If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
What's the real deal with travel to Detroit?
|
#2
|
|||
|
|||
What's the real deal with travel to Detroit?
My wife and I will be travelling to Windsor (by car) in the next few
weeks and we'd like to visit Detroit while we're in the area. My question is this: Is Detroit as dangerous as people say or are people exaggerating? I want to be cautious, but I'm also aware that cities can often be labeled as unsafe when in reality they're quite OK. I'd appreciate any feedback by anyone who currently resides in Detroit or who has recently visited Detroit. Where to go, what to avoid...etc Thank you RM |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
What's the real deal with travel to Detroit?
Roger Meadows wrote:
My wife and I will be travelling to Windsor (by car) in the next few weeks and we'd like to visit Detroit while we're in the area. My question is this: Is Detroit as dangerous as people say or are people exaggerating? I want to be cautious, but I'm also aware that cities can often be labeled as unsafe when in reality they're quite OK. I'd appreciate any feedback by anyone who currently resides in Detroit or who has recently visited Detroit. Where to go, what to avoid...etc Earlier this summer I went to a wedding in Detroit. We made a long weekend of it, staying in Windsor but playing tourist in Detroit most of the time. We walked around downtown, up around the Detroit Institute for the Arts (excellent, by the way) and Wayne State, and out Warren Ave in East Dearborn (for the best middle eastern food in the country, and for pretty run-down but pervasive middle-eastern ambiance - almost all signs in Arabic for several miles). One evening in Windsor (lots of bars, thick with 19- and 20-year-old rich kids from Detroit suburbs, plus of course a giant casino), and one night at a little hole-in-the-wall, no doubt unlicensed indie bar in what seemed to be a pretty run-down neighborhood. My conclusion: Detroit is not nearly as bad as people say. I went to college about 40 miles away (Ann Arbor) and back then we only seemed to go to Detroit for hit-and-run events - drive straight to a concert in Detroit, then drive straight home to Ann Arbor and go out to a bar. Upon reflection that was probably not necessary. There are plenty of people out having fun and being friendly. On the other hand, huge swathes of the city are very down-and-out - blocks after blocks of empty and collapsing buildings and so on - and if I were not as accustomed to urban surroundings as I am, I could readily imagine feeling uncomfortable in those areas once the sun started to go down. miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu Site remodeled 10-Sept-2003: Hundreds of new photos, easier navigation. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Site for Info on Outback Australia | Andrew Dwyer | Australia & New Zealand | 11 | April 9th, 2004 08:49 PM |
Thailand top destination for independent travellers (The Nation) | George Moore | Asia | 0 | January 26th, 2004 09:16 PM |
Airline Ticket Consolidators and Bucket Shops FAQ | Edward Hasbrouck | Air travel | 0 | January 16th, 2004 09:20 AM |
What's the real deal with upgrades? | Fly Guy | Air travel | 11 | November 7th, 2003 07:25 PM |