What your Detroit suburb says about you

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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Troy
You work in an office park and are known to shop at the Somerset Collection.

Troy

You work in an office park and are known to shop at the Somerset Collection.
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Rochester Hills
You are so boring that you scared Madonna away.

Rochester Hills

You are so boring that you scared Madonna away.
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Dearborn Heights
Dearborn Heights? More like Dearborn Lite.

Dearborn Heights

Dearborn Heights? More like Dearborn Lite.
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Macomb Township
You are first-generation rich with enough money to move away from the city and live in a boring subdivision, drink a lot of wine, and sleep with your neighbor’s husband.
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Macomb Township

You are first-generation rich with enough money to move away from the city and live in a boring subdivision, drink a lot of wine, and sleep with your neighbor’s husband.
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Clinton Township
You’re probably Italian and used to live in St. Clair Shores. You only shop at Randazzo’s.

Clinton Township

You’re probably Italian and used to live in St. Clair Shores. You only shop at Randazzo’s.
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Taylor
Yeehaw!
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Taylor

Yeehaw!
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Fraser
You’re a young professional or retiree who probably leans conservative and your high school was nicknamed “heroin high.”

Fraser

You’re a young professional or retiree who probably leans conservative and your high school was nicknamed “heroin high.”
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Garden City
Your city has some strange shit like a famous pig on a stick and a peacock roaming around the streets, but at least you get to take credit for being home to the first Little Caesars.

Garden City

Your city has some strange shit like a famous pig on a stick and a peacock roaming around the streets, but at least you get to take credit for being home to the first Little Caesars.
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Grosse Pointe Shores
Your family has been in Grosse Pointe for generations and your kids probably go to private school.
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Grosse Pointe Shores

Your family has been in Grosse Pointe for generations and your kids probably go to private school.
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Wyandotte
You live in the Royal Oak of Downriver.

Wyandotte

You live in the Royal Oak of Downriver.
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Grosse Pointe Farms
You talk bad about Grosse Pointe but you will never leave. You definitely have a trust fund and alcoholism in your family tree. If you’re a man, you wear loafers with no socks and have luscious thick gray hair.
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Grosse Pointe Farms

You talk bad about Grosse Pointe but you will never leave. You definitely have a trust fund and alcoholism in your family tree. If you’re a man, you wear loafers with no socks and have luscious thick gray hair.
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Harrison Township
Your prized possession is a boat with a big Trump flag.
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Harrison Township

Your prized possession is a boat with a big Trump flag.
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Hazel Park
You either have a Thin Blue Line flag or a Pride flag flying on your front porch, you must pledge allegiance to one.

Hazel Park

You either have a Thin Blue Line flag or a Pride flag flying on your front porch, you must pledge allegiance to one.
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Huntington Woods
You’re a young professional with children and you spend a lot of time at soccer events and in PTA drama. Odds are high you know someone who’s swapped spouses.

Huntington Woods

You’re a young professional with children and you spend a lot of time at soccer events and in PTA drama. Odds are high you know someone who’s swapped spouses.
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Inkster
Everybody knows better than to fuck with you and you’re OK with that.

Inkster

Everybody knows better than to fuck with you and you’re OK with that.
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Oak Park
You can’t afford Ferndale.

Oak Park

You can’t afford Ferndale.
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Auburn Hills
People used to pretend to like you when things were still happening at The Palace, but now that it’s gone no one thinks about you anymore.
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Auburn Hills

People used to pretend to like you when things were still happening at The Palace, but now that it’s gone no one thinks about you anymore.
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Lincoln Park
Like Allen Park but with more Mexicans.

Lincoln Park

Like Allen Park but with more Mexicans.
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Plymouth
You think your downtown is super cute but it’s really just strange and boring.

Plymouth

You think your downtown is super cute but it’s really just strange and boring.
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Bloomfield Township
You have a circle drive in front of your very large home.

Bloomfield Township

You have a circle drive in front of your very large home.
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