Originally Posted by DetroiterOnTheWestCoast
Thank you. I'm big on walking, and when I finally managed to convince my friends to walk from Midtown to Corktown, let me just say that they weren't impressed. I don't mind it, but objectively speaking it's a rough and dreary stretch, to be sure.
And you know, it gets tiring to have people selling BBQ or crepes talked about like their doing mission work. It's not that big of a deal. A lot of starving artists types try to use the Detroit image to boost their egos. For better or worse, it's a place where absolute failure can be rechristened as a glorious opportunity for reinvention.
I think, if trends continue, Midtown can be the basis of a competitive urban area befitting of a city of about 400,000 people. Most of the rest of Detroit is screwed, however. And I think that's also why some people are bitter. It's not always jealousy.
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