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(Calvin Teo)

DETROIT, MI - Depending on where you are standing in Detroit, the closest 7-Eleven store to get a free slurpee today is in another country.

A Windsor, Ontario location is about 2 miles away from downtown; the next closest location is about 4 miles away in Dearborn.

That will change in October when 7-Eleven, Inc. opens two stores in the Detroit city limits, Margaret Chabris, the company's director of communications, confirmed to MLive on Thursday, which also happens to be 7-Eleven's unofficial birthday.

Since 2002, 7-Eleven has given away free slurpees every July 11 ("7-11"), and today is no different.

Obviously, this will be the last year that Detroiters will have to leave the city for their free slush, and more options are on the horizon.

"We are signing this year three more leases for sites in downtown, so we expect to see more locations open in 2014," Chabris said. Chabris could not immediately name the exact street locations of the forthcoming Detroit outlets.