Detroit Weekend

Surprising fun town - a lot more to offer than what meets the eye!

Last Visit: June 2007

7 July 2007 | A Yahoo! User

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It was awesome

The whole city is great.If you have not went there yet you really need to.It is awesome really.So go there

6 June 2005 | A Yahoo! User

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Long winded review that goes nowhere

Detroit is amazing, it has some awesome neighborhoods and endlessly wealthy suburbs. Detroit has many bright sides and most of the reviews tell you about them. BUT, The city also has the most segregation around. The region is extremly diverse - as a region, but the burbs are white and the city is black, but there are many divides within. Even in the city, you have Hamtrammack which is still very polish surrounded by Detroit and mostly black communities. In Mexicantown you have your mexican population and it's not like Chicago where the neighborhoods blend together, it feels like streets divide the neighborhoods into ethnic enclaves. Even on Seven mile there is a distinct section that is mainly Chaldean (Iraqi). Taking Jefferson East to Grosse Point is amazing, Factories and Blight instantly turn into Mansions and White. Eight mile which is the northern most border is also called baseline road almost literally divides black from white (less now than in the past but it's mainly black people moving north). This road divides detroit from a strip of suburban towns, on the suburb sides are nicer businesses, warehouses, etc. On the Detroit side of 8 Mile is different, Nasty paint all over buildings designed to make cheap signs that make the whole city look like its closed. In Detroit, I am sometimes confused by some businesses, They seem like they could be in business but there aren't any windows or lights or lit up signs. Some businesses are so heavily fortified that you wonder how people could accept this, but there is no money or work, no mass transit to go find work to get money and not much hope based on that. The average Detroit bus rider has to take many different busses to get to work sometimes waiting hours, How can you expect people to pull themselves up when there is nothing to grab onto. If you don't have a car, good luck. But all the driving and gas prices to boot don't help either. The city does and awful job of regulating itself, its corrupt, if you want to build in detroit, you don't worry about the actual building code as much as you would need to be concerned with how much to pay off the worthless city inspectors. There are many burnt down buildings, manytimes not even boarded up. Detroit isn't the Crime Hell it is made out to be, it is bad, but most the crime is amongst the people living and working near the blight. Downtown detroit is as safe as any downtown around, the suburbs are even safer. Everything inbetween is fair game. The Best part of Detroit that isn't mentioned in the review is Palmer Park and Indian Village. Mansions in amazing neighborhoods. Surrounded by nothing. All the Auto stuff is cool, especially greenfield village and the plant tours. Belle Isle is nice but I have lived in detroit for 25 years and I just found out they have an aquarium, I found out when they announced it was closing, the first time I had ever even heard it existed. A big problem in detroit is nobody knows what it has to offer unless they go looking cause the city doesn't promote itself very well.

6 June 2005 | A Yahoo! User

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Dirrty Detroit

Detroit has alot of trash and garbage everywhare.The violence is horrible and the people stare you down. there was nothing to do and the city was very rundown. drug deals on every corner. the cops didnt do anything about it.

6 June 2005 | A Yahoo! User

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So Bad it Makes Philly Look Good

On the way into Detroit, the highways and surrounding area look like a garbage dump. There is trash everywhere and no one seems to care. Downtown was a disgrace. Vacant buildings, trash, and nothing to do (unless you like gambling). Surrounding counties were also boring. Oakland county had some decent areas. You could not pay me enough money to live in this city. I makes Philadelphia look like the garden of Eden.

6 June 2005 | A Yahoo! User

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slots

i dont like that MGM dont take tokens. if you put mony in you have to go to each slot machine with receipt or put more in.

6 June 2005 | A Yahoo! User

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detroit and surrounding areas

Love it! All sports are downtown. Shopping is great throughout Michigan. Love to go in the fall, apple orchards are great!

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Operation Hell on Earth

I looked at the "reviews" from people and as a suburbanite who goes to school in the city, let me tell you...stay away! Detroit is a dump, the rumors are all true. Just wait until the Super Bowl gets here...there are only like five hotels in the city, no parking, no mass transportation...but we do have three casinos. Other than the five blocks that make up downtown, there is one other nice part of the city...it's called Windsor, Canada. The only things we have going for us...The stadiums, the casinos...that's it. If you're coming in from out of town and want to see the sights, do this... If you must see the city, go during daylight hours. Don't wander from the highways. If you're not on Woodward Av., stay within the confines of the people-mover, our ghetto version of the "L". It runs around almost all the important infrastructres in the city. Woodward is relatively safe up to Wayne State Univ. Between WSU and 8 Mile....beware. Nightlife: Go to Royal Oak-Ferndale, Birmingham, Ann Arbor, Pontiac, Novi. The places with the best bars, clubs are not in the city itself. And the roads suck! It's like driving on one giant pothole. Trust me on this.

6 June 2005 | A Yahoo! User

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Great entertainment across its 3 neignboring counties

One of the fews places where the city is complemented by its suburbs for great entertainment. An upcoming downtown full of great art and diverse cultural sites makes Detroit a city worth visting

6 June 2005 | A Yahoo! User

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Bad experience

You had me booked for the wrong return date. I was to return on Feb. 26th not mar. 26th. I had to purchase a one way ticket on another airline and stay in a hotel overnight. That ticket cost me $343.20 plus $66.00 for hotel. Worst trip I ever had. I would never use your services again, nor will I recommend it. Joe Brock

6 June 2005 | A Yahoo! User

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