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Why so much hate for Detroit? |
Travel Info I am a 27 year old bartender in Detroit at 2 large music venues and I have heard so much crap talked about the city by people who I feel that their negative judgement about Detroit has ultimately given the city a bad rap across the country and the world. Detroit had a secret.The people who live here have alot of pride and hope for their beloved city, there are many undiscoverd group of talent. Our local media dosent cover issues or events concerning art or music, and on a broader scale I think it affects the cities image, and outsiders do not hear or see the culture that prevails here. Its sad the people from the suburbs tell people that Detroit is a dangerous place and if they visit the area to immediatly go outside of the city for amusement and culture. Are they supporting their local communties by talking crap about a city that needs people to understand its not the evil place everyone says it is? Travel Tips Well, the bad rep for Detroit isn't a new thing. This has been an issue for a long time. Something has to have happened for generations of people to feel this way about Detroit - but having the people who live there run smack on their own city doesn't help it image at all. If the media isn't covering the arts and music that is there gig - but you can be proactive about a situation by writing to the paper editors, calling TV news stations - remember the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Speak out for your community - see what happens and encourage others to do the same. Others omg i like detroit soooooooo much. i went there for superbowl with my dad and it was like so cool. Different stokes for different folks..personally not my type of city. Well, Detroit is an armpit. Just watch the news. Every night you see nothing but ignorant hateful B.S. crimes committed by a bunch of welfare seeking thugs! I live in the suburbs and I hate going downtown. Drive-by shootings, rapes, murders, kidnappings, carjackings, larceny, extortion, police brutality, crooked politics (Coleman Young and Kwame!), crappy roads, a lousy school system, and a lousy football team. In the burbs we don't vandalize our neighborhoods or kill each other off. We don't scream for "empowerment" or demand a whole month for celebrating our heritage. We keep our money where it is safe to spend it, North of 8 Mile Road! Well, I visited Detroit for about two weeks several years ago and I liked Detroit. All cities are dangerous and meeting nice folks is not hard, some will tell you where not to or where to go. Detroit. Humph. Ain't that Motown? I mean, even people out here near Hollywood don't diss that stuff. However, the ups and downs of manufacturing have really screwed up the perception of much of the old industrial centers of America: as if they didn't adapt, and people left disgruntled, and spread a bad rep for these areas. I didn't know PA was so beautiful until I went there; I grew up thinking is was just Pittsburgh steel mills and Three Mile Island. Same with Michigan; I figured it was just the shuttered car factories I saw in Time and Newsweek. Keep on pushing for your town. Michigan is a lot prettier and more vibrant than the stereotype: and it's got one heck of a radio marketing campaign out here in the west to lure away jobs, (easy to do in a socialist country like CA).. The fact that you stand by it speaks volumes for the spirit of the city and the state. Good luck to you. That's exactly what this county is about. Detroit isn't going to surrender. Keep those music venues hoppin'... Two words: ignorance; racism. |
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