Detroit

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Detroit, Michigan is an early industrial city in post-industrial times.

Table of contents
1 Understand
2 Get in

2.1 By plane
2.2 By car
2.3 By bus

3 Get around
4 See
5 Do
6 Learn
7 Work
8 Buy
9 Eat
10 Drink
11 Sleep
12 Contact
13 Stay safe
14 Cope
15 Get out
16 External links
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Understand

Downtown detroit is great -- beautiful buildings, a riverfront, plenty to see and do. It's also strikingly empty.

Surrounding downtown are ruins -- mile upon mile of abandoned buildings, the ghetto -- and beyond that are the suburbs where most Detroiters live, work, and play.

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Get in

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By plane

  • Detroit Metro Airport (DTW) http://www.metroairport.com/ - This is the largest airport in the area and located in Romulus, about 20 minutes west of the city proper. It is a NorthWest hub and features the recently opened McNamara Terminal.
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By car

Use interstate highways.

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By bus

Greyhound.

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Get around

Driving in Detroit can be pretty difficult, especially downtown. The roads are in bad shape and directional signs are frustratingly sparse and inconsistant.

You will be driving, though, because there's no other option. If you're really hungering for some public transport, you can drive downtown, park your car, and hop on the People Mover, a monorail that runs a walking-distance loop between center-city attractions.

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See

  • Motown Museum, 2648 West Grand Boulevard, 875-2264 (info@motownmuseum.com). Tu-Sa 10AM-6PM. The Motown Museum preserves the legacy of Motown Records, the record label that put Detroit on the world's music map. Located in label founder Berry Gordy, Jr.'s old home, the museum is hard to miss: Gordy's "Hitsville, USA" sign is still over the front door. $8. http://www.motownmuseum.com/
  • Detroit Institute of Art, 5200 Woodward Avenue, 313-833-7900 CLOSED Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Currently offering free admission, http://www.dia.org/
  • First Highway.
  • Rock -n- Bowl.
  • Train Station.
  • Heidleburg Project.
  • Cranbrook.
  • Underground Railroad.
  • Urban Forestry.
  • Urban Farming.
  • Greenfield Village/Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn
  • Detroit Science Center.
  • Detroit Historical Museum.

Detroit is the birthplace of electronic music. Although other cities around the world have picked up Detroit's torch and perhaps carried it further, Detroit is still a great place to dance and see the masters at work.

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Do

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Learn

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Work

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Buy


  • John King Books,901 W. Lafayette, 313-961-0622 One of the best used bookstores in America.
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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

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Contact

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Stay safe

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Cope

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Get out

Canada -- specifically, Windsor, Ontario -- lies just across the Ambassador Bridge (http://www.ambassadorbridge.com/). This is the most heavily trafficed border crossing in the world, and it's shaped Windsor more than anything else: absurdly well-maintained streets to capitalize on Detroit's disprepair (advertising the canuck system), and absurdly proliferate grambling and strip joints to capitalize on more restrictive Michigan law. The lower drinking age (18) also draws youngters to Windsor's dusky charms.

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External links

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