Another post. This time I wrote it. MY FIRST REJECTED POST!

I kinda like this "rejected post" thing. This is a post I (wakwy) wrote a while ago. I sent it to Miss Marm at Sparknotes and never heard back. She must have really hated it.

What It's Like to Live In...Detroit, MI

Hey Sparklers! Since Sparknotes has now started a series about the hometowns of Sparklers everywhere (no matter how boring, editors stress), I decided to write a post about the most boring place on earth (other than prison): Detroit.

First of all, you need to know how the area's divided. There's two parts: Detroit City and Metro Detroit. Detroit City is the inner city--where all the tall buildings and scary alleys are. It's divided into four parts: The East Side, The West Side, The North Side, and the South side (not too hard to remember). All are considered "scary neighborhoods, where all the gangsters live". It's actually not that bad, but you can't really blame the rich suburban kids; they've probably never even been to the inner city.

Metro Detroit is all the suburbs around the inner city. Metro D is divided into 3 parts: "Over by Southfield," "Over by Bloomfield Hills," and "Over by Troy" (where I live). Though there are plenty of places to hang out around in the inner city, I'll focus on the ones in Metro D that I'm more familiar with:

The Mall: It's a pretty big mall--three miles worth of square footage. It's got all our favorite restaurants, book stores, clothing shops, and everything else you need to be set for life (Stir Crazy, anyone?)

The Waterpark: It's not that big, but it's got the basics: A huge wavepool, a few "big people slides" (as my little sibs have dubbed them), and a kiddie area that's so awesome more teenagers play there than little kids (or maybe it's just my friends...)

The Tigers Stadium: Not that the Tigers ever win anything, but it's still fun to watch a baseball game whether your team wins or not (I ought to know)

The Palace of Auburn Hills: Where Detroit's basketball team plays, and the biggest event venue in Detroit, Metro Detroit, and surrounding areas. All major tours in Michigan stop by the Palace.

The Library of Troy: It's so big, we held a "hide-and-seek" competition with 13 people, and it took 1 hour to find everyone. And it's recognized as the best library in Detroit (both parts).

Motown: I really don't know why it's so popular, but everyone here over the age to 30 thinks it's a really big deal, so I thought I'd mention it.

Sadly, my post definitely won't top the one about Tanzania (lucky Sparkler), but I still like living here.