Quote Originally Posted by Bham1982 View Post
Except they don't, which is the whole point.

NYC, LA, Miami, New Orleans, Vegas, Orlando, Honolulu, etc. are rather unique, which is, in part, why they get tons of tourists, and why Detroit doesn't.

You seriously don't get why someplace like NOLA gets tourists while someplace like Dallas doesn't? Really?


Well that certainly sounds unique. A well maintained park with a country-like atmosphere; never heard of such thing. I'm sure the tourist hordes in Paris and Venice are cancelling their plans and rebooking their flights to Detroit as we speak...
No, they get tons of tourists because this is America and those are popular. They may be "unique" but some of it is pure American shallowness and consumerism. Orlando? Disney Corporation. Las Vegas? Gambling. LA/Miami? Tinseltown and tanning. But some people are fine with that.

I would say New York and New Orleans are the only truly unique one on that list.

All cities are different, obviously, but the thing that grabs outsiders about Detroit more than anything, is how unlike we are to any place in world. There is no comparison. [[You can joke and say Baghdad, but that's completely idiotic)