My wife and I are traveling to the US around Christmas, first staying a couple of nights at Sonder Gabriel Richard in Downtown Detroit before heading on to NYC. We were initially unbothered by what we considered overblown and outdated stereotypes about the area.
Now my wife is hearing from coworkers and family, including family who live in Detroit, about the grave danger she’s in if she stays in downtown.I’m irritated by the anxiety these people have spawned out of nothing. Maybe I’m naive but my gut still says that they’re blowing things out of proportion, and at worst it’s a little seedy around there.
Would any locals like to comment on how poor a choice we made staying in downtown Detroit as first time travellers to the US? We’re Australian if that matters somehow.
Alright, so I love your attitude and your going to fit in just fine in the D. As for your wife’s family, Canton is closer to Ann Arbor than it is Detroit so I chuckled a bit when you named their city. Have a great time and let us know how you end up spending your time in our fair city!
Yeah, Canton is not Detroit. Eight miles north of there you’ll see 8 Mile Road in Northville, but despite the fact that it’s the same name and an extension of the same road, it’s just not the (in)famous “8 Mile” that it is closer to town.
My wife forbids saying that we live in Detroit. I instead tell people that we’re from (south-east) Michigan.