Is it reasonable to live in Detroit without a car? [more inside]
posted by enn on Jan 2, 2010 - 19 answers

I'm new to Detroit - can anyone recommend some good internists or ob/gyns on the east side or maybe ferndale/royal oak areas? Indian village, eastpointe, grosse pointe, st. clair shores, roseville would be most ideal. I have a HAP HMO, not that I expect you to know what your doctor accepts, but just in case anyone answering happens to have it. [more inside]
posted by lolo341 on Oct 30, 2009 - 1 answer

What are your favorite used clothing/thrift stores in the Detroit metro area and/or Ann Arbor?
posted by lolo341 on Oct 23, 2009 - 5 answers

Rust Belt Boogaloo: What to do in Detroit, Indianapolis, and/or Cleveland this week? [more inside]
posted by gerryblog on Oct 7, 2009 - 10 answers

I want to go on a photography weekend trip next month. I'm in Chicago, and want to drive no more than 6-8 hours to a destination. With my preferences (inside) in mind, I'd like advice on where to go. Help? [more inside]
posted by hijinx on Aug 12, 2009 - 9 answers

St. Louis, Missouri lost over half its population from 1950-1990. Since the mid-1990s, 80,000 Bosnian immigrants (coming to represent over 20% of the city's population) have established communities that have saved large areas of housing stock from decay. In which other instances have large, permanent groups of non-migrant, non-domestically employed immigrants been settled en masse helping to shore-up a city that is losing population but otherwise has the infrastructure to accommodate more? Has there been any debate or discussion about hypothetical proposals to encourage something similar in Detroit? [more inside]
posted by jjjjjjjijjjjjjj on Jul 27, 2009 - 15 answers

What advice to you have for long-time hockey fans at their first live game? [more inside]
posted by Silvertree on May 28, 2009 - 24 answers

Detroit MeFites - help me watch Detroit rebuild/regreen, and also see the best of the "urban prairie" [more inside]
posted by ryanshepard on May 4, 2009 - 3 answers

Are there any archery instructors in the Toledo/Detroit area? All I've been able to find is the YMCA, and I'm too old for their classes.
posted by biochemist on May 1, 2009 - 4 answers

I'm looking for a doctor (possibly within driving distance from Detroit), who might be comfortable talking about off-label treatments for Alzheimer's. Specifically, I'd like to get some qualified, knowledgeable info about Methylene blue. Thanks everybody.
posted by anonymous on Jul 30, 2008 - 5 answers

What is your favorite thing to do in Detroit (the Detroit-iest thing you can think of!)? [more inside]
posted by dahliachewswell on Jul 23, 2008 - 25 answers

Sometime in the last year I read an article in a print magazine about Detroit becoming the model sustainable city of the future. Help me find it. [more inside]
posted by blapst on Apr 29, 2008 - 7 answers

I'll be attending a Tigers baseball game tonight at Comerica Park in downtown Detroit and I'm sick of drinking crappy beer. Does anyone know if there are any vendors in the park that sell beer with flavor? If so, where are they? I'm looking for something inside the park that I can buy and take back to my seat. Even a Sam Adams will work, pretty much anything but the usual Bud, Miller, or Labatt's.
posted by mjp on Apr 15, 2008 - 10 answers

How much should a personal bankruptcy cost in Michigan? [more inside]
posted by Bjkokenos on Jan 14, 2008 - 3 answers

What's going on at the Detroit Free Press? Terry Lawson and Mike Duffy have apparently accepted buyouts, and Susan Ager writes that she was going to, but then decided against. This is wild stuff - essentially the identity of the lifestyle section for the last decade+. Massive cost-cutting, some sort of housecleaning, or what? [more inside]
posted by boombot on Dec 16, 2007 - 10 answers

Do you know any [insert NFL team here]-centric bars in NYC/BK? [more inside]
posted by gettingpaidforthis on Sep 6, 2007 - 4 answers

SpeedingTicketFilter: I just got a ticket for going 85 at a limited highway (70mph speed limit), outside of Detroit, MI (on I275). The problem is I had my cruise set at 74, so I know for a fact that I couldn't be going that fast. How do I fight it? [more inside]
posted by tuxster on Aug 8, 2007 - 28 answers

What is there to do in Detroit after 5:00 p.m. with two teenagers in tow. (Forgive me for posting this question to MeFi earlier today. I am indeed a freakin' newbie.) [more inside]
posted by eviltiff on Jun 27, 2007 - 18 answers

In a few months I will be relocating to Ann Arbor, MI. Located only about 45 minutes outside of Detroit, I am planning to volunteer at a couple of teen organizations. My family however is adamant that Detroit is too dangerous to work in. What can I tell my family to counter their fears?
posted by contog on Jun 16, 2007 - 21 answers

I'm moving to Windsor, ON from the US, this fall, for grad school. I'm presently roped into a three+ year wireless contract with Cingular, here in the States. Given the proximity of Windsor to Detroit (I will be able to see Detroit from campus), is it at all possible that I'll be able to continue using my Cingular plan without paying $0.79/minute international roaming fees or acquiring a new plan? [more inside]
posted by wreckingball on Apr 23, 2007 - 19 answers

NYCFilter: Detroit totally sucks compared to NYC... [more inside]
posted by bastionofsanity on Feb 4, 2007 - 4 answers

I'd like to buy someone tickets to White Christmas at Fox Theatre in Detroit. Where are the best seats? [more inside]
posted by sLevi on Dec 9, 2006 - 3 answers

DetroitFilter: Great stuff to do in Detroit? [more inside]
posted by dirtynumbangelboy on Nov 1, 2006 - 22 answers

Can I get a DJ? Need a good recommendation for a disc jockey to play at my September 23rd wedding which will be held in Detroit area. [more inside]
posted by argus on Aug 14, 2006 - 2 answers

In Detroit for six weeks... what should I do? I'll be working for downtown, at the HSBC building, and probably staying downtown as well. I'm a young single guy who enjoys partying and cultural stuff. I'm looking for: Detroit eats, Detroit outs, Windsor suggestions. I figure I'll catch some MLB leading Tigers games, blackjack at casinos. I won't have a car, but I think taxis will be easy to get.
posted by sandmanwv on Aug 6, 2006 - 19 answers

Am I Crazy-filter: Did the Detroit Tigers used to have an actual Tiger as a mascot AND do they not have one now because it mauled a player? [more inside]
posted by indiebass on Jul 12, 2006 - 11 answers

Help! We're stuck at our hotel in downtown Detroit (on a Sunday evening) without a car. Is there anything for us to do that we can walk to, or are we just stuck in our hotel? [more inside]
posted by mrbula on Jul 2, 2006 - 12 answers

Does anyone have advice on neighborhoods or general suggestions about safe rental housing options nearby for a student starting grad school at Wayne State University in Detroit?
posted by hdfische on May 8, 2006 - 10 answers

What purpose does this architectural feature serve? [more inside]
posted by Brian James on Mar 19, 2006 - 9 answers

I'm wondering where one can go in the Detroit area to hear live music, specifically jazz, lounge or alt-country. If responses could provide a parking/dress code/vibe snapshot, I'd be grateful.
posted by boombot on Mar 14, 2005 - 8 answers

I'm looking for blue shoe polish. Kiwi apparently makes it, but after checking local shoe stores, discount department stores, and drug stores, I can't find it. Any suggestions for where else I can look (either general store genres or specific places if you're familiar with the Detroit area), or, if that fails, a place to find it online without exorbitant shipping costs?
posted by Nikolai on Dec 20, 2004 - 6 answers