We’re joining a movement. A movement to revitalize a city that’s in dire need.
When you turn on the news and there’s a story about Detroit, images of ruin, decay, and neglect are displayed. Crime is portrayed as rampant, and whenever I tell outsiders I’m visiting the city, they say, “Yikes; be sure you don’t get shot!”
That one still amazes me. That’s the power of bad press for you. I’ve never once went there and felt so unsafe as to fear I’d be at gunpoint any minute. For that matter, I’ve never really felt unsafe in Detroit. At least not any more than I do when I visit Chicago, or when I went to London for a week. Big cities can be unsafe, and Detroit is like all the rest.
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