in a community secluded from everything you say you care about.
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Pleasant Ridge

You consider yourself a progressive, but you prefer living in a community secluded from everything you say you care about.
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West Bloomfield You’re very wealthy.
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West Bloomfield

You’re very wealthy.
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Hamtramck You are either an immigrant from Yemen or Bangladesh or a borderline alcoholic.
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Hamtramck

You are either an immigrant from Yemen or Bangladesh or a borderline alcoholic.
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Southfield You used to live in Detroit and now you just talk shit about it.
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Southfield

You used to live in Detroit and now you just talk shit about it.
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Pontiac You think you live in a city. (Spoiler: you do not.)
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Pontiac

You think you live in a city. (Spoiler: you do not.)
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Madison Heights You know all the best Asian restaurants.
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Madison Heights

You know all the best Asian restaurants.
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Livonia You’re probably white and your politics are straight outta the 1950s.
Livonia Citizens Caring About Black Lives

Livonia

You’re probably white and your politics are straight outta the 1950s.
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Berkley You're a young white professional with your starter home.
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Berkley

You're a young white professional with your starter home.
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Clarkston You think you’re country, but you’re not.
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Clarkston

You think you’re country, but you’re not.
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Ecorse You could have been a part of the Black Mafia Family, or at least know some people who were.
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Ecorse

You could have been a part of the Black Mafia Family, or at least know some people who were.
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Saint Clair Shores You like to watch hockey and drink beer, and would rather live in a further north suburb but can’t afford it. You never go downtown Detroit even though it’s only 20 minutes away and you think you’re better than Eastpointe and Roseville.
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Saint Clair Shores

You like to watch hockey and drink beer, and would rather live in a further north suburb but can’t afford it. You never go downtown Detroit even though it’s only 20 minutes away and you think you’re better than Eastpointe and Roseville.
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Eastpointe You’d rather be at a Kid Rock concert.
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Eastpointe

You’d rather be at a Kid Rock concert.
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Grosse Pointe Woods You’re new to Grosse Pointe and this is the only part of Grosse Pointe that you can afford.
Layla McMurtrie

Grosse Pointe Woods

You’re new to Grosse Pointe and this is the only part of Grosse Pointe that you can afford.
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Warren Eminem grew up here… ’nuff said.
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Warren

Eminem grew up here… ’nuff said.
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