Ol' Michiganian

I think I've seen Detroit's skyline from the Wyandotte, MI waterfront a few times, even though it's only 11 miles away. Have you ever seen a skyline further from that distance, like say, 40 miles? I've heard that sometimes you can see Chicago's from Benton Harbor, MI and NYC's from a point in Connecticut.

As you know (at least in the U.S. and Canada), a country is divided into many smaller regions called television markets, which determine the coverage areas of local stations located within these markets, most of which are affiliated with a major network. To start off, I live just a dozen miles from the heart of the Detroit/Windsor (Southeast Michigan) television market, where the U.S. half of it features three O&O stations-CBS owns WWJ (CBS 62) and WKBD (channel 50, CW), while News Corp. owns WJBK (Fox 2). Our AT&T Uverse system has all of the primary Detroit stations (plus the CBC affiliate in Windsor), as well as the PBS affiliate in nearby Flint (WCMZ) in addition to the Detroit PBS (WTVS). Before November 2011 (when we switched providers), we still had two PBS stations, but instead of WCMZ, we had the affiliate in Toledo (WGTE), plus, of course, WTVS. Oddly enough, all of the weather maps in this market seem to include every county in the state of Michigan, but I'm not sure if it's even possible to recieve at least a weak signal from one of these stations in the Upper Peninsula. Now that I've discussed my market, what is your market like?

Sorry, but in order for it to count, you must see that skyline in person (and you'll never see Australia from Tennessee in actual real life).

Since I've noticed that a couple of people have already done lists of stations in their markets, I've decided to do the same for mine, including subchannels (but not the Canadian stations): VHF channel 2, WJBK. Our market's Fox O&O. Subchannels include: 2.2, our Movies affiliate, which launched last Memorial Day. (Fast fact: this station originally signed on as a CBS affiliate in 1948 before going over to Fox in 1994 after Fox bought the rights to air the NFL (at least NFC home games, because our only NFL team is in the NFC).) VHF channel 4, WDIV-TV. Our market's NBC station, owned by Post-Newsweek Stations. Subchannels include: 4.2, our This affiliate. (Fast fact: this station is Michigan's oldest T.V. station and the sixth station in the United States to go onto the air (March 1946).) VHF channel 7, WXYZ-TV. Our market's ABC station, owned by the E.W. Scripps Company. Subchannels include: 7.2, our Live Well affiliate and 7.3, our Bounce T.V. affiliate. (Fast fact: from it's 1948 sign-on until 1986 (when it was acquired by the current owners), this station was an O&O.) UHF channel 18, occupied by two stations: WDWO-CD, our market's Tri-State Christain O&O, subchannels include 18.2, the channel's HD feed, 18.3, the channel's Family/Kids feed and 18.4, which shows religious programs in Spanish. Also on 18 is WHTV, our other My Net station, which serves nearby Jackson and Lansing, despite it's transmitter being located in Washtenaw County, served by our market. UHF channel 20, WMYD. Our market's My Net station (formerly affiliated with WB), owned by Granite Broadcasting. UHF channel 23, WUDT-LD. Our market's Daystar O&O. UHF channel 31, WPXD-TV. Our market's Ion O&O. Subchannels include: 31.2, our Qubo affiliate and 31.3, our Ion Life affiliate. UHF channel 33, W33BY (WHPR), an independent station. UHF channel 38, WADL, another independent station, owned by Adell Broadcasting. UHF channel 40, WLPC-LD, our My Family T.V. affiliate. UHF channel 47, W47DL-D, our Trinity Broadcasting O&O. Subchannels include 47.2, our JCTV affiliate, 47.3, our Smile affiliate, 47.4, our Church Channel affiliate and 47.5, our Enlace affiliate. UHF channel 48, W48AV, our other Ion O&O, basically a repeater of WPXD-TV. UHF channel 50, WKBD-TV, our CW O&O (formerly affiliated with UPN and before that, Fox), a duopoly with WWJ-TV. UHF channel 56, WTVS-TV, our PBS affiliate. Subchannels include 56.2, basically the national PBS feed and 56.3, our Create affiliate. UHF channel 62, WWJ-TV, our CBS O&O. (Fast fact: this was an independent station (as WGPR) until 1994, when CBS took affiliation after being forced off WJBK after that station affiliated with Fox.)

I'm liking how you managed to replicate the Northwest Ordinance road grid even though it's not even in the U.S. and especially the perspectives on your latest update! Where did you get those alleys and why isn't the street map loading any more?

My newest desktop (note: I didn't take the photo, a friend of mine did.) I-75 northbound at exit 144A south of Saginaw, MI.

On October 7, 2012, we were chatting about something else that night and all of a sudden we chatted like it was 1995/96, unedited for your enjoyment: What unusual turns chat can make on some nights.

*Receives Angry Birds* *Inserts Greece*

Love my comments. Anyways, this will happen if a mod suddenly gets drunk (warning: one word had to be edited out in this)...

Here's another one for the beraters:

NTM: Tear down that mid-rise and your beach is too close to an industrial port. -1,000,000/-10 Here's my contribution:

Myself, Halenbyname, Pagenotfound and Meister started this.

Here's some of mine: U.S. 30 in Indiana, between the eastern fringe of Chicagoland and Fort Wayne, there's so many farms, it does make for a boring drive, but what makes it pathetic is that there's 120 miles of red light, red light, red light and it goes on. I-57, all the way from Chicagoland to Missouri you just get to look at farms stretching to the horizon (with a few trees) and dozens of small towns, but at least it makes a great alternative to driving through Saint Louis. I-75 at I-375 in downtown Detroit, if you are going north (towards Flint) on I-75 through the interchange, then get ready for this: a 25 MPH speed limit! Now ain't that lovely, a 25 MPH limit on a mainline interstate highway? M-59 east of Utica, MI, there's way more traffic than the road was made for, probably due to being so many big box stores (and two malls thrown in), all the way to I-94. Also on M-59 westbound west of I-75, you just passed the Pontiac Silverdome and then suddenly the freeway dumps you into a residential neighborhood east of downtown Pontiac.

What happens when a ghost uses chat? This:

Based on a true story that actually happened moments ago (note, I wasn't involved in this):

Continuing with the Cityscape theme, if you count toll plazas as interchanges... Anyways, here's my (slightly rough) recreation of the toll plaza on I-294 (Tri-State Tollway) in Justice, Illinois (southwest of Chicago). I know the surrounding residential areas haven't been included. But anyway, here's a satellite view of it. I built this using March 2012 Google Maps satellite images. The closeups (including drivers-eye views) are in the Spoiler below. Anyways, the median street lights, the toll booths and overhead signs all were originally Sketchup models created by 3D Warehouse user "Best4Google918". BTW, this was the first time in two years that I have used the last Cityscape version before Pixelactive was acquired by Navteq.