[Tokra]

Only in Detroit. For those not from the area, Hamtramck is an enclave surrounded on all four sides by the City of Detroit. Hamtramck is like a mini-U.N. - it has a population made up of Albanians, Bengladeshis, Ukranians, Moldavians, Yemenis, Bosnians, Chinese, Indians, Pakistanis, Poles and a host of other nationalities.
The Hamtramck school district has to deal with 26 different languages. All this in a 2 sq. mile area!
Hamtramck was founded in the 1700s and became a large Polish enclave in the 1920s and 30s. At one time Hamtramck was the most densely populated area in the country - more densely populated that Manhattan.

A year ago there was a legal battle over the right of Mosques to use amplifiers to broadcast the daily call to prayer.

[VoiceOfBruck]

Actually Hamtramck has a border with Highland Park but the two cities are completely surrounded by Detroit. Whose idea was that?

Highland Park used to be pretty ritzy but took a nosedive in the 60's due to the riots but it was actually in decline before that - they were comletely dependent on Chrysler which moved out. Hamtramck held up pretty well neighborhoodwise but is in decline now. Still better than most of Detroit.

Hamtramck has great places for Polish food even though most of the Poles moved out.

A bit of a thread hijack, but it's way more interesting to me than some knuckledragger tasing his partner.