I'm a 5th generation Detroiter. My ancestors came here and I guess we just never left. Many of them are buried within the city limits. We were firemen, laborers

I'm a 5th generation Detroiter. My ancestors came here and I guess we just never left. Many of them are buried within the city limits. We were firemen, laborers and my great uncle played for the Tigers farm team. We were here during the automotive boom and the riots and the bankruptcy. I have seen Detroit through decades of changes and have worked and played down there since I was a kid. I remember when Charlie LeDuff "played a round of golf" from one border of the city (8 Mile) all the way to the other border (the river) to illustrate how vacant it was. When you are a Detroiter in another city, and people ask you where you are from, you get some sideways looks. Detroit has always been synonymous with crime, corruption and murder. Our ex-Mayer is in a federal penitentiary. When I saw Louis CK at Joe Louis a couple years back and his opening joke was something like "I've never been to Detroit so I came in early and walked around downtown on a Tuesday. Was there some type of nuclear accident recently?" The city, in the last few years, has made massive improvements but honestly nothing gives me goosebumps more than thinking about that train station being renovated and open to the public. Its such a beautiful building on the outside and my family has relayed stories of how beautiful it was on the inside when it was operational. I never vandalized the city when I was a kid but I always wanted to break into that building and just look around. Hopefully soon I can go there and see it with my own two eyes. I plan to bring my son.