Talk:Southgate, Michigan

Boy Who Drowns In Pool
Has anyone noticed anything strange in the Southgate Anderson High School....well i have. There is a myth that you can see a boy, at the age of 17, in the pool of this High School. If you turn off the lights and you are the last one out, you may see the boy anywhere. Maybe walking around or swimming in the pool. No one knows if this is true but some students of this High School say they even see him walking in the High School hallways! We believe his name was Brian Hufford....but no one has a clue, because no one could actully see his face real clearly...All we know is that there is something going wrong in this High School and nobody knows...The students in Anderson High School, you better watch out in that pool or you could suffer life! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.43.50.160 (talk) 22:27, 12 February 2008

Chief of Police section
I removed the portion on the chief of police. No other city has a section on the chief of police. It just seems like an irrelevant and minor detail to add to an encyclopedia entry, sort of like mentioning who the superintendent of the board of education is or the high school's principal. --68.43.49.69 (talk) 10:45, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

"Heart of Downriver"
At the end of the main top section, it says that Southgate is the "Heart of Downriver". That sounds a bit too much of a stretch of opinion to me, personally. Several other Downriver communities could easily claim the same, and I think that line ought to be removed.

Anyone agree or think I'm off base with this? I realize it's not entirely clear cut, hence mentioning here rather than just removing it myself.

Unforgiven24 (talk) 20:14, 21 May 2008 (UTC)


 * The city used to refer to itself as the "Heart of Downriver," but it has since changed to the "Dining Capital of Downriver." If you do Google images for "The Heart of Downriver," you can still see old cached images from the official city website where it used to say "Welcome to the City of Southgate: The Heart of Downriver!"


 * I'm not sure if it is a better idea to remove the old nickname or to just note the recent change. --Apostmodernrobot (talk) 04:37, 23 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Ah, I wasn't even aware. Well, as long as there's some basis for it being there, I don't personally mind, but giving the statement some context would help. As it is now, it looks a bit POV-ish. In fact, if you look at the Downriver article, it says that Taylor is considered the heart of downriver. Kind of messy. Unforgiven24 (talk) 18:21, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Schools and Education
I removed all of the superfluous material from this section. Most of it seemed was inappropriate for an encyclopedia entry. --Apostmodernrobot (talk) 22:52, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

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Updated infobox image
Awhile ago, I changed the main inbox image from the nasty collage to the only decent image within (the Eureka Road photo), but it was reverted in defense of the overall collage from another user saying, "While perhaps terrible, infinitely more desirable than a shot of a simple street." I didn't have time to disagree, nor did I have a more appropriate photo to represent the city as a whole. While a single street photo might not often represent a larger city, the majority of municipality articles with main images seem to be just that—or a photo of the main government building (city hall, township hall, courthouse, etc.). I added a photo of the Norma J. Wurmlinger Municipal Building (city hall), the city seal, and, later in the article, an image of Dix Toledo Road from the pedestrian bridge. It's difficult to get an overall photo of the municipal complex, but if anyone does have any better photographs, feel free to add them.

The collage that was in place since February 2018 is outdated and not representative of the city of the Southgate. (1) The PNC building has been empty for four years now. (2) The former KMart building was converted to a Kroger three years ago. (3) The interior of a Meijer is like totally unique to Southgate... not. (4) And, a single non-notable church and restaurant doesn't do the job either. (Notorious4life (talk) 21:08, 22 April 2019 (UTC))