COMMENT BY
Chris from Detroit, MI
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Detroit, MI
COMMENT
GROSSE POINTE CITY NOT PARK
I live in Grosse Pointe City which often get's lumped in as Grosse Pointe Park. Kind of a difference but not a big one. GP Park has a lot of rentals and borders more on Detroit but it also does have some large nice expensive houses. Anyway Grosse Pointe City, Park, Woods, Farms and Shores are all considered "The Pointes". It's a very asthetic place to live. The neighborhoods are very nice and the schools are great. There are lots of large trees and in the summer it's a great place to walk around. A lot of resident's take care of their houses which are all different tudor style houses. It's a family oriented area. Also GP borders Lake St. Clair and if you're a boater that's really nice in the summer. But there are no beaches for swimming.
Now the bad part:
Grosse pointe borders Detroit which IMHO is the GHETTO NUCLEUS. They say Detroit's suburbs are the most segregated in America. And seeing how nice Grosse Pointe is knowing how close Detroit is is kind of amazing. There are actually fences blocking off streets that at one time were open. Being so close to Detroit stifles GP from bringing in any good retail and restaurants. I think because their afraid all the Detroit riff raff will come in and frequent it. I don't blame them but all that does is force GP'ers to drive 20 or 30 miles to suburbs like Troy or Rochester to go to places like Trader Joes or a NICE target or P.F. Changs. Also GP has a lot of old residents. Which makes it less likely for change.
All in all if you have to live in the Detroit Area GP offers a really asthetic neighborhoody experience you will not get in any other suburb in Detroit. It is kind of expensive though.
on a side note I sometimes feel bad always dogging Detroit but hey, I wouldn't if it wasn't such a pit. I'm rooting for Detroit to come back but it's not looking good. Especially with all the Auto companies going belly up. None of the citizens have much education or willpower. Everyone always seems to say they need help. Why can't they help themselves? I mean how much effort does it take to pick up the trash from around your house. or get a gallon of paint or cut your grass or not rob somebody...
They need some good role models. Not T.I. or 3-6 mafia.