Obviously this is a somewhat isolated incident in a generally low-crime area, compared to Detroit, where shootings are a daily occurrence.

However, niceties aside, I really find Downriver to be a pretty uniquely miserable place. No good restaurants, no good shopping, the bar scene is really some variation on this, and overall the people I've encountered are unbelievably racist and crude. It seems like everybody has kids out of wedlock too.

Maybe that's for some, but it isn't for me.