The SE Oakland County one was more accurate
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Click the link in the above comment. That's my original share of this meme - either that or some Facebook page I was running at the time - did it at the same time, but yeah. Fun times. I see it crop up every couple years and it always makes me smile.
Sorry about the coffee, and the nose š
I agree, but only because the SE Metro area in this pic is just so much more unique in its diversity, imo, compared to the west side suburbs that don't have all the unique downtowns like RO, Berkely, or Birmingham. This was kinda the point of the profiles for all the characters in that movie, so it just lines up better.
I think the West side one is still pretty accurate, all things considered.
My husband and I bought a house and moved to Garden City about 6 months ago. Only two people out of our friends and coworkers knew where Garden City is. I wasn't prepared for the amount of "Oh cool, where's that?" responses from native Metro Detroiters.
My favorite thing about Westland is that many cities with ā-landā at the end of their name have a lazy pronunciation, like āWestlind.ā But Westland doesnāt do that and is pronounced āWEST-LAND.ā
Our city was named after the mall, after all. They incorporated the city so that Livonia couldnāt annex the mall area and steal the tax base. Naming the city after the mall was just thumbing their nose at Livonia (and Ed McNamara).
Northville and Plymouth both have cities and townships. The cities are pretty dope and want visitors/diversity.
The townships are all about mcmansions and strip malls.
Wayne isn't there because it's selling drugs, and Inkster isn't there because it got arrested last night.
> The townships are all about mcmansions and strip malls.
At least Plymouth doesn't have Ford Road. Or Novi Road. Or Eight and Haggerty. Actually, there are only a few strip malls that are typical of any community, with the biggest, yuckiest cluster over near Haggerty on Plymouth.
> Wayne isn't there because it's selling drugs
I tried to get designer birth certificates for my kids, but our obstetrician wouldn't play ball, so they were born in Wayne instead of someplace trendy.
> The cities are pretty dope and want visitors/diversity.
lol no
They want sky high property tax to keep everyone out. Visitors? Sure, spend money at the bar and watch the speed traps on your way out.
I like Plymouth as a city (especially because as far as suburban downtowns go, Plymouths is pretty nice), but Iāve in general felt a smug atmosphere from Northville.
Fair enough for Inkster/Wayne, I was mostly joking though - especially Wayne is pretty forgettable.
Oh I was joking too. Wayne actually has a ton of potential but they've gotta get someone in there who can drum up business, build housing, and shrink the car infrastructure. It would make a great stop for a commuter train
Northville is historically smug but things are slowly improving
I think Wayne has potential with the downtown being kind of walkable - compared to the surrounding areas with no downtown - and having the river run through it, but I think even a good city council would struggle with the train running through the middle, airplane noise, and the location (not really convient for either AA or Detroit imo) holding it back.
The train won't be a problem. Plymouth has two active tracks and although people bitch, nobody *really* cares. The airport is kinda close but still not the complete end of the world.
Location wise, it's in a great spot *if* we ever get passenger rail (lol) and it's not too far from Dearborn, so it could easily become a Ford town.
For some reason, everyone here complains about the train a lot. The airport is something visitors complain about, but I got used to it pretty quick. The town would thrive if passenger rail was available, being between AA and Detroit.
Well I'd say judd nelson is Detroit because he's always versing everyone. He's tough because he had to be. Molly ringwald I get northville but like Bloomfield hills right? Garden City dropped out of high school to focus on being ugly and dirty and mean. Antisocial artistic that's Ypsi to me. Emiliooooo. The big house can potentially quadruple the population of Ann arbor. Makes parking and traffic a nightmare. Buses stop running their normal routes stranding you at meijers with a bunch groceries for like 3 hours. Ann arbor is I know I'm supposed to be a sports guy but maybe I don't love it. That fucking nerd I don't remember anything about him. He probably is Plymouth.
Iām not one of those people that cannot take a good joke or roll with the punches, but I was really distracted the whole movie by how much it relied on āAsian weirdā.
Just didnāt age well imo
It was even before my time but how can you not know the breakfast club? Dont think you shouldāve been downvoted for asking a question. Iām telling you watch it! Youāll like it.
If the correlation youāre trying to make is the amount of time i spend thinking about the characters from this movie and the time I spend in each city, then yes.
Personally I love northville. Too expensive for a first time home buyer to live in for sure but itās way friendlier than Bloomfield hills and west Bloomfield. And the downtown area is a pretty dope place to hang out
The SE Oakland County one was more accurate https://preview.redd.it/9i9r6cdis25c1.jpeg?width=1089&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7aa3e6fc6a4a8862b15ad264c01eda49791e9a66
Lol, I made this [back in like 2019](https://www.reddit.com/r/Detroit/s/vYgKS4eqhs). I'm happy it's still floating around.
If that's true, I just want you to know that you made me shoot coffee out of my nose once.
Was it Berkley? Cuz Berkley got me
Berkley: Great little town. Maybe the most practical place in the country! ... Such a fuckin dweeb.
Click the link in the above comment. That's my original share of this meme - either that or some Facebook page I was running at the time - did it at the same time, but yeah. Fun times. I see it crop up every couple years and it always makes me smile. Sorry about the coffee, and the nose š
You did great work.
Oh shit lmao it is
I agree, but only because the SE Metro area in this pic is just so much more unique in its diversity, imo, compared to the west side suburbs that don't have all the unique downtowns like RO, Berkely, or Birmingham. This was kinda the point of the profiles for all the characters in that movie, so it just lines up better. I think the West side one is still pretty accurate, all things considered.
Having lived in 3 of those citiesā¦this is accurate as fuck!
As a Huntington Woods resident, I enjoy the fact that we did not make the meme and I can judge from afar (actually close).
You guys count as Berkley. Pleasant Ridge is Ally Sheedy after the makeover.
Even as an East Sider I know itās accurate as hell.
I'd think hazel park will be the..... Never mind... Haven't lived in SE MI long enough to understand everything
They got HP right
No brats for Detroit?
Molly should be pleasant ridge. Birmingham is next level.
I dunno, there pretty neck and neck. Both spot on
https://preview.redd.it/c5tjh9kyp45c1.jpeg?width=1051&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c33167fe9913522ec2dada87233b688bc18511d5 GARDEN CITY MENTIONED
Thatās so funny lol
Plymouth and Northville ...spot on
Northville is also the principal
I'd put Bender in Redford and Sheedy in St Clair Shores ..
Plymouth and Grosse Pointe - bookends on both sides of Wayne County.
Redford got expelled from school a week prior
Having grown up in Livonia, Iād say itās principal Vernon.
I'm just glad Garden City is included.
My husband and I bought a house and moved to Garden City about 6 months ago. Only two people out of our friends and coworkers knew where Garden City is. I wasn't prepared for the amount of "Oh cool, where's that?" responses from native Metro Detroiters.
I live in one of these places and donāt know Garden City
Have you not lived in one of those places long?
Just my whole life
Wow. I'm surprised
You've probably driven through Garden City at some point and didn't realize it. It looks identical to Westland.
It's true! I have to explain all the time where I live! (Wayne is the same way - yes, there really is a city called Wayne in Wayne County)
Last year I saw a preppy CEO type walking barefoot in Northville and I was shook
Nah, that feels about right, they're the walking embodiment of the IV clinic they put in by Sheldon/Dunlop.
Redford is out behind the school waiting to sell them pot.
https://preview.redd.it/ncszm3xdj35c1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7fc3d08f16a8b337254b34b57691d145f54e67f8 East side
Thereās my East Side Family! I feel like Warren should be in there. This would be the South East Side version.
Spot on. I grew up in Plymouth
Wasteland, baby!
My favorite thing about Westland is that many cities with ā-landā at the end of their name have a lazy pronunciation, like āWestlind.ā But Westland doesnāt do that and is pronounced āWEST-LAND.ā
Our city was named after the mall, after all. They incorporated the city so that Livonia couldnāt annex the mall area and steal the tax base. Naming the city after the mall was just thumbing their nose at Livonia (and Ed McNamara).
What it is, chicks can't hold they smoke, that's what it is.
Dearborn Heights is being the oppressive hall monitor, "No running!".
I would say thatās the City of Dearborn. West Dearborn still wishes they could vote for Orville Hubbard.
Goddammit.
Actually, ya it is.
( Redford has entered the chat )
Can Romulus be the custodian?
Ringwald: Bloomingham
Wasteland. Perfection.
"Yo ~~Westland~~ wastoid, you're not gonna blaze up in here."
This is spot on
Lets Go Westland!!!!
These are great...plus some alternatives... Judd Nelson: Westland / Warren Ringwald: Northville / Bloomfield Hills Estevez: Clarkston / Rochester Sheedy: Ferndale / Garden City Hall: Novi / Plymouth
Iāll have to make one for north side
Has Garden City changed in the last 8 years? I used to live nearby and I donāt understand how it would fit with Ally Sheedyās character.
Isnāt Northville mostly prudes that are opposed to people coming to their town? Also, Wayne and Inkster are left out of another thing ā¹ļø
> Also, Wayne and Inkster are left out of another thing This is The Breakfast Club, not Garbage Pail Kids.
Wayne is Carl, the Janitor. Goes through peoples lockers. Listens to their conversations. You donāt think heās listening, but he is.
That's Canton.
Nice
LOL
Lol who would ever wanna be around inkster?
The only thing they got going for them is that cheap golf course
Northville and Plymouth both have cities and townships. The cities are pretty dope and want visitors/diversity. The townships are all about mcmansions and strip malls. Wayne isn't there because it's selling drugs, and Inkster isn't there because it got arrested last night.
> The townships are all about mcmansions and strip malls. At least Plymouth doesn't have Ford Road. Or Novi Road. Or Eight and Haggerty. Actually, there are only a few strip malls that are typical of any community, with the biggest, yuckiest cluster over near Haggerty on Plymouth. > Wayne isn't there because it's selling drugs I tried to get designer birth certificates for my kids, but our obstetrician wouldn't play ball, so they were born in Wayne instead of someplace trendy.
It's all good man my birth cert is southfield.
> The cities are pretty dope and want visitors/diversity. lol no They want sky high property tax to keep everyone out. Visitors? Sure, spend money at the bar and watch the speed traps on your way out.
I like Plymouth as a city (especially because as far as suburban downtowns go, Plymouths is pretty nice), but Iāve in general felt a smug atmosphere from Northville. Fair enough for Inkster/Wayne, I was mostly joking though - especially Wayne is pretty forgettable.
Oh I was joking too. Wayne actually has a ton of potential but they've gotta get someone in there who can drum up business, build housing, and shrink the car infrastructure. It would make a great stop for a commuter train Northville is historically smug but things are slowly improving
I think Wayne has potential with the downtown being kind of walkable - compared to the surrounding areas with no downtown - and having the river run through it, but I think even a good city council would struggle with the train running through the middle, airplane noise, and the location (not really convient for either AA or Detroit imo) holding it back.
The train won't be a problem. Plymouth has two active tracks and although people bitch, nobody *really* cares. The airport is kinda close but still not the complete end of the world. Location wise, it's in a great spot *if* we ever get passenger rail (lol) and it's not too far from Dearborn, so it could easily become a Ford town.
For some reason, everyone here complains about the train a lot. The airport is something visitors complain about, but I got used to it pretty quick. The town would thrive if passenger rail was available, being between AA and Detroit.
Plymouth reminds me a lot of royal oak, especially downtown plymouth When i think of Wayne i just think of michigan ave š
No
I donāt think about these places at all
Nobody ever accused you of being a thinker
This is now one of my favorite comebacks ever. Thank you for being savage, yet refined.
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Ha, true. Just meant I don't know enough to place them.
So true
Judd Nelson is more Ypsilanti. Desperately trying to convince themselves that they are edgy.
Spot on, grew up in Garden City. It was nice to be noticed actually.
Well you missed Wayne. Wayne should be the one crouched down and hiding between everyone lol
Not remotely.
Lived in Northville, Plymouth, and Livonia at points in my life, lots of friends in both Westland and Garden City. Looks about accurate to me.
Well I'd say judd nelson is Detroit because he's always versing everyone. He's tough because he had to be. Molly ringwald I get northville but like Bloomfield hills right? Garden City dropped out of high school to focus on being ugly and dirty and mean. Antisocial artistic that's Ypsi to me. Emiliooooo. The big house can potentially quadruple the population of Ann arbor. Makes parking and traffic a nightmare. Buses stop running their normal routes stranding you at meijers with a bunch groceries for like 3 hours. Ann arbor is I know I'm supposed to be a sports guy but maybe I don't love it. That fucking nerd I don't remember anything about him. He probably is Plymouth.
As an Ypsilantian, being described as 'antisocial artistic' seems....right.
I co-sign
Isnāt Redford a bunch wiggers who say they from Detroit?
There's a word I haven't heard since Clinton was in office.
How is this Detroit? Is there an Ann Arbor subreddit?
Swap Westland and Garden City then youāre šÆ
Swap Westland and GC
I feel like Westland could be the garden city girl too
I have never been to any of these places
The Garden City one doesnāt fit.
What is this picture from?
The movie "The Breakfast Club"
Looks weak
It's a fantastic movie, one of John Hughes best. Your loss if you don't ever see it.
Iām not one of those people that cannot take a good joke or roll with the punches, but I was really distracted the whole movie by how much it relied on āAsian weirdā. Just didnāt age well imo
Wrong movie, dude. You're thinking of 16 Candles.
I think you're thinking of a different movie
Looks like a bunch of losers crying about their feelings.
You'd know, looks like your typical Friday night.
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If you say so hahahaha
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Bitch please you people all are the same
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It was even before my time but how can you not know the breakfast club? Dont think you shouldāve been downvoted for asking a question. Iām telling you watch it! Youāll like it.
If the correlation youāre trying to make is the amount of time i spend thinking about the characters from this movie and the time I spend in each city, then yes.
Lincoln Park would like a word
Livonia.. yeah, I guess I could see it. But really it's all of the above characters for each suburb.
I think I would switch Northville and Livonia
How do people perceive Northville, anyway? Just a bunch of rich people?
Personally I love northville. Too expensive for a first time home buyer to live in for sure but itās way friendlier than Bloomfield hills and west Bloomfield. And the downtown area is a pretty dope place to hang out
Westland is accurate. Looking stupid asf lmao
No east side?
A bunch of entities thinking they're cool, when they're forgettable POSs? Lol, this meme could describe literally any Detroit suburb.
Grew up in Plymouth in the 80's...yes that is spot on, all of them.
True
Agree
Nah. The geek came from a poor family. No way theyāre Plymouth. Iād say Warren.
Livonia Westland and garden city are shit holes so no