Quote Originally Posted by 313WX View Post
Chicago has so much more going for it though, unlike Detroit. One can even argue crime isn't the biggest obstacle in Detroit [[which is sad).

Besides, they have a vibrant downtown, walkable neighborhoods, mass transit, a decent economy [[despite the depresison) and chain grocery stores within the city limits [[including 2 Wal-Marts).
I'm no Chicago expert, but some of my friends who've lived there say it's more racially charged than Detroit proper. Like, we were some of the few white folks hanging at the Carpet House and everybody was very nice to us. But they said that if that were Chicago, we would not be welcome at all. At least on that narrow point, I'll take Detroit.