Population: 4.5 million (metropolitan statistical area) USDA Hardiness Zone: 6 Major airport: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Companies with a Major Presence: Ford Motor Co., General…   Read the Article

EAST Flagship Neighborhood: Grosse Pointe When Henry Ford’s son Edsel wanted a home of his own, Dad hired architect Albert Kahn to build him a St. Clair lakefront, 60-room “cottage” in Grosse…   Read the Article

Food and Drink Essentials WHERE TO BUY GROCERIES Meijer Numerous locations This Michigan-based chain of regional superstores has beautiful produce, decent baked goods and unbeatable prices. The…   Read the Article

GEOGRAPHY Are you an East Sider or a West Sider? Stake your claim. Woodward Avenue divides the city of Detroit. East Siders live east of Woodward and West Siders live west of it. It started as a…   Read the Article

The automotive industry is the engine that makes the Motor City run. Detroit is the automotive center of the world and the ultimate company town; Ford, General Motors and Chrysler are the dominant…   Read the Article

Everyone knows Detroit went boom on the strength of its automotive industry. But long before Henry Ford’s factories were turning Midwestern steel into Model Ts, Detroit’s economic value came from its…   Read the Article