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Detroit
Rouge Park, Detroit’s biggest urban green, deserves more love
By Detour Neighborhood Ambassador Frank Nemecek Warrendale is a familiar name to most folks in the Detroit. The neighborhood…
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Culture
What to do and drink during Detroit Cocktail Week
Detroit’s first Cocktail Classic launched in 2014, with a respectable 12 bars and restaurants serving drinks alongside a relatively modest brunch.…
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Detour and Outlier Media
Detroit’s infamous foreclosure auction looks different this year
Every year, counties across Michigan auction off foreclosed properties whose owners have been delinquent on property taxes for three years.…
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Culture
Uncovering the mystery of Corktown’s strangest billboard
For a couple months this summer, the “Questions Guy” billboard loomed over Trumbull and Michigan in Corktown. With a powder…
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Detroit
Why researchers are poring over thousands of Metro Detroit food tweets
Let’s say you fire off a tweet about the bomb grilled cheese you just made. Maybe, you wonder into the…
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Detroit
Why the University of Michigan is eyeing a bigger slice of Detroit
When we first learned about the University of Michigan’s Detroit Center, not gonna lie, we pictured some impressive, gleaming hall…
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Stories
We answer your 5,000 questions about no-fault insurance in Detroit
There’s no question that car insurance is way, way, WAY too high for drivers in Metro Detroit. But there’s plenty…
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How to snoop inside the quirkiest homes in Detroit
We’ve seen plenty of home tours in Detroit -- it’s a great way to peek inside stately historic neighborhoods like…
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