My dad thought the same thing. He absolutely could not believe that it was real. Then when I explained it was, he got angry that he didn't think of fooling people with buzzspeak sooner.

I've always been amazed at the seemingly neverending Authenticity Tests a person is subjected to when they say they are from Detroit. It's been going on my entire 37 short years of life, and is the first test most of us take in the Real Detroiter inclusion/exclusion process. I swear, people somehow gained more respect…

cities like detroit aren't built on small business and cool indie restaurants, they're built on industry. Unless industry and corporations decide to come back within the city limits, the city will continue to shamble around like a zombie. Everything these rich white kids are doing is just a band-aid on a severed limb,…