Originally Posted by
Hamtragedy
One doesn't necessarily have to embellish their rationalization for leaving Detroit with false descriptions of post-apocalyptic life in Detroit. A drive almost anywhere south of the Ford on the east-side from downtown to Alter Rd. is as factual as you can get, unless, of course, you don't drive.
A weekend trip to Chicago or Toronto or to Portland can give you rose colored goggles. Seeing people out in the neighborhoods, large numbers or not, utilizing local business and merchants makes the kool-aid taste even better. If you're fortunate or adventurous enough to experience their functioning mass-transit, then you realize that it's utilized by throngs of people, including females, from all cultures and classes, who are forced to interact cordially [[or at least civilly), then your feelings about Detroit really become dissappointing.
If you get to spend more than a weekend in these places, you will see this phenomenon on a daily basis. Of course, this is not every neighborhood [[not talking about downtowns) in every functioning city, but you know what, you can at least get to those neighborhoods without a car.
Finally, as life-long Detroiter and DPS grad, the Detroit "turn-around" our parents got tired of waiting for actually happened. It was about 8-10 years ago, and as quickly as it happened, poof, it vanished, and now it's worse than ever. Tiger, if you wanna wait around for the next re-birth, it's a long time in the making, and the bottom re-defines itself almost daily. Do it now. You're not getting any younger.