It is so great being back in good old bloomfield hills. It's the wealthiest city outside of florida and california, and it's located in the wealthiest county in the country (recently outpacing a county with similar initials in california).
Ok I'm done, it's lame. I'm blessed to be able to call such a place home, but it's one of those places where there is not shit to do but talk about houses. "Yeah they finally sold that bigass house on vaughn road...I think Kid Rock bought it."
If there is one saving grace, it is that everyone in bloomfield wants to leave and be successful. Sure many people's definition of success is living in bloomfield, or trendier parts of oakland county, but the drive to reach that success is admirably strong in everyone you meet. I've had as many spirited conversations as I could stomach about start-up businesses, fields of lawyers, and my personal favorite commercial real estate. But I join in with them with talks of rebuilding schools or starting new ones. As far from bloomfield as I try to position myelf I too have the entrepenurial desire for success.
The relationship of the city of detroit with this city, and moreover this county, is much harder to find any positive. Most of this county's suburbs were developed by people fleeing the racially charged riots of 1967. Four years afterward the oakland county based national advocate group was published in TIME. The KKK-backed group eventually led to a ruling in Milliken v Bradley that blocked the integration by busing between urban and suburban districts and took what thurgood marshall called a "giant step backward" from Brown v. Board.
Since then it seems that the county seems to define itself by how different it is from the city of detroit, and detroit similarly mocks the suburbs as well wanting little to do with the boring doldrums of suburban life. Throughout my life the area has acted like a old-fashioned father and his rebelious son (with both sides swapping roles on occasion), but now they think its time to let by-gones be bygones.
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I'm so sorry to hear about your brother, carl. I will be thinking of him and hoping he remains safe.
Christine, thank you for your kind thoughts, please don't worry about it...I didn't intend for it to be a downer I hope you aren't still feeling out of it, or at least not feeling down
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