Harper Woods is a city that used to be close to what the Grosse Pointes were at one point as far as middle class living. But now because of the economy it is alot closer to being Detroit jr. (foreclosers; A mall, Eastland, that has trouble keeping it's stores open). It, like Detroit, really isn't as bad as some people say, but still, like Detroit, has a long way to go before getting back to where it once was.
Person 1: It's kind of sad to see all the enconomic problems here in Harper Woods, Michigan with all the foreclosers and stuff.
Person 2: Yeah, I know. There really isn't much here anymore.
Person 2: Yeah, I know. There really isn't much here anymore.
by Yes indeed August 14, 2009
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The pride of the city: a shopping center built in 1957 an early example of a strip mall, torn down.
It's A place where the parks are filled with alcoholics sheltering in the dugouts of neglected baseball fields while surrounding themselves with the classiest of beverages: 40 ounce bottles of Old English 800, during school hours.
Where you can sleep soundly listening to the gun shots of meth-head neighbors whom have let their longstanding feud boil over.
Where police are too busy playing music over their car loudspeakers when watching street races vie for glory across the street in Detroit It's where at the local diner, a guy goes crazy after he finds out his girlfriend whom waitresses there has cheated on him with a cook, shoots the diner up only to die by rear ending a farm combine forty miles away in Monroe. Where growing up, you learn to tell the difference between different types of junkies before the age of eleven. It's a place where an ex-bouncer at the local dance club escaped from the basement with holes drilled through his hands. Where just breathing , quadruples your cancer risk.
Lincoln Park may be the reason white people are moving back to Detroit.
The pride of the city: a shopping center built in 1957 an early example of a strip mall, torn down.
It's A place where the parks are filled with alcoholics sheltering in the dugouts of neglected baseball fields while surrounding themselves with the classiest of beverages: 40 ounce bottles of Old English 800, during school hours.
Where you can sleep soundly listening to the gun shots of meth-head neighbors whom have let their longstanding feud boil over.
Where police are too busy playing music over their car loudspeakers when watching street races vie for glory across the street in Detroit It's where at the local diner, a guy goes crazy after he finds out his girlfriend whom waitresses there has cheated on him with a cook, shoots the diner up only to die by rear ending a farm combine forty miles away in Monroe. Where growing up, you learn to tell the difference between different types of junkies before the age of eleven. It's a place where an ex-bouncer at the local dance club escaped from the basement with holes drilled through his hands. Where just breathing , quadruples your cancer risk.
Lincoln Park may be the reason white people are moving back to Detroit.
"Going to hit up my dealer today to buy weed and some percocets, He's the 12 year old , smoking in that group across the street from the middle school, only in Lincoln Park, Michigan"
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The best city in Michigan. Riverview is filled with preps, Woodhaven is filled with potheads, and Brownstown is filled with thugs, but Trenton is filled with people who don't care about stereotypes. Trenton wins almost every sports match and has the best hockey team ever. The teachers at Trenton High are amazing, especially Mr. Raupp, Mrs. Lowe and Mr. Clements :) Trenton ROCKS!
by Trentonian2013 April 15, 2010
Get the Trenton, Michigan mug.Considered one of the "public ivies," the University of Michigan is one of the top public universities in the nation, with top 10 ranking programs in Engineering, Business, Medicine, and Law... to name a few. Its undergraduate acceptance rate has declined significantly, shrinking from almost 50% to less than 25% in the past decade. It is situated in the picturesque college town of Ann Arbor, the most educated city in the US. It currently holds over 44,000 students.
The University of Michigan's football team has produced the likes of Tom Brady and Brandon Graham. Also known as Umich or UofM, it has educated icons such as Michael Phelps, Lucy Liu, James Earl Jones, Madonna, and Larry Page. It is often characterized by its extensive alumni network and overwhelming sense of school pride and spirit.
However, its diversity is somewhat lacking-- it's pretty white, and there are many rich intl students and out-of-state "JAPs" and WASPs, and there is definitely some ethnic division as per nearly any college or school. Additionally, the winters are dreadful.
The students are generally stereotyped as being either antisocial nerds or crazy partiers, but many of the students are well-rounded, highly involved, and sociable. Depending on who you hang out with, you could end up talking to kids who've been accepted to Ivies or degenerates who just binge-drink and waste daddy's money on Juul pods.
I hope that's a somewhat holistic view of Umich. I still love it here-- Go Blue!
The University of Michigan's football team has produced the likes of Tom Brady and Brandon Graham. Also known as Umich or UofM, it has educated icons such as Michael Phelps, Lucy Liu, James Earl Jones, Madonna, and Larry Page. It is often characterized by its extensive alumni network and overwhelming sense of school pride and spirit.
However, its diversity is somewhat lacking-- it's pretty white, and there are many rich intl students and out-of-state "JAPs" and WASPs, and there is definitely some ethnic division as per nearly any college or school. Additionally, the winters are dreadful.
The students are generally stereotyped as being either antisocial nerds or crazy partiers, but many of the students are well-rounded, highly involved, and sociable. Depending on who you hang out with, you could end up talking to kids who've been accepted to Ivies or degenerates who just binge-drink and waste daddy's money on Juul pods.
I hope that's a somewhat holistic view of Umich. I still love it here-- Go Blue!
by thebigbigweenie October 27, 2018
Get the University of Michigan mug.a small hick town with small-minded, mean people. there is never anything to do because it literally has two gas stations, three dollar stores for all the cheap people that live there, and one family owned diner. the little tiny lake there is polluted with human feces and all the kids that go to Beaverton High School wear the same boring, name-brand shit. the guys there are complete dicks while the girls tend to be complete whores.
by callmename September 1, 2012
Get the Beaverton, Michigan mug.A respectable institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school mascot is a large variety of weasel known as the wolverine, and the school colors are corn and blue. This institution is characterized by students that truly believe that everyone hates them because they jealous of their extreme intellectual superiority and athletic talent. However outside of their "lovely" city/campus/slum, these elitist douchebags don't realize that everyone really hates them because (drumroll please)... they are elitist douchebags. These students are also characterized by their unfriendly attitude towards outsiders that will ultimately condemn them to a horrible fate of only befriending other fellow U of M cohorts. Throughout the rest of the state of Michigan, and for that matter, the rest of the United States, those who affiliate themselves with U of M are generally looked upon with disdain, pity, or outright disgust because of these unfounded self-righteous attitudes. Their non-student fan base is notorious for having a large amount of red-neck hicks too stupid to get into ANY institution of higher learning, and a student fan base famous for booing their own teams in times of trouble. At times, supporters and students of U of M can become so delusional as to believe that their institution is an Ivy League school, thus inspiring chuckles of patronizing pity from everyone who knows better. If one has the unfortunate luck of having to meet with a Wolverine supporter or student, one should disregard their truly pointless and pompous speeches about the superiority of this institution, and instead hand them a flashlight in order to help them in the quest of removing their head from their rectum.
"Hey Jimmy, what's that?"
"This? Oh, it's just my acceptance letter to the University of Michigan, Johnny."
"Wow, now everyone I know has one of those."
"Yeah, they offered me a four-year academic and athletic scholarship."
"So are you gonna go there?"
"No I think I'd rather scrape my eyeballs out with a plastic spork. And besides, I'll never get into a good career because no one will want to fucking deal with me. But what should I do with the letter?"
"I used mine to wipe my ass."
"This? Oh, it's just my acceptance letter to the University of Michigan, Johnny."
"Wow, now everyone I know has one of those."
"Yeah, they offered me a four-year academic and athletic scholarship."
"So are you gonna go there?"
"No I think I'd rather scrape my eyeballs out with a plastic spork. And besides, I'll never get into a good career because no one will want to fucking deal with me. But what should I do with the letter?"
"I used mine to wipe my ass."
by GoBlow1234 April 18, 2009
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