Another interesting juxtaposition. That is near a major interchange...and the neighborhoods look nice on 3 sides, all the way up to the highway fence.
But the southeast quadrant has a 20 block area that has more vacant lots than occupied...and closer inspection with Google street viewer shows a very run down area. Its almost being ‘taken back’ by nature, as trees overtake the old structures. But 500 feet away, on the other side of the highway, its a fairly nice neighborhood.
It wasn’t when I lived there. Southfield was a four lane road with a dividing median strip, with traffic lights at all the major east-west roads, I.e. Plymouth, Schoolcraft, Fenkell. Just west of Southfield was Rosedale Park, a very nice neighborhood.