Viewpoint: Learning to love Detroit

A letter from a Michigan student who participated in the "Semeter in Detroit" program which "...grants undergraduate students at the University the opportunity to spend a semester living in Detroit, taking classes and interning with a community-based organization:"

http://www.michigandaily.com/content...dents-and-city

Comments: http://www.michigandaily.com/node/48531/talk

Interesting article, interesting program.

I'm not sure that Avalon bakery and Cass Cafe are an adequate microcosm of this city, but it is true that Detroiters are much friendlier and more personable than people give them credit for.

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Originally Posted by Prodigal_Son

Interesting article, interesting program.

I'm not sure that Avalon bakery and Cass Cafe are an adequate microcosm of this city, but it is true that Detroiters are much friendlier and more personable than people give them credit for.

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An armed society is a polite society.

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Originally Posted by Russix

An armed society is a polite society.

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I suppose, but at what cost?

Detroit is starting to take on that quaint small town feel.