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I'm from Michigan, and there's no way you could pay me enough to live in Detroit. I could bear to live in Ann Arbor for the right amount of money, but forget De
by pmiller2 10y ago
I'm from Michigan, and there's no way you could pay me enough to live in Detroit. I could bear to live in Ann Arbor for the right amount of money, but forget Detroit.
- __derek__ 10y agoI'm also from Michigan, and living in Detroit is actually pretty cool.[1] It has great beer, good food, a low cost-of-living, great bikability, and a thriving scene of 20/30-somethings (both yuppies and not). Granted, it is a spiky place: you either love it (hit that peak) or hate it (land in those valleys). The phrase "to each their own" certainly applies. [1]: I don't live in Michigan any more, but I do visit Detroit regularly.
- headcanon 10y agoI think you need to take another visit to that city, friend. It's not even the same place that it was a few years ago.
- kevindong 10y agoI went to the University of Michigan hackathon (MHacks) back in October of this year which was, for some reason, hosted in Detroit (absolutely _terribly_ done hackathon, btw). I was shocked at how bad Detroit actually was. In my opinion, it's actually worse than what people say. A story I heard from one of the people that live in the area is that people leave their cars unlocked and devoid of valuable belongs so crackheads won't break their windows to search for money. They're still going to search, but they won't break the windows.
- ap22213 10y agoMaybe it's changed. But, I worked in Ann Arbor in software from the late 90s to the mid 2000s, and Detroit was way cooler than Ann Arbor. If you want to wear polo shirts, sweaters around the neck, eat pâté and cheese, drink wine, and look beautiful, then A^2 is your place. But, if you want anything interesting, you go into Detroit.
- pimlottc 10y agoHey now, I'll not hear anyone talking bad about cheese.