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8 Mile RoadEight Mile Road is a road that forms the boundary between the city of Detroit, Michigan and its northern suburbs. In an attempt to show that he was serious about Detroit's problems with crime, Former Mayor Coleman A. Young rhetorically told nefarious elements of the city to "hit Eight Mile" during his tenure (a comment that would alienate many suburban residents). Traditionally, neighborhoods bordering 8 Mile were drastically different depending upon which side of of the road they were on. This has changed much in the past 15 to 20 years. To the south of 8 Mile Road, the city of Detroit is experiencing urban renewal; neighborhoods which middle-class people would rarely consider living in during the 70s-90s are now hip places to live for young, mostly unmarried adults, many of whom grew up in the suburbs. To the north of 8 Mile, once-pristine suburbs such as Warren have experienced serious decay and have been largely abandoned by wealthier families in favor of cities even further north of Detroit. 8 Mile Road extends west of Detroit and is also the boundary between Wayne and Washtenaw counties on the south and Macomb, Oakland, and Livingston counties on the north. For much of its length, in Wayne County, 8 Mile Road is designated as Michigan State Highway 102. The movie 8 Mile, starring Detroit area hip-hop/rap artist Eminem (also known as Marshall Mathers, III), as well as his song 8 Mile Road, both take their names from this high-traffic and broad thoroughfare.
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