Oakland County · Metro Detroit
Royal Oak
Metro Detroit's walkable downtown for dining, nightlife and the Detroit Zoo.
Metro Detroit city guides
Metro Detroit covers Detroit and the surrounding suburbs across Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. It is where most of the Michigan City Guides network lives: fourteen guides covering everything from Michigan's largest city to two-square-mile Clawson.
14 guides · counties: Macomb, Oakland, Wayne
Wayne County · Metro Detroit
Detroit
Michigan's largest city: Motown, museums, riverfront and neighborhood food.
Oakland County · Metro Detroit
Birmingham
Upscale boutique shopping, galleries and fine dining on Old Woodward.
Wayne County · Metro Detroit
Grosse Pointe
The five Pointes along Lake St. Clair, from the Village to the Ford House.
Oakland County · Metro Detroit
Troy
Somerset Collection, corporate campuses and one of the region's best food scenes.
Oakland County · Metro Detroit
Ferndale
Independent, creative and LGBTQ+-friendly, right on Detroit's northern border.
Macomb County · Metro Detroit
Warren
Michigan's third-largest city, built on engineering and manufacturing.
Wayne County · Metro Detroit
Livonia
Parks, post-war neighborhoods and a deep employment base west of Detroit.
Wayne County · Metro Detroit
Plymouth
A small historic downtown around Kellogg Park, with festivals all year.
Oakland County · Metro Detroit
Rochester & Rochester Hills
Main Street charm, Meadow Brook Hall and the Paint Creek Trail.
Oakland County · Metro Detroit
Farmington Hills
Big parks, corporate campuses and a historic downtown next door in Farmington.
Macomb County · Metro Detroit
Sterling Heights
Michigan's fourth-largest city: big parks, big plants, and the M-59 corridor.
Oakland County · Metro Detroit
Southfield
The suburb with a skyline: metro Detroit's office core outside downtown.