Talk:8 Mile Road

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I fully agree that 8 Mile is a rather dramatic border - but I think that calling the area north of 8 Mile some of the "most prosperous zip codes in the nation" is a serious overstatement. Warren 48089 - ever been there? You'd think you were on the other side of 8 Mile. Those of us who grew up in that area always reffered to it as "the white ghetto". How about Ferndale and Eastpointe - all on the north side of 8 mile - and places where poverty is readily apparent. Rmisiak 05:49, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, it's much more of a racial dividing line than an income one. Along most of 8 Mile, the standard of living hardly changes--it's just that the people north of the road (well, east of Woodward anyway) are white and the people south of it are black. Alter Road, between Detroit and the Grosse Pointes, is more of an income dividing line. You cross it and go from lower-class to yuppieville. Funnyhat 05:27, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Also, it should be noted that the racial divide of 8 Mile has weakened as minorities have moved to Oak Park and Southfield. And of course, in much of Metro Detroit, 8 Mile is simply a political boundary, for example, west of Telegraph Road all the way to Washtenaw County.

What about 8 Mile east of 94? I live in St. Clair Shores. Over here, Detroit itself doesn't start right at 8 Mile; it's more like Moross (7 Mile for the uninititated). Just across Old 8 Mile (i.e. not Vernier Rd.) is Harper Woods. I think this also holds true for portions of the opposite side of 94. Just considering Harper Woods Regina High School is south of Vernier on Kelly. (I just don't go south of 9 that often on that side of 94, so I'm not that sure.) Uni nd 09 02:58, 27 September 2005 (UTC)