Place for stay in Detroit? (Hamtramck, Wayne: for sale, apartments, renting)

[Rusalochka]

Hello I from Eastern Europe, please any who know region/streets on downtown Detroit can you give some advice on locations please. I look for a buy tiny apartment/condo/room something that is not so dangerus location. Me love city life. Love party, concerts everything from rock to hip-hop. Prefer atleast somewhere with living souls where is not just secluded buildings. Restaurant/club/bar/ atleast 1 anything in area would nice. Maybe somewhere with atleast bit racial diversity, or not, it not so important to me, but I not sure if Russian human welcome in ghetto. Please please share info and any advice. Thank you much.

[ForStarters]

There are many places downtown Detroit that will be fine for you.

Will you be living in Detroit for a long time or are you coming to Detroit on vacation?

How much do you want to pay in $ USD per month?

[Rusalochka]

Originally Posted by ForStarters

There are many places downtown Detroit that will be fine for you.

Will you be living in Detroit for a long time or are you coming to Detroit on vacation?

How much do you want to pay in $ USD per month?

Thank you for anwsering.

Rather interested in buying than renting. Is ther some parts close to downtown or in downtown Detroit like I describe in previous post, with apartments buildings which is rather populated? Or is everything completely abandoned and secluded?

[ForStarters]

Originally Posted by Rusalochka

Thank you for anwsering.

Rather interested in buying than renting. Is ther some parts close to downtown or in downtown Detroit like I describe in previous post, with apartments buildings which is rather populated? Or is everything completely abandoned and secluded?

Downtown is populated. There are many types of properties for sale.

Here are a some places: Downtown Detroit Partnership | Housing - For Sale (http://www.downtowndetroit.org/ddp/housing-sale.htm#downtown - broken link)

Prices from $130,000 to $1,500,000 USD.

Also look here: Downtown Detroit Condos, Lofts, and Homes

I just found these lofts, very nice: The Carlton Lofts - Detroit (http://www.acimarketingllc.com/dev/carltonlofts/ - broken link)

[Coldjensens]

The riverfront lofts and condos are very nice (most of them) and it is a neat place to be. Corktown is pretty neat (at least a couple of streets of it is neat) and hosts the best resturuant in town (Slows).

In the summer Detroit has a lot of events and festivals that you can walk or ride the people mover train to if you live downtown. Examples:

Techno Rock fesival (Detroit is the birthplace of techno rock).

Jazz Festival.

Late June fireworks (shared celebration with Canada).

Red Bull Air races,

Boat races.

Free concerts at the base of the Ren Cen on Friday nights.

More concerts at Campus Martius (not sure which day(s)).

Country Music Festival.

Detroit Auto show. (This is in January, not summer).

Winterfest. (Ditto)



There are a few more. During the summer, it seems like there is always somethign going on. In the winter, it is pretty quiet most of the time.



Also you have sporting event with the Red Wings, Tigers and Lions playing their respective professional sports right downtown.

It is always lively in Greektown. The MGM Casino has a lot going on. (I have not been much to Motor City Casino).

Eastern Market is really neat. It is one of the largest open air markets in the US.

There are several theaters near Tiger Stadium (whatever it is called now). The Detroit Symphony orchestra is quite good (if they stay together - money problems). Midtown hosts Wayne State University, a world class art museum, a great library, the detroit science center, and I think that there is a museum of natural history too.

You will like downtown. However it is not densely populated. At night parts of the city are all but unoccupied. In the winter not so many people come out as in the summer.

Windsor Canada is just across the bridge. It is a nice little city. Keep your passport handy.

[Slappy san]

How much do you want to pay? Where are you going to work? Are you buying a car?

[bizkitgto]

Just out of curiosity, how busy is downtown Detroit at night, are people strolling around like in other cities? What's the foot traffic like? Lot's of people live downtown right?

[ForStarters]

Originally Posted by bizkitgto

Just out of curiosity, how busy is downtown Detroit at night, are people strolling around like in other cities? What's the foot traffic like? Lot's of people live downtown right?

I suppose it depends both on the night of the week and the city you're using for comparison. It also depends on what part of downtown Detroit you're talking about.

Most Friday and Saturday nights, downtown Detroit is busy. Downtown can even be jammed if there is a game or an event, which is often. Nicer weather also draws more pedestrians.

On a typical weeknight during the winter, only a few parts of downtown have moderate foot traffic, such as Greektown and Campus Martius. Those areas have almost constant foot traffic, except in the wee hours of the morning. Harmony Park and Broadway Street also usually have some lower level of foot traffic, as well as Cadillac Square and Bricktown.

The "Financial District" area of downtown is very busy during the day, but is relatively desolate after office hours on almost any night of the week. Although, this is true of every city I've been to, even New York.

In the spring and summer, the Riverwalk and Hart Plaza are usually pretty busy as well. However, in the winter, the Riverwalk is generally empty, (a) because it's REALLY cold right on the water, and (b) because the Riverwalk is usually covered in snow.

The "Stadium District" or "Foxtown" is usually jam packed whenever there is a game or show. There is also usually foot traffic in and around Park Avenue even on weeknights because of the bars and restaurants there.

Because I just got home from a trip to Boston, I'll try and make some comparisons between the two cities.

Boston's Beacon Hill is as busy (or slightly busier) during the day than Detroit's Greektown is during the day. Note though, that Beacon Hill is much larger than Greektown. However, at night, Greektown is busier than Beacon Hill.

Downtown Boston on a Saturday night is busier than downtown Detroit. However, I was in downtown Boston on the Saturday before St. Patrick's day and many people were already out celebrating in numbers, so the comparison might not be fair. That said, during games or events, Detroit's Stadium District is substantially busier than anything Boston.

Boston's North End is very busy at night. It is like a massive Greektown with rows and rows of restaurants, bars, and shops. Only during games or events would downtown Detroit be comparable in terms if foot traffic. I will add though that a cab driver told me that the North End was busier than normal the night I was there due to a big video game convention. However, it still seemed busy.

South Boston, specifically City Point, which is the main drag of South Boston reminded me of a gentrified version of Hamtramck. However, I would say downtown Detroit is far busier than City Point, and so is Hamtramck for that matter on a similar Saturday night.

Across the river in Cambridge, the foot traffic was comparable to Detroit's Midtown, even though Cambridge is more developed.

So, to answer your question generally, downtown Detroit is not desolate, but it is more variable than other cities that have denser urban environments. The pedestrian foot traffic in Detroit also depends more on the hour of the day, the weather, and the occurrence of events.