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Originally Posted by memph
Like where? I think most of them have at best maintained their high desirability as other suburbs declined, which has meant that new homes get built/old ones renovated/rebuilt to compensate for the rest of the housing stock that's aging.
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Ferndale, Berkley, Huntington Woods, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak, Clawson and Birmingham are objectively better off than 20-30 years ago.
Back then, they were considered aging, stagnant suburbia, though still generally nice.
Some, like Ferndale, Berkley and Clawson, were considered borderline declined/semi-sketchy. Huntington Woods, Royal Oak, Pleasant Ridge were all still good, but cheaper than new sprawl, though no longer. I remember kids in high school calling Royal Oak "Royal Joke", and saying it had hillbillies. Birmingham was always upscale, but is now the most expensive town in Michigan; before it was adjacent (newer, sprawlier) Bloomfield Hills.
But almost every other inner suburb of Detroit is somewhat less desirable than 20-30 years ago.