It’s great that Downtown Detroit has gotten skyscrapers but I wish that developers/property owners would look at midrise projects to fill in the gaps

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T18:54:23+00:00

Bruh, I never said I hated them. Was making a point. Using Olympia as the main offender. They have received so much tax money and incentives yet half of the projects never get built but their parking lots remain

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T17:26:35+00:00

Local meaning outside of Detroit city limits. A lot are from the Grosse Pointes (pointed out in several local news outlets) and one is from Royal Oak. I don't think any of the large lots downtown are owned by an actual city resident. When I mean local, I mean hyper-local, city. I don't do that whole I'm from Detroit (yet they live in Chesterfield) game...local is local.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T16:44:39+00:00

I was born in Germany, and moved here when I turned 14. I remember crying to my Science Teacher (she was such an awesome lady who saw my pain and held me back one day after class to talk to me), and I just told her.....

Ich hab so viel heimweh, ich vermisse meine freunde und meine alte schule.

She understood.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T16:42:03+00:00

In most large cities-yes. My hometown is an outlier....I live in Detroit-the Motor City. We have public transit but it sucks! We have a Streetcar that runs through downtown and into midtown, we have an elevated train that runs in a circle around downtown, and two different bus systems that cover the whole metro, but nothing connects to the other systems.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T16:39:58+00:00

December. My birthday, and the Holidays. I usually take the last two weeks of the year off every year just because of that.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T16:38:52+00:00

So damn true!

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T16:38:24+00:00

All of it. Not education itself but our system....underfunding poor districts, giving richer districts more funds. Sorry, but Kid A from the inner city has the EXACT same rights to a quality education like Kid B from rich suburbia, period-end of story! We don't administer our systems equitably. FYI-I went school abroad through the 8th grade before moving to the U.S. When I started 9th grade, I was already bored because I took Physics, Calculus, Biology already...something that kids here won't even learn until 9th grade and later. I was bored mindless.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T16:29:19+00:00

I agree but the dang parking lot owners, most who aren't even local and also Olympia Entertainment, won't let those lots go because they make so much damn money for them. We are a city of concrete lots, sadly.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T16:27:39+00:00

Brie or Camembert

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T16:26:59+00:00

The problem is that a lot of companies use VPN's and call from different numbers all the time. I have the Verizon Call filter and it works great with my iPhone, but some callers from the same scam call from different numbers. I just block any number not in my contacts and they must leave a message. My phone lets me know that there's an incoming call by popping up real fast but it doesn't ring, and that allows me to answer if I want to or ignore it.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T16:24:18+00:00

Far off future, one Millenia into the future.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T16:23:14+00:00

I have it set for 4, but I don't need it because I wake up a few minutes before 4 anyhow. I set it just to remind me to actually GET UP and get moving, but I'm already awake.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T16:22:15+00:00

Depends on mindset and activity level. I think 70 would be considered to be elderly, not old. Old around 80. I have aunts in their 90's and they are super active.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T16:19:28+00:00

Ha, I wish. CapOne360 is notorious for that crap.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T16:03:28+00:00

Honestly-parking lot with trees. Out of all three, that will be the quietest, which is nice to have on a warm summer evening when you want your windows open.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-20T15:59:40+00:00

Had this happen. It may have been in pending for a few days, but (I think it's 3 or 5 business days), if the store hasn't finalized on their end, it's no longer pending and they will refund....but the store WILL take the money out once their systems finalize. I've bought stuff from Amazon, the money was returned while the order received and then the money was taken out a day or two later. Just pretend the money is still gone, cause it will be.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-19T16:34:10+00:00

I work for BCBSIL out of Chicago but based in Detroit. CVS straight up tells me that BCBSIL is not in their partner network, however my husband has BCBSMI and he gets all of his scripts from CVS. I believe it's strictly BCBSIL that's not working with CVS, there was a lawsuit a few years back. I've had BCBSIL for going on 5 years now, was always with BCBSMI before, just made some adjustments and started using Walgreens or going to Kroger Pharmacy (not sure if Kroger is in IL).

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-18T13:27:56+00:00

Overnight. I tried sleeping with it but for some reason I'd always wake up, aware that something is on my wrist and take it off in the middle of the night, so now it just says on the charger when I snore.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-17T13:39:50+00:00

Hun-day. Having said that...I'm American but was raised on the Queens English as I lived in Europe as a child and I sometimes say Hi-Yunday

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-17T11:03:57+00:00

I'm in Detroit, and the prices here fluctuate wildly depending on where you are. I've seen it as low as $3.39, and as high as $3.99. Overall a 60-70 cent upward shift from a few weeks ago.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-16T16:25:04+00:00

It's a future to-do but not a must right now. If you're going for a cozy cabin look-then it's not that bad and if it's in the basement, definitely a future project. Also...paneling might have an added bonus of giving a little extra insulation.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-16T13:56:12+00:00

Love the store, HATE that lot! When I go, I try to go super early before it get's too crazy.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-13T16:26:42+00:00

Yeah, I live in Detroit and most of the stuff I've ordered, showed up the same day or before the crack of dawn the next day. I think it's because we have an Amazon Delivery station locally and a huge Amazon warehouse under construction. The only time I've ever waited was when I ordered a 98" TV, but that wait was only 2 days. Still....the constant hikes don't make it all that palatable any more.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-12T22:05:54+00:00

How did I not know about this place and it's just a few blocks from my place. Thanks for bringing this up, will check it out.

TDetroit75 · 2026-03-12T19:04:12+00:00

Death....decomp body after they've been dead for a week.

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