The Detroit Neighborhood Guidebook [Paperback]

Detroiters need to get to know their neighbors better. Wait — maybe that should be, Detroiters should get to know their neighborhoods better. It seems like everybody thinks they know the neighborhoods here, but because there are so many, the definitions become too broad, the characteristics become muddled, the stories become lost. Edited by Aaron Foley,The Detroit Neighborhood Guidebookcontains essays by Zoe Villegas, Drew Philip, Hakeem Weatherspoon, Marsha Music, Ian Thibodeau, and dozens of others.

Aaron Foleygrew up in Detroit, which gives him more street cred than a lot of others. He has written about Detroit for several local and national publications includingCNN,Jalopnik, andMLive. He is the author ofHow to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass. He lives in Detroit.