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View Poll Results: Most disappointing city to visit
Los Angeles 28 22.05%
New York City 16 12.60%
Washington DC 7 5.51%
Chicago 6 4.72%
Miami 16 12.60%
Philadelphia 14 11.02%
Boston 2 1.57%
Seattle 17 13.39%
New Orleans 12 9.45%
San Francisco 9 7.09%
Voters: 127. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 12-02-2014, 10:33 PM
 
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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I've spent 20+ years enjoying Detroit's downtown, museums, sports, concerts, pubs, festivals, architecture, and people. multiple times per year.

I have never.....never once, been hassled by anyone, for any reason, at all, ever. And I do most of it on foot.

I do loooooove the opinions of people who have never set foot in within city limits though.


fusion, have you ever been in the Guardian Building? I think you should next time, if you haven't been.


https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j...17671454357573
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Old 12-02-2014, 10:34 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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Are people really saying Detroit is an underrated tourist attraction and being serious about it? Am I actually reading this?
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Old 12-02-2014, 10:39 PM
 
Location: Toronto
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I've spent 20+ years enjoying Detroit's downtown, museums, sports, concerts, pubs, festivals, architecture, and people. multiple times per year.

I have never.....never once, been hassled by anyone, for any reason, at all, ever.

I do loooooove the opinions of people who have never set foot in within city limits though.
Agreed or just dismiss it because of the negative aspects - as if there are no positives... Its just so neat and clean to say - the place is a barren wasteland of a dump... We have to pick some place so might as well be Detroit...
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Old 12-02-2014, 10:42 PM
 
Location: Toronto
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fusion, have you ever been in the Guardian Building? I think you should next time, if you haven't been.


https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j...17671454357573
Wow fantastic - i've only seen the buildings from the outside - clearly I need to explore further.. Really beatiful building inside and out! Detroit should stage an 'Open Doors' event like in T.O where they open up all the places of architectural note along with guides who will give a tour and explain the history..

Actually - with the lack of love Detroit gets from her fellow 'countrymen' lol - maybe we should buy Detroit haha

http://spectator.org/articles/55093/...etroit-sell-it
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Old 12-02-2014, 11:06 PM
 
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Are people really saying Detroit is an underrated tourist attraction and being serious about it? Am I actually reading this?
Unfortunately. All they see is the "ruin porn", and gobble up the hype the media stuffs down their gullets.

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Agreed or just dismiss it because of the negative aspects - as if there are no positives... Its just so neat and clean to say - the place is a barren wasteland of a dump... We have to pick some place so might as well be Detroit...
It's a shame, really. I don't know what every one is so scared of. I'm a skinny white guy from Canada, and I have no problem walking around by myself. lol

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Wow fantastic - i've only seen the buildings from the outside - clearly I need to explore further.. Really beatiful building inside and out! Detroit should stage an 'Open Doors' event like in T.O where they open up all the places of architectural note along with guides who will give a tour and explain the history..

Man.....I think there is one, but I can't find it. But yes, you really need to dig in there.

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Actually - with the lack of love Detroit gets from her fellow 'countrymen' lol - maybe we should buy Detroit haha

Don't Save Detroit -- Sell It | The American Spectator

I wonder how fast we'd get that place cleaned up? lol

Oh, also, if you can manage to tip toe your way through the hail of gun fire, try and attand something at the Fox Theater.


https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j...17672531173188


^^^ Look at that disgusting, burnt out hulk!
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Old 12-03-2014, 05:18 AM
 
Location: Kent, UK/ Rhode Island, US
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Are people really saying Detroit is an underrated tourist attraction and being serious about it? Am I actually reading this?
I think they're serious. I can't believe it either.
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Old 12-03-2014, 05:43 AM
 
Location: The Netherlands
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I always thought that for most tourists (especially Europeans) Chicago and Boston would have nothing new and interesting to offer? The people who voted for NYC are just insane I guess...
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Old 12-03-2014, 05:58 AM
 
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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My vote is for LA even though I've never visited. From what I've heard people have really high expectations of an exciting city, with Hollywood glamour but that it's rather sprawled, seedy and difficult for tourists to get around.
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Old 12-03-2014, 07:24 AM
 
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Perhaps Europeans dont like LA because it's like the antithesis of what most European cities are like.

LA has tons of walkable neighborhoods, the problem is you need a car to drive to each one because they're spread out all over LA and Orange county.

LA is def one of my fav cities because there is so much to do. You literally have everything there from downtown LA to Echo Park, Silver Lake, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Venice, Malibu, Laguna Beach, Pasadena, Runyon Canyon trails, Getty Museum, Mulholland Drive, San Fernando Valley, Griffith Observatory, La Brea Tar pits, The Grove, the Farmers Market, just to name a few... Whenever I'm in LA I feel like I cannot possibly cover it all.... it's just overwhelming to me
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Old 12-03-2014, 07:24 AM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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My vote is for LA even though I've never visited. From what I've heard people have really high expectations of an exciting city, with Hollywood glamour but that it's rather sprawled, seedy and difficult for tourists to get around.
It's difficult for Californians to get around in, never mind anyone else.
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