Downriver, Michigan! What a place to grow up. Located actually down the river, Urban Dictionary defines it as, "A select group of cities in Michigan, generally metropolitan Detroit. The cities are Taylor, Lincoln Park, Allen Park, Wyandotte, River Rouge, Melvindale, Ecorse, Woodhaven, Romulus, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, and Inkster." Let's not forget about our friends in Flat Rock, Southgate, Trenton, Riverview, Brownstown and Rockwood, either.

Here are a few things us downriver kids know:

1. Your idea of fun was driving around at night and stopping at local the Meijer

2. And going to Grosse Ile was typically on your route

3. Shopping at Southland Mall was pure torture because you were bound to see someone you knew

4. The local meet up place of choice on Sunday nights was the Taylor Sportsplex for open skate

5. A “rapper” was bound to go to your high school

6. Sonic on Fort St. was always poppin’

7. The high school rivalries were insane and very unnecessary

8. The ideal romantic date was walking by the river in Wyandotte

9. You were always jealous when driving through Woodhaven because the houses were really pretty

10. One word: LARPing

11. “Taylortucky” was a word you often used

12. Downriver isn’t a place, it’s a way of life