Comments on: Day 1 – Road Trip, East Coast: Part 2 of 2: Detroit http://www.lifeiswhatyoumakeofit.com/2009/07/23/day-1-road-trip-east-coast-part-2-of-2-detroit/ “A Photographer Who Happens to Love to Write” Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:36:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shelly http://www.lifeiswhatyoumakeofit.com/2009/07/23/day-1-road-trip-east-coast-part-2-of-2-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-6556 Shelly Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:31:47 +0000 http://lifeiswhatyoumakeofit.com/?p=832#comment-6556 One place you may want to try is Greektown in downtown Detroit. That area has a lot of pedestrian traffic at night. Go to Wayne State University towards downtown Detroit (Warren Ave) that area also has a lot of pedestrian traffic, but in the afternoon. Also, it is one of the cultural centers in the city. The Science Center is there and the Art museum. Take a ride out to Belle Isle park or go to some of the suburbs like Dearborn, Southfield and Livonia. They are part of Metropolitan Detroit and will provide encompassing viewpoints. Go inside the Ren Cen and talk to some of the people who work there in the different stores. If you dig into the city a little deeper, you may be surprised. One place you may want to try is Greektown in downtown Detroit. That area has a lot of pedestrian traffic at night. Go to Wayne State University towards downtown Detroit (Warren Ave) that area also has a lot of pedestrian traffic, but in the afternoon. Also, it is one of the cultural centers in the city. The Science Center is there and the Art museum. Take a ride out to Belle Isle park or go to some of the suburbs like Dearborn, Southfield and Livonia. They are part of Metropolitan Detroit and will provide encompassing viewpoints. Go inside the Ren Cen and talk to some of the people who work there in the different stores. If you dig into the city a little deeper, you may be surprised.

]]> By: Oaks http://www.lifeiswhatyoumakeofit.com/2009/07/23/day-1-road-trip-east-coast-part-2-of-2-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-6555 Oaks Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:56:24 +0000 http://lifeiswhatyoumakeofit.com/?p=832#comment-6555 Shelly, That is the reason why I went to Detroit, to form my own opinion, not depend on the media to do my thinking. You are right about spending more time there to talk to the people; I was able to speak to one man that changed my view of the city. As I walked along the pier near downtown, I saw the people smiling, laughing, and living a simple and happy life. I got a question for you. Where in Detroit would you find the people to talk to? That is one thing that I wished I got more of (rather than the abandon buildings). Shelly,

That is the reason why I went to Detroit, to form my own opinion, not depend on the media to do my thinking. You are right about spending more time there to talk to the people; I was able to speak to one man that changed my view of the city. As I walked along the pier near downtown, I saw the people smiling, laughing, and living a simple and happy life.

I got a question for you. Where in Detroit would you find the people to talk to? That is one thing that I wished I got more of (rather than the abandon buildings).

]]> By: Shelly http://www.lifeiswhatyoumakeofit.com/2009/07/23/day-1-road-trip-east-coast-part-2-of-2-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-6554 Shelly Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:51:14 +0000 http://lifeiswhatyoumakeofit.com/?p=832#comment-6554 Yes, Detroit has potholes and abandon buildings and is somewhat grimey. Yes the crime level is high and the city has seen better days. But the people in Detroit also have the determination and fortitude to keep going. They have moments of joy, pain, happiness and sadness like everyone else. They have moments when they feel like they're in Heaven (Yes! in Detroit) and hell...one doesn't constantly shadow the other. What everyone looks at when they pass through Detroit is the infrastructure, but they don't see the attitudes of the people and the resiliant spirit that allows the people to deflect all the negativity that is constantly flinged at them from the media and others. To be able to see the posititves of the city you'll have to stay a while. There is a lot there to appreciate, but to be able to do that, a previous opinion of the city should not have been formed either one way or another. Yes, Detroit has potholes and abandon buildings and is somewhat grimey. Yes the crime level is high and the city has seen better days. But the people in Detroit also have the determination and fortitude to keep going. They have moments of joy, pain, happiness and sadness like everyone else. They have moments when they feel like they’re in Heaven (Yes! in Detroit) and hell…one doesn’t constantly shadow the other.
What everyone looks at when they pass through Detroit is the infrastructure, but they don’t see the attitudes of the people and the resiliant spirit that allows the people to deflect all the negativity that is constantly flinged at them from the media and others. To be able to see the posititves of the city you’ll have to stay a while. There is a lot there to appreciate, but to be able to do that, a previous opinion of the city should not have been formed either one way or another.

]]> By: Oaks http://www.lifeiswhatyoumakeofit.com/2009/07/23/day-1-road-trip-east-coast-part-2-of-2-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-6553 Oaks Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:17:56 +0000 http://lifeiswhatyoumakeofit.com/?p=832#comment-6553 Ellen, Detroit was a cool place. The abandon buildings became scenes from movies, but I did enjoy, of what I saw, there. I am interested to see what Flint and Pontiac look like. I will go back there to see how bad it is, I just don't know when. Ellen,

Detroit was a cool place. The abandon buildings became scenes from movies, but I did enjoy, of what I saw, there. I am interested to see what Flint and Pontiac look like. I will go back there to see how bad it is, I just don’t know when.

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