The End of 8 Mile Nobody Shows You

[@andrer.mallet2410]

I'm from Windsor and the limited time I've driven down the length of 8 mile I can tell you it's like 20 different neighborhoods from one end to the other

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

And all extremely different from one another!

[@allmoneyin_8953]

Not just 20 different neighborhoods, like 20 different cities lol

[@andrer.mallet2410]

@@allmoneyin_8953 or that😅

[@ShonBaka]

Detroits a dump, and its because democratic rule, we all need to awaken, if you vote dem, your voting for communism

[@dub1256]

@@allmoneyin_8953literally

[@400hpGTO]

My Camaro broke down in Detroit today. A nice guy stopped and tried to give me a jump. But, my car was dead. He hung out with me while I waited for the tow truck and we talked Tigers and Lions. I’m white and he was black. But, we are simply bros now. Be good to each other

[@murraywiles]

Your lucky h didnt get shot or robbex

[@MrLedeberg]

now all you needed a dude talking about bears and a girl about to hop on a yellow brick road :p

[@PeaceToAll-sl1db]

love it don't forget to vote for Trump

[@Plasmonix666]

​@@PeaceToAll-sl1dbhell yeah

[@msbunnymrabbit]

​@@PeaceToAll-sl1dbsuck it

[@WilliamGreenlee]

I grew up at 8 mile and Beck in Northville and I love to joke that I “grew up on 8 mile” to non locals and often get the “omg like Eminem?!”. I’m like sure yep Northville / Detroit like same same. But great video and good showing just how wide the range of 8 mile / Base Line Rd. is!

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Love it 😂 and thank you!

[@Ben77788]

Northville is really nice. We used to stop up there all the time on the way to Fenton. Actually, a lot of the suburbs around Detroit are pretty nice. Some more upscale than others. Most of the areas that are super sketch are closer to Downtown.

[@SeeKyle-h6v]

You rich lucky bastard....Northville is nice as fuck

[@jainubeezy1]

Love me some Genitti's Hole In the Wall!

[@alexannaz]

LOL. I've lived on 8 MIle for the past 33 years (2 different places.) I love my 8 Mile address. I have never thought of it as dangerous.

[@alexannaz]

I saw you in your truck a few weeks ago (7 Mile and Inkster area.)

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

That’s awesome! I agree, the horror stories aren’t all the city is

[@DdoubleU979]

Well it is so you can stop lying to ppl I live in Eastpointe and it's becoming unsafe cause of you know who so I KNOW you have MURDERS BURGLARY ARM ROBBERIES idk we're you at in Detroit just cut on the news and something is happening near u

[@DdoubleU979]

Stop it you can't sell ppl a FALSE NARRATIVE about Detroit you will lose your life there at the gas station or corner store getting a Pepsi the mansion your showing I'm going to suggest ppl to look in the background now who wants to pay MILLIONS and have those ppl living behind you when they need to steal were you think they gonna go u doing this driving up property values and know one is going to move in any stupid person has section 8 and uses it in Detroit is a DAMN FOOL fr....Ppl from Detroit will never buy these homes at the current prices cause we can weigh the danger factor in NO ITS NOT WORTH IT these homes were 10-15k now they want 50-80k for the same houses in which the neighborhoods have gotten TERRIBLY WORST AND BLIGHTED

[@DdoubleU979]

They kill innocent ppl EVERYDAY in Detroit were your kids going to go to school at what about car insurance in Detroit it's more than the actual car payment in areas u can't even vacation for a week everyone on the street will no your gone and there going in your home U CAN BET ON THAT NO DOUBT let me ask you this what about if your wife needs a coffee in the morning can she stop at 5am in Detroit on her corner and get gas and coffee would u allow your son on his way from work to stop at the store at 1am to get anything these are the questions u have to ask before u spend 50k on a Detroit house and that's low for a home so u can imagine the NEIGHBORHOOD

[@kevinc764]

You got rich people to crackheads😂

[@misteriknow2069]

That’s not just 8 Mile…That’s Detroit lol.

[@undefined5083]

@@misteriknow2069 literally any big city in the us

[@misteriknow2069]

@@undefined5083 True

[@fawn1785]

You're bringing back memories. I grew up in St. Clair Shores. Graduated HS in the 70s. Detroit was so much fun!

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

I’m glad you liked it!

[@rosecorrie2920]

it sure was!

[@paulwindisch1423]

Driving from one end of 8 mile to the other gives you a sense of just how big the City of Detroit proper actually is. On one side is Eastpointe, the other side Detroit. Then Warren and on the other side Detroit, Hazel Park, Royal Oak, Ferndale, Southfield, all the while on the other side, Detroit. There are even two separate cities INSIDE Detroit (Highland Park and Hamtramck).

[@randyward4081]

It 25 miles wide

[@brianking4225]

We are bigger than San Francisco and quite a few cities people tend to forget Detroit was built to house 2 million people hence the many abandoned neighborhoods because of the population decline

[@my2iu]

It’s ironic that the most inhospitable part of 8 mile, the part where you couldn’t even film because you weren’t comfortable there, was the rural part outside of Detroit.

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Right?! 😂

[@kathrinekerns8398]

This was a nice video. It really did show growth and rejuvenation of this city. The people are what is making tge difference. The mansion is beautiful. Detroit went way down but, it is coming back. TY for showing this video. 🤗🤗

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

I agree! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nathanlawson313]

My guy here is kinda missing the point. 8 mile is "the train tracks" separating 2 worlds. I worked at 8mile and Lahser for 10yrs... If you go North on Lahser a couple miles, it's common to find houses that have a "West Wing", a butler, garages with rotating floors, and they literally ask contractors to OVERCHARGE them so they can brag to their neighbors about how much they paid. To the south, there's a Burger King at 7mile and Lahser with bars on the windows and bullet proof glass at the drive thru window. 👀

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Bruh I made the video I think I know what point I was trying to make 😂

[@nathanlawson313]

You literally said @7:20 "The whole point of this video is to show you that the image you have of 8mile might not be true..." 8 mile is a busy 8 lane road with thousands of commuters going to work. Of course it's fine to drive down. It was never some "dangerous road" itself. But it's WHAT IT DIVIDES that gives it it's reputation. If you go a couple blocks South, it IS pretty dangerous, in many areas. You might not keep your car. If you go a couple blocks North you might see a Ferrari.

[@briggsjos]

There's 2 subways on the same road on 8 mile and one has bullet proof glass and security doors while the other one doesn't.

[@herchelleonwood7463]

i think i bought coke at that burger king back in the 80's .

[@boots0313]

When was the last time you were at 7 & Lahser. That Burger King has been gone over 20+ years

[@andreadouglas8581]

I live in the surburbs of Detroit - I can get up at 2 am in the morning and go for a walk - there are people that even get up and go for a walk at 4 AM without having to look over their shoulders or anything I feel that sense of safety is what I would want if I was still live in Detroit

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

I agree, Detroit needs a lot of work from the top down

[@Jessica_Costantini]

i do the same and i live n detroit

[@alexevan78]

Thanks for the content it's always good seeing Detroit in a good light 🕯️🚨.. Eastside

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

No problem!

[@mcgjohn22]

great overview of that stretch. I have done a similar trip on 7 mile road. quite different.

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Very different!

[@goku48071]

When I think of eight mile, I actually think of hazel park. Somebody I used to work with. We would go to a scrapyard right on eight mile in hazel park.That's what I think of, also, there's a little diner dress right around the corner.Also in hazel park

[@theresahammond6251]

Thank you that was fun to watch, I lived at 8 mile and Farmington years ago.

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@beverlyw56]

i've been to Mid Eight on my way from Livonia to Warren. Great little sandwich shop.

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

It sure is!

[@JillianSiobhanMal]

Wow! As a metro Detroiter I knew most of this already ofc, but I didn’t know there was a newer looking sub out there. So cool to talk to the locals & biz owners! Great coverage 👏🏻

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Thanks Jillian, I appreciate that!

[@craig2e46]

I lived Downriver my whole life, 51 years, never realized that 8 Mile went that far. Thanks for the video very informational and cool.

[@chriscuster9955]

I swear, "that's a beefy piece" will never get old

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

It’s Connor’s (editor) favorite 😂

[@michaelsheedy]

Lots of memories from back in the day. It was how you got to the East Side. You had to cross it to get to Northland. My bank was at Asbury Park at 8 mile. We went to bowl, drive-in movie, and public pool off 8 mile. I bought my stereo at SONY center off 8 mile. On and on.

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

I’m glad to hear people have positive memories of it 🙏

[@leeshepherd9802]

Ty for disspelling myth...Nice video..

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

No problem!

[@lindaroyal8161]

Sure blew my perspective of 8 mile. I'm with the majority that thought it was more crime and no good as portrayed on the news and Eminem videos. Growing up in Rochester, it was instilled in us, that certain areas were to be avoided, 8 mile, 11 mile, 12 mile, so we did. You've shown very diverse areas. I actually had no idea it ended at a lake and how pretty it is. That mansion is beautiful, would like to see the inside, I know it's gorgeous. Many older mansions around Detroit, from back in "the days" were beautiful homes with great attention to detail. Excellent video!

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Thank you Linda! I’m hopeful that with all of our channel we can show people some interesting things and perhaps help change the narrative about the city

[@lindaroyal8161]

@@SanbornConstructionGroup - I think you will. You've already shown that parts are being rebuilt. Since properties are very obtainable, makes sense for folks to invest in affordable properties in areas of regrowth.

[@justinb1488]

My buddy owned a house in the 5 points neighborhood. Definetely hear some crazy stuff at night, but mostly it was pretty calm. I built my car in his garage at night and never had any real problems. Amazing restaurants in the area as well.

[@murraywiles]

I got shot there

[@justinb1488]

@murraywiles that sucks. It's a good thing you made it. Obviously, there is violence, but I wasn't messing with any of that. Crazy to think the house I was at sold for 140k a couple years ago.

[@jainubeezy1]

great video. the country is starting to realize that Detroit is a Gem and its on its way up.

[@DetroitNinja]

Please do a tour of the canals by Jefferson Ave and Alter Rd.

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

We’ll check it out!

[@jumpinjimmyg2164]

Yes I just discovered this very cool, own a boat and get access to the Detroit river whenever you want. It's like Venice.

[@rosecorrie2920]

used to fish for perch at the foot of Alter road years ago.

[@fmdof]

Damn. I drive by mid eight sandwich shop all the time going from 13 mile to ford road,and I never knew it was there. Ima have to swing in next time.

[@crquality2002]

So many comments, but it's probably already been said... 8 mile road and Base Line road are in some cases synonymous and it goes way out past Jackson all in a straight line. In the Northville area 8 Mile and Base Line are on the same signs but 8 mils shifts around it. Nice video, I've been enjoying them!

[@rae3356]

I’m from the area and love this. More content like this please!

[@lavapix]

Back in the '60s, '70s, and '80s, we would go to the drive-in movies on 8 Mile. It was never an issue. We drove it often from what was East Detroit to Northville. During afternoon rush hour, the first cars in each lane at a traffic light would have a friendly drag race to the next light. It was rare to make any of those lights.

[@robabrams6846]

I moved from out of town, just north of 8 mile. I walk my dog every day with no fear. Most of it isnt dangerous at all

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Exactly!

[@DetroitNinja]

8 Mile Rd between Schoenherr Rd and Gratiot Ave is the worst for crime IMO.

[@LukasP143]

JESUS ❤❤

[@rosecorrie2920]

@@LukasP143Had so much fun in that neighborhood many years ago.

[@daytonleegood1262]

@@LukasP143 what does that have anything to do with anything?

[@JNoMooreNumbers]

It got pretty bad for sure. I got out before it was really bad.

[@SignalMan9292]

I love when videos like these pop up in my feed

[@ralphhudson6988]

Great video dispelling the bad rap that 8 mile apparently had. Sanborn Construction is obviously going above and beyond to showcase the Detroit area they must love. We are preparing for retirement in about a year, shoot we may go out your way just to meet you all. Would consider living there but looking for something warmer.

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Thank you! We’re definitely trying to do our part

[@margaretfoote2397]

One thing about Detroit is you are never more than 5 minutes from those burned out forgotten neighborhoods. I worked all the suburbs of Detroit for 40 years. I retired and am never going back again.

[@lawrencedaniels555]

I don't know why people would think 8 mile was all bad. It's just the dividing line between Detroit and the burbs.

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

I think the 8 mile movie probably has something to do with it

[@deidreshepherd3776]

The trailer park that Eminem is NOT IN DETROIT. 8 MILE divides the city of Detroit from several suburbs. An actual cinderblock separates some stretches on the north side to separate the Detroit side from the suburbs. This was a redlining method used by the governing cities.

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

We did talk about being in Detroit vs outside of

[@ashcrowpunk5820]

Yeah enimem is not from detroit! HES FROM WARREN!! GET IT RIGHT EVERYONE!

[@simonsinistaj1917]

@@ashcrowpunk5820Man stop! He literally lived right across the street from Detroit and constantly hung out in Detroit. Y’all stupid as hell to keep bringing this bullshit up. Instead of being proud he’s from and reps Detroit hard y’all want to bring him down because he’s not black. I was born in Detroit and I grew up in Hamtramck, I was always in and out of the city since a kid. Y’all act like he grew up on 30 mile road. Bunch of haters.

[@allmoneyin_8953]

@@ashcrowpunk5820 it’s not that big of a deal, everyone knows, it’s across the street and he technically did “grow up” in the city based on where he lived and where/who he hung out with. grow up

[@ashcrowpunk5820]

@allmoneyin_8953 no, i like being young

[@lousanto1054]

Suggested title for this video: "8 Mile in 8 Minutes"

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

That’s good!

[@Curtykobashiy]

I live out of state and I love telling people that my high school was on 8 Mile but in Northville waaay out in the burbs. I had to walk a mile & up a hill which is the highest point in Wayne County to get to the high school.

[@dcb113]

Been going to Tigers game since mid-70's. Always walked back downtown from Tiger Stadium to the hotel or tunnel bus after 10-11 pm. Never an issue.

[@robertkoch9997]

I live on 8 mile and marshall. been here since 96, I'm sure when people think of 8 mile they dont expect the dirt road surrounded by thick forests, love it, nice and quiet, lol, I wasn't the guy that said you were weird

[@nlpnt]

I live in the northeast but the Mid Eight Sandwich Shop seems like exactly the type of place I like to chow down when I'm visiting a city for the first time, must be a good place to get a literal taste of Detroit.

[@girthiusmaximius8486]

Keep working guys, Please bring back Detroit.

[@wendy833]

I appreciate the tour. I've lived in Washington state most of my life. Would you be able to do a tour of the $7 million dollar house? That place is beautiful.

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

We’ve definitely asked ourselves the same question, we might do it!

[@mcgjohn22]

That house is located in Palmer woods. Palmer woods was built from roughly 1920 to 1935 or so as the downtown city became busier. Palmer woods holds an annual home tour each December where selected homes are open for tours. Ticket revenue is used to help support the infrastructure of that area. There are some terrific homes in that area besides the Bishop mansion.

[@georgemcnair3647]

I bought in Inkster this past Spring. Same experience exactly.

[@DUSKINMODS]

6:50 We need less million dollar homes and more affordable homes.

[@stevengadzinski2802]

I love how they acknowledge the crime, then say 8 mile gets a bad rep and isn't that bad.

[@lisalisams]

I lived in detroit on 8 mile tween gratiot and kelly, all our neighborhood had bars on windows & doors and heard gunshots in the neighborhood behind our house all the time.

[@montana01]

Good video, I’m local, and whenever I hear/think 8 mile, it’s the Detroit portion. I know it’s better out west, but like no one is talking about that side of 8 mile.

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

I’m glad we’re able to provide bigger perspective!

[@TakenTook]

I agree with you that Detroit in general and 8 Mile Road in particular, does not deserve the bad reputation it has in the rest of the country. And it is fantastic that young people like you are preserving some of the older homes in Detroit and fixing them up so new homeowners can help this area rally back. But the Mid 8 sandwich shop, as well as the mini mansions near I-275, are all in Livonia, not Detroit. Not even Redford Township. The suburbs definitely have retained their taxpayer base better than the city in recent decades, and therefore have not lost as much in terms of population and businesses.

[@RayPointerChannel]

Your can find fabulous homes in SHerwood Forest, which is between 7 and 8 mile. Also Palmer Woods between 7 Mile and McNichols, Woodward and Livernois.

[@Ofcmike301]

As a retired detective from DPD..it’s not safe.. unreal

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Probably because DPD doesn’t show up 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

@@SanbornConstructionGroup excuse me sir, you appear to have dropped this 🎤

[@ramblerdave1339]

​@@SanbornConstructionGroup When my house was burgled in 1987, the DPD wouldn't even send a car out, I had to go to the precinct to fill out a report.

[@MrTrapinktattoos]

I’m from Jackson and technically 8 mile turns into territorial and starts right here on Berryville here in Jackson

[@sanalawhorn2113]

No you Don't stop it ! 1:34

[@jays.4254]

Most people who you mention anything about Detroit think of exactly what the start of the video looks like. I get a face and then the next thing out of their mouth is "why Detroit". No one seems to understand that there is more of the city coming back and looking beautiful again but it's that sitgmatism that is associated with Detroit. There are so many people that are building the great City of Detroit back.

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Couldn’t agree more. We’re happy to be apart of the rebirth!

[@jays.4254]

@@SanbornConstructionGroup I will be coming and want to be part of that. I'm leaving the state of California because I love the history of Detroit and want to be part of it. I'll be calling you to see if we can make a few things happen!

[@crazeyjoe]

The flat terrain is awesome!

[@AnthonyGhandour]

Great video!

[@QQMI4]

Ive been to 8 mile a LOT because i live right next to Detroit ever since i was born

[@wjb111]

Played hockey at the state fairgrounds back in the late 60’s. Don’t even know if it still exists.

[@kennydude7971]

Great video, that was nice.

[@KeithMarvK]

Now do 7 mile

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

You’re not the first to bring this up 🤔

[@KeithMarvK]

@@SanbornConstructionGroup lol of course. You know I'm just teasing ya buddy

[@robertw0136]

i think 7 mile has spots that are even more beautiful tbh

[@allmoneyin_8953]

😂😂😂

[@paulchesney1798]

For Detroit to lose its bad Rep.,people of Detroit need to stand up to ALL CRIME AND CORRUPTION.

[@evefavorse5939]

Great tour!

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Thank you!

[@ashleygordon3467]

Interesting video - thanks!

[@giovanimezo2401]

Yeah down town is looking beautiful But the rest of the city looks like BAYRUT

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Did you see our other videos?

[@alexxbaudwhyn7572]

3:15. North or South side of 8 mile?

[@michaeldaugherty1933]

Good positive video thanks

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@herchelleonwood7463]

i was a security guard at a ,'' girls'', bar called ,'' the Railroad Crossing'', on the corner of 8 mile & Sherwood in the early 80's and we never had any problems , there used to be a bowling alley across the street that is now a White Castle..

[@dieselboy77]

I go to Detroit a couple times a year, never had problem and I usually go out after dark.

[@alexxbaudwhyn7572]

That MM trailer park is on the Warren side of 8 mile, outside the city of Detroit. 8 mile is the northern limit of Detroit. So MM grew up in Warren, though obviously walked across the street into Detroit often. A long stretch of 8 mile is Oakland County on the north side, out of Detroit and Wayne County, which often is the butt of most jokes, complaints of crime and blight, etc Oakland County is the wealthiest county in Michigan, and one of the top in the USA

[@cbjueueiwyru7472]

Bro shows an old mansion and tries to convince us that it means 8 mile is nice but ignores the fact that it's abandoned and overgrown.

[@dmitriglover4309]

Grew up in Michigan west of here closer to Lansing and Eminem’s home is actually nicer than 75% of the trailer parks I’ve been too. I always assumed it was worse than that. There’s one near me that’s genuinely half abandoned, overgrown, and full of potholes. Looks like one of those old mining towns in west Virginia but with trailers instead of houses.

[@snoopdogie187]

I feel my area is a little different, but I'm from a different state, and more rural. Grew up in the city, defiantly not in the worst part but did cross paths with it often. Now I'm more in a rural area, but with multi million dollar homes around (I wish I was that rich, but thats not life). Crime is low here, besides stupid stuff, but nothing is very close, no walking around unless its your own property or maybe hiking in a park.

[@Items-and-stuff]

Good video!

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

Thanks!

[@Terp.]

Born and raised, 1 block of 8-mile & JR, 😊

[@cjsnidlio9409]

As you explained, its a long road. Context is key.

[@danielfrancella5219]

I need to take a long weekend and drive to Detroit. I live in Pittsburgh. Another rustbelt city that went through 20 years of hell. Now its an up and coming city.

[@THEGRIDIRONBLITZ]

My man said I wouldn’t be here in two in the morning how about we wouldn’t want you here too in the morning

[@Jessica_Costantini]

you need to come check out Palmer Park at 6 and 7 mile, at woodward. also the golf course. i live on the golf course on the 6 mile side. a non detroiter would never know it was detroit lol

[@thyubernoob]

57 years, I grew up 1st house off 8 Mile in Warren never a problem.... Also I think alot of people don't know that 8 Mile is the broader of Detroit, it doesn't go thru Detroit..

[@karriesteel6191]

Very cool... I grew up at 8 mile and Five Points

[@cmskid20]

8 mile and rushton gang baby

[@AustinWestbro]

It’s not like we’re driving through Royal Oak. Bro Royal Oak starts at 10 mile 🤦🏻‍♂️💀

[@dannygomez5108]

The only reason 8 Mile is infamous is because that was the sundown line.

[@mikegroberman247]

I feel like a lot of cities have long major streets like this that get a bad reputation over very small areas. Hastings St. in Vancouver Canada is the prime example I can think of, you could honestly do a video in the exact same format about that street. All those photos and videos you've seen showing "Canada is now a third world country" were taken between the 100 and 700 blocks of East Hastings, that's it, there's 5 or 6 blocks with a severe drug problem, not the whole street, not the whole city, not the whole country, walk 5 minutes in either direction and you're clear of it. Wouldn't walk through there at night but transit is generally safe, the bus that runs down there is an express connecting a university to the city's automated metro system.

[@alexxbaudwhyn7572]

4:05 Born and raised IN the city of Detroit on the Dearborn Heights border, and it's laughable thinking 8mi and Middlebelt is "Detroit", ie any issue with what outsiders would consider "Detroit city" problems. North side is Farmington Hills, South side Livonia, long time more affluent suburbs. Though that immediate area had its ups and downs, the old Livonia Mall was torn down and redeveloped less than a mile south. Just clarifying for outsiders that the word "Detroit" is used to refer to SE Michigan, ie the tri county Wayne, Macomb, Oakland, and parts of other counties like Washtenaw out to Ann Arbor. But the variation in demographics in SE Michigan is vast, with abrupt changes in wealth, crime rate, blight, etc neighborhood by neighborhood, often across a street or fence in your back yard depending on city political borders. Always been this way around Se Michigan.

[@stevesilverman3505]

That's Whitmore Lake at the end. I would have mentioned the name.

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

We didn’t plan to be there so it was total improv lol but we did show the map if anyone wanted to look into it

[@abutts02]

I was gonna say that 8 Mile briefly picks up again on the western side of Whitmore Lake near 23 and goes west for a bit.

[@alberthoogendoorn2396]

I travelled a lots through Detroit and surrounding areas when we had and still have customers there. I have never had any problems in whole Detroit. The only thing I have experienced was stopped by police which treated me with shotgun etc. But this is , only in America eh.?

[@davidwright4537]

Actually. 8 Mile crosses the state. It is renamed in spots and stops and starts, but it does cross the state. It is the “102” in Detroit and known as Base Line Rd. In many spots.

[@schonkable]

About twenty years ago, I thought that Eight Mile was perfectly safe. Clearly it still is. Now the east side of Seven Mile may be a different story....

[@uhsef]

Who thought 8 mile was bad??? When Em made the movie, we were all confused about why he would name it 8 mile!

[@anthoneemotley8408]

I thought someone bought Johns old house and started renovating guess not

[@donchabra3970]

I lived between 8 and nine mile rds. On Ryan ( Topher st. ), 😊

[@andrewdevore4799]

His palms are sweaty

[@longtyler48]

Didn’t they try renaming 8 mile road into base line a little after telegraph to make it seem better on the west end

[@SanbornConstructionGroup]

That’s interesting! I’ve not heard that but they may have tried

[@paulwindisch1423]

West of Grand River, the name becomes "Base Line". Another fun fact, there is a single point, I believe near Campus Martius downtown (I could be wrong about the exact point) from which each mile road is exactly that many mile away from that point. So, 8 Mile is exactly 8 miles away from that point if you head due north. Although Three Mile in Grosse Point was named that for a different reason and does not follow the same reasoning as the other mile roads.

[@GregoryMarone]

8 mile is referred to as base line. Base line is rhe reference point when they were sectioning the farm land to be developed during the 40s and 50s

[@jazzcook]

All the drama you hear about 8 Mile is about neighborhoods in Detroit, which you haven't spent that much time in. And you should have mentioned that Detroit has only one side of 8 Mile for it's entire length. On the North side is another County and another City.

[@DoubleDsp]

No no, no, no,no no! Your image of 8mile is kinda real! Has it been better? Yes. It wasn't really shown, but there's a stretch that is exactly pretty much what you'd expect once you went down some side streets! Sure the exterior is welcoming! Its what lies in the underneath!

[@craigfrancis9578]

The coolest company i work with complete automation of Michigan

[@Jguthro]

I remember I met a hirl who said she lived at 7 mile. I had never been to livonia, so I had no idea. WhennI told her I lovrd off Livernois she probably thought something similar. Different sides of town.

[@jasonspellich2440]

Technically 8 mile ends in South Haven on N.Shore Dr....