once you're a few miles outside the city limits, you're fine. I live in the tri-county area.
once you're a few miles outside the city limits, you're fine. I live in the tri-county area.
This all sounds very political.
poopshovel wrote: This all sounds very political.
Robocop for President?
HiTempguy wrote:alfadriver wrote: Having recently driven around some of the "scary" areas (which were not that bad, BTW)[Oh yes, detroit is that bad. I'll never go anywhere near Detroit proper again after 5pm from the last time I visited. The only place I can think of in Canada that would be remotely as "scary" would be in Vancouver, and I've never been to it. The US' version of slums completely obliterates a Canadian's view of theirs. Edmonton and Calgary don't even have slums/ghettos compared to that!
For berkeleys sake get real. Detroit isn’t all that bad at all. I’ve been down twice in the last couple of weeks on a Friday night. Two weeks ago I was sat outside a coffee shop at 9:30 at night on date night with my wife. It was weird, you know it almost looked like a city. There were people walking around, having fun, talking, socializing, going places!?!?! Weird E36 M3 huh. I didn’t see a single zombie or crack head trying to eat some ones face off. Last Friday night I went totally nuts, I went down with not just my wife but my 11 year old daughter and her friend, got coffee and pastries and you know what crazy E36 M3 we did then? We WALKED AROUND. berkeley, how we got out alive is beyond me!
Yes there are bad areas, but the in the 18 years I’ve lived here the last two have seen the biggest improvement in Detroit. The mid and down town areas are now at 95% occupancy and it’s hard to find a vacant loft/apartment to rent. Yes there are dangerous areas, but show me a big city that doesn’t have them. There may be more by area in Detroit, but that’s partially due to its massive area. Get over it, Detroit is no worse than many big cities. It has bad areas, but it has great ones. There’s culture, entertainment, theaters, sports, restaurants all sorts of crazy E36 M3.
Adrian_Thompson wrote: I went down with not just my wife but my 11 year old daughter and her friend, got coffee and pastries and you know what crazy E36 M3 we did then? We WALKED AROUND. berkeley, how we got out alive is beyond me!
The casino hotels are an easy walk to the jazz fest and other events and a nice place to stay for those weekend (because someone always has a free comp'd room available), but to be fair you have to walk with confidence and act like you belong there. My wife and I often see 'tourists' that walk around as if robbery/kidnapping was imminent, you can spot them from 2 blocks away, and you can see panhandlers and other 'locals' just gravitate to them.
I don't think it's Detroit so much as the hyper-suburban mentality that abounds. Put the same people in one of the burroughs outside of Manhattan, 20 blocks southf of the Magnificent Mile and I think they would have the same 'oh my god the ghetto' reaction.
The real problem with Detroit is that we don't have Manhattan or the Magnificent Mile, so the good, interesting, fun things you really have to discover for yourself, you don't have a huge industry of marketers telling you exactly why, say, Eastern Market is so great and worth a Satruday trip, or heading to Chene Park for a free concert is a great event that can't be missed. This takes some imagination, and dare I say courage, which is expecting alot from the vast majority of people.
I'm not a casine person, but this wasn't the Greektown area. This was Midtown/Woodward. Greatlakes Coffee roasters if you know it. Corner of Woodward and Alexandrian
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