Should I come to Detroit (Ann Arbor, Wayne: cul-de-sac, hotel, neighborhoods)

[Blue Grass Fever]

Originally Posted by Jacynth11

Safety is a concern, but I'm looking to move to a place where I can make a difference and not just be comfortable. People can be redeemed and entire communities can be changed - but not with the attitude I see in some of these posts. Those attitudes are what leads to the crap outlined about Detroit.

So you haven't/don't live(d) in Detroit?

If not, being analytical(from a distance) about Detroit and experiencing (living in) Detroit are two different things.

[nick21]

I work at a large hospital in Detroit and it seems to me things are getting worse. Instead of the daily GSW patients we see, we are having multiple victims. The assaults are more severe and people are scared. I work with many people that live in the city they tell me that the last 4 or 5 years people are desperate. Lots of people have lost good paying manufacturing jobs and these people can't find work. I can say the crime wave has affected me personally someone stole my car at work. I was pissed, but a car can be replaced. Race is a problem not only in the city but in the surrounding burbs. Take a ride down a major road called Gratiot. Start from the city and make your way out toward 8 mile road. As you're on this trip look around at the people and the neighborhood it's amazing to see the difference. It is what it is. We don't live together. It's been like this as long as I can remember. All I can tell you is what I've seen. People may not like it but that's life. Detroit is tough city I think you know that, just use common sense out there.

[Jacynth11]

So you haven't/don't live(d) in Detroit?

If not, being analytical(from a distance) about Detroit and experiencing (living in) Detroit are two different things.



I live in Port Huron and frequent Detroit - as well as know others who live there. I am looking to move into Royal Oak. This would be my 4th move.

To respond to your comment - I am not being analytical of Detroit - I am being analytical of people and their responses to cities.

[asdasd12345]

i recently watched a documentary about how the detroit police are starting to experiment with manning their police force with robots. this documentary also suggested a new detriot free of crime is going to be built in the near future called new detriot. this documentary was apparently made in the late 80's so by now these programs should be running.

[ericka709]

Eminem is from a trailer park WARREN, Michigan not Detroit.

[ericka709]

I'm a WSU alum and lived on campus in university owned apartments for a number of years and I LOVED IT!! To the young man considering a move to Detroit, put Wayne State on your list for a campus tour. You will be impressed with the unversity and the surrounding area (museum district). This area is about 5 miles north of downtown.

[Brother WilliamX]

Originally Posted by manoswath

I say, sure come to Detroit and see for yourself. As others have said, there are bad areas in every city. But even in the public areas you have to keep saying "NO, I don't have a cigarette you can have".
I have been downtown many, many times for various reasons and never had been a victim of a crime.
Hey, at least it's is no longer the "Murder Capital".

Manoswath.....Thanks for your post, and I bet you are one of the few that believes in live and let live. Also you are correct Detroit is no longer the Murder Capital, and most people who badmouth Detroit are the ones who are undercover racist...that's why they moved out of Detroit.

[RedWingsFan]

Originally Posted by Brother WilliamX

Manoswath.....Thanks for your post, and I bet you are one of the few that believes in live and let live. Also you are correct Detroit is no longer the Murder Capital, and most people who badmouth Detroit are the ones who are undercover racist...that's why they moved out of Detroit.

I notice that you pull the race card in every section of the forum that you post in. Are you sure you aren't the one that is racist?

Detroit may not be the murder capital, but it's one of the top on the list. It's a very dangerous, poor, ghetto of a city for the most part.

[Brother WilliamX]

Originally Posted by RedWingsFan

I notice that you pull the race card in every section of the forum that you post in. Are you sure you aren't the one that is racist?

Detroit may not be the murder capital, but it's one of the top on the list. It's a very dangerous, poor, ghetto of a city for the most part.

RedWingsFan. I am honest enough to admit that I did that quiet a bit, but since you noticed that..have you noticed that I reply to the negative bullchit? Like I said its seems strange that many posted that Detroit isn't a bad place to be in or visit,but the ones who claimed to have lived here is the main ones that hate, and again show me a place (City) that's crime or racist free?

So you are saying that its okay to dog the Black uneducated,unemployment, and I can't address how I feel or what I see concerning Black & White issues?
Listen, since you are determine to make Detroit bad answer this...Why do you and the rest that hate Detroit offer a solution to solving the issue instead of badmouthing Detroit?

Regardless to if it is ONE of the top its not the top. According to the National Crime Watch Network Oakland County cities crime rate is higher then Detroit. So my closing statement since many of you who once lived here in Detroit has moved. Can you admit that you left Detroit because (1): Blacks begin to move in your neighborhood?, and (2): You feel that your own dislike might start confusion so you moved? I do not think that this post is projecting racism, but its seeking a answer that should have been answered long ago, and believe me Detroit is my home...and nobody will run me out of Detroit.

[RedWingsFan]

Originally Posted by Brother WilliamX

So you are saying that its okay to dog the Black uneducated,unemployment, and I can't address how I feel or what I see concerning Black & White issues?

No, you can. That's my point exactly. In the other thread I kept saying race is a big issue in the city of Detroit and you kept saying it was racist to say that and we shouldn't look at the race factor. When speaking of Detroit you can't possibly overlook the race factor.

Originally Posted by Brother WilliamX

Regardless to if it is ONE of the top its not the top. According to the National Crime Watch Network Oakland County cities crime rate is higher then Detroit. ?

Not a chance! Keep dreaming.

Originally Posted by Brother WilliamX

So my closing statement since many of you who once lived here in Detroit has moved. Can you admit that you left Detroit because (1): Blacks begin to move in your neighborhood?, and (2): You feel that your own dislike might start confusion so you moved? I do not think that this post is projecting racism, but its seeking a answer that should have been answered long ago, and believe me Detroit is my home...and nobody will run me out of Detroit.

To answer your questions:::
1. Yes, my family left Detroit because blacks moved in, which is perfectly acceptable. People move out of neighborhoods for a variety of reasons. If you don't like the people that start moving in then it's time to start moving out. That is the number one reason that just about everyone I know that left Detroit did so. Blacks moved in. And it's not just that blacks moved in because if they did and they were hard working people that took care of their homes and helped keep the neighborhood safe it wouldn't be an issue. But that's not the case. With them they bring crime, low expectations, low education, unruly kids, drugs, etc.

2. I don't understand your question. There was no confusion. Sure, nobody will run you out of Detroit. Because you are black! Again it's a race issue. Blacks don't generally run blacks out of a neighborhood. If you left because you were living around blacks I would think it's strange. People like to be around their own kind. That's just the way it is.