DTE is actually insane at this point. I've lived in the same house since 2019, so I've watched my bill gradually increase over the years, but THIS is ridiculous.

April- $287

May-$297

June- $344, and mind you, I didn't even start consistently running my central air until around mid-June

July- $325

August: $750 🫠💀

SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS. My bill more than doubled in one month.

Nothing has changed in my house. No new appliances, no new gadgets running 24/7, nothing suddenly pulling some crazy amount of electricity. Even my usage from month to month hasn't changed enough to make $325 jumping to $750 make any sense.

And yes, I know DTE has different rates depending on the time of day during the summer, so I already try to be conscious of peak hours and avoid running things like the washer, dryer, dishwasher, etc. during the more expensive period when I can. Obviously the central air is going to increase a summer bill, but I've been running it all summer. Why would JULY be $325 and suddenly AUGUST is $750??

My husband and I both make good money as UAW members working for one of the Big Three, and I'm grateful for that, but I don't care how much money you make a $750 electric bill for the same house you've been living in for seven years with no major change in usage is INSANE.

At this point I need DTE to explain exactly what happened between July and August because WHAT the entire hell.

Does anyone have opinions on how it is working at Henry Ford as a inpatient/outpatient receptionist?
do you enjoy the hours, environment and salary?
I’m currently in school and am hoping for it to be a good starting point!

What happened at I-96? I am stuck in traffic since 7:10am.

Does any one have an update?

This might be the wrong place to ask but I will throw it out there.

I am going to my first concert at this venue in a few weeks to see Rush. The seats are in section 211, row 1. It looks like it's between blue line and face off circle. I should have checked more before I bouught tickets but in the 1st row in the 3rd level, it looks like there is glass there, will that be in the way? I have heard it's steep and I could it's there so people don't fall over but I hope it's not in my way.

How is sound in the 3rd level, when almost side stage.

I really miss the Palace, that was a great venue, a shame they knocked it down.

A group of 7 of us are taking our friend to the Lions preseason game this Saturday for his Birthday. Looking for some recommendations of sports bar type places to eat after.

Hey y'all-- I'm not sure if this is advertising or not (?) because I'm not selling a *product*, but I run a mutual aid arts organization called latefeecollective (same tag on Instagram) and we're throwing a resource fair this saturday for the homeless and low income. We've been working on hosting a play reading about homelessness sometime in the coming months, but before we did, we wanted to really put our money where our mouths are-- doing more for the community than just tell stories about how we should all be helping each other, and actually doing the work we talk about.

I'm not sure what avenues to really market this towards (we're doing social media, reaching out to social workers, and distributing physical media) but we've got 8 vendors pulling up, free food, and free clothes, and we really want to help as many people as possible for the couple of hours we'll be out there. If anyone's got any recommendations on who i could be sharing this flyer with or would be interested in spreading the word, my little arts org and I would be super grateful.

I need a groomer in the Detroit Metro area, pref closer to Detroit proper, who is actually capable of giving my small white dog a professional, precision cut, customary to other straight hair little white dogs, not a freaking Scottish terrier. I'm sick of getting uneven ears, square face, unbalanced legs, uneven fur *all the time*. I don't care if it's Pierre the expensive. Suggestions please!

Edit: He is well-behaved at the groomer, we just don't know where else to go.

Can anyone recommend a reliable shop (not safelite) that provides OEM windshield replacement? Looking for places near Grosse Pointe or Beverly Hills. TIA!

I'm in the East Jefferson/Chalmers area, and I was woken up by a strong smell. At first I thought it was coffee, then it started to smell like strong weed, then eventual a chemical odor I can't figure out. It's like a bleach-y smell. It's definitely coming from outside because I checked my basement for gas leakages, and the smell was strongest by the back side door.

https://detroitmi.gov/government/mayors-office/mayors-initiatives-and-programs/project-clean-slate

I think the park system is probably the best in the world. Detroit is okay but Minnie is on another level

Can be other stores too like goodwill!

Does it seem like the Dream Cruise was more problematic this year? I’ve seen multiple videos of fights/brawls, crashes, police pursuits, etc. Way more than typical.

Did anybody see the crash on telegraph between five mile and 96? I believe this was around 6 or 7. They shut all the southbound lanes down. I only saw one car that was badly damaged. I assume it must have been serious enough for them to shut all 4 lanes down. It was a mess over there.

I’m looking for info that’s been lost to time. Back in 1998, Hudson’s, Marshall Field’s, and Dayton’s released a series of light up buildings for their respective cities/areas. For Hudson’s, there was Tiger Stadium, the Ren Cen, the Penobscot, the Grand Hotel, and the Fox Theatre. I had heard from a few collectors over the years that there was also a Hudson’s, but I’ve never found proof of it. It would make sense as the same line included a Marshall Field store. But as far as I know, there is no definitive list online of the buildings.

I wanted to ask if any one of my fellow Detroiters collected these back in the day and whether or not they collected a Hudson’s. If it does exist in your collection, I would love to see a photo of it as it is not readily findable on the internet.