I grew up on the east side of Detroit. A nice area. It's a F'ing war zone today. No excuses. Detroit is a sh*t town that truly reflects the people that inhabit it. Even all the nice videos of Downtown are deceiving. Probably half of the area is uninhabited or vacant.
🌺 I was there July 29, 2023, and I fell in love with Detroit!!! (From Atlanta) I’ve been there many times, NOBODY ever told me about or took me to the Ford Museum!!! The full size trains, the vintage cars, the Kennedy limo and other presidential cars were AWESOME! So much to see and love. The city is packed full of goodies…I’ll be back next year!!! I’m in AWE of your lovely and lively city! 🤗😎♥️♥️♥️♥️
Dude Detroit is terrible this dude is trying to put a nice shiny coat of paint on a turd. I'm originally from Philadelphia that's my hometown right and people will say the downtown area of Philadelphia is nice of course it's nice, that's all the government cares about is fixing up the downtown areas of these cities, the rest of Philadelphia just like the rest of Detroit is shit. In Baltimore they only care about the nice downtown part with Camden yards and the Baltimore Ravens stadium if you go outside of that the city is a dumpster fire. The government and politicians only care about the downtown area of these cities they can give a rat's ass about the neighborhood surrounding the downtown.
I have a thing for Detroit. I've only been there once to play a show at the Fox theatre, but I got to spend some time walking around and checking things out. I believe in second chances and I love an underdog. When I got my promotion, I bought myself a Shinola watch -built right there in Detroit.
Detroit has an amazing restaurant scene, lots of music festivals, a great sports district, and the riverfront and downtown in general in the summer are amazing!
I really loved your vlog of Detroit! I'm from Michigan also, My dad thinks that Detroit is always bad but it's a really cool city with cool places and friendly people!
Your father believe in stereotyping crime is everywhere the whole world 🌎 big cities more people but most of the crime is among young people that are friends it's not random crime's an mostly diemestic violence situations.
I grew up in Detroit in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. I love it. I got married and moved to a smaller Michigan city but I’d move back tomorrow. My husband’s job is here. I miss the DIA and the main library the most. My great great grandparents immigrated to Corktown in 1839. What remains of my family is still there.
I have been to Detroit many times as a Michigander and I love that town. It is on the come back trail . The downtown area is awesome. The whole State of Michigan is beautiful from Detroit to Copper Harbor we got it all.
LA transplant who's lived in Corktown for a few years. Detroit's definitely an underrated city on its way back up. but in all fairness to anyone potentially looking to move there to start a new life soon, Detroit is still light years away from being something like a Chicago or Boston or NYC. it's more on par with cities Cleveland, Minneapolis, Columbus, etc. the place just feels like...half deserted and littered with empty paid parking lots. i'm sure in 10 years, it's gonna be poppin.
No doubt, you can't go through what Detroit's gone through, and expect it to be on a par with the big boys... It's a shell of its former self. BUT - it absolutely was second to none in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Vibrant, happening, with building after building spectacular in their architecture, unique, with an incredible music culture. Not too many places in America with a major waterway you can see a different country directly across from.
@@johnboehmer6683 Like i say no broken windows and no burnt building in the summer of love .Chief said this not Seattle or Portland. Stealing and looting steal a crime. People from all over the country moving here.
So great to see so many awesome things happening in downtown Detroit! I grew up in Windsor in the 80s. Downtown Detroit was our playground for sports and especially concerts! Love how Detroit is making a big comeback and in a very cool way. BTW I'm wearing a made-in-Detroit Diesel belt right now. Detroit proud!
Trying to plan my next hockey trip for late 2023 and I absolutely love the realness of this video, and especially from a local. Thank you so much for this. Outstanding job 😊
I like both, but I prefer American over Lafayette (Lah-fee-et).... and don't forget National Coney Island! And a giant Vernors! And going to a Dairy Queen in the middle of winter is always a plus.
Well u know in French & English times Mackinaw Island was the capital of the Great Lakes in the 1600s but Paris through Quebec moved it to Detroit in 1701 as the main colonial slave & settler market on the Great Lakes to settle the French & English Administrations in the Great Lakes, apart of Canada........💯🇨🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷
When I was in my 20’s, we used to go to the Gaelic league every weekend, listen to Irish music until 1:30, then go over to Mexican village for cheese enchiladas.
I AGREE!!! I was there a few weeks ago, and I am in love with Detroit!!! The Ford Museum is a MUST SEE! Downtown is really pretty! I also thought that Chicago is under rated! It also is a beautiful city!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗. I’m posting and see you put this out 7 months ago. This is Sept 4, 2023!!! Love your channel…. 😎
Thanks for this video - I love Detroit - born and raised - I now been living NC- I still consider Detroit my home - excited for Detroit future - I plan to move back
Yo dude my name is horem, me and my wife and baby daughter met you at the airport in Korea on the way to Thailand your video came into my TH-cam feed and I was like “ hey I know that dude!” Would love to reconnect man. Great high quality video !
My son is a Detroit Police Officer and has banned me from moving to Downtown Detroit 😂 .. he even hung up on me when I was looking at a condo (my son Is very respectful) so I was shocked.. have no idea where I’m gonna land.. nyc .. Detroit .. Miami Beach .. eventually will figure it out . But I love the D .. Detroit vs Everybody baby ❤❤❤
I mean Downtown is super expensive but idk why he would prohibit you outside of that. But yeah just live in Ferndale, Wyandotte, Royal Oak, etc. are right there pretty much
I hope you don’t listen to ANYBODY saying don’t move to Detroit. There are plenty of nice neighborhoods you just have to know which ones to move to. If you wanna be right outside of Detroit then one of the Grosse Pointes is the way to go but Indian Village, West Village, Midtown, SOMA, and Downtown are all A-1.
Detroit has the best pizza as well. To me, better than Chicago and NY style. It's been a hit nationally ,especially when Pizza Hut does limited runs on it. Square deep dish is the best!
P Philly has the cheese steak, Detroit has the Coney dog( the original). Detroit is very underrated. THIS is a city literally rising from the ashes. The city is being rebuilt from the bottom up. So much to see & do in this city with Casinos, great hotels, food & lovely scenery. Detroit is filled with hard working, friendly people, wonderful parks, fabulous architecture. Detroit has almost a European feel to it. 😮
Bro. You NEVER put ketchup on a coney dog or any dog for that matter. Blasphemy! Anyway, I moved downtown in the late 90’s and it’s come a long way. Thanks for posting.
I know! I wanted to cry when I saw that! The Coney is chili, mustard, onions. But it was very kind of you to make this video love letter to Detroit. Thank you for that! ❤
I LOVE Detroit...the spirit, the sports teams and their LOYAL diehard fans. (GO LIONS!) The art...FAB murals...and the Diego Rivera mural at the Detroit Institute of Art..this alone is worth a trip to Detroit. This next trip...Motown Museum and the Guardian Building. I was hooked when the Clint Eastwood ad for Chrysler came out...the one that showed the Joe Louis fist. Fascinating city!
Detroit is awesome. It had a lot of green space for a big city. It actually gets dark at night( unlike some bigger cities), has a number of organic and coop farms within the city, and has real heart. We have the world best pizza, as well as the absolute best Lebanese food outside of Lebanon. Detroit has almost every ethnic group and is a short drive to beautiful rural areas. We have a State park in the city and a really cool riverfront. It’s the warmest part of a very cold state. Some say we are going to be the new Cali. We’ll see. Additionally the whole state of Michigan is one of Americas best kept secrets. Within an hour of Detroit we can be on a white sand beach at one of the Great Lakes and it’s only a five hour drive to Bigfoot-type wilderness in the upper peninsula.
I love Detroit, too, and appreciate your enthusiasm for it. I lived downtown for 30 years during the so-called bad years, the '70s and '80s, and it was interesting and fun even then. It went through hell, but it never did "die" -- and now is coming back at an astonishing rate. I think the bankruptcy in 2013 shook everyone, and forced the city's leaders to decide whether Detroit would or would not have a future. They -- and the citizens -- decided it would. And now it does.
I started going to Detroit a couple times a year 10 years ago when friends moved up there. I tell everyone they should go hang out. The vibe is great and I love to see the organic growth of the city over the years. Also check out Corktown, Royal oak, Ferndale , Eastern Market, etc. Summer months are the best ( not the winter lol)
Antonio definitely set the bar with the energy. I've visited Detroit over the years to visit my aunt and I've never knew some of these places. Will visit some on my trip this week for my thanksgiving trip especially the people mover!! Thank you for this video. Im a new subscriber now.
As a detroit native. Love this video. It's a really big city so much to see here. But this is only downtown not the whole city. Downtown is, however, the place for tourists mostly. Funny I've lived here my whole life and never been to either lafayette coney or American coney. I mean there are coney islands everywhere. It's a staple in this city.
Midday in winter probably not the best time to showcase the city but I still appreciate the vid. Should see it on a weekend or on the weekend in the summer
So this video is cool. I love watching a suburban do Detroit videos. All the places except credit cards not cash only. Sir it’s not supposedly it was voted Best Riverfront. Detroit is underrated because people always compare us to NY we aren’t NY we are D.
A bit disappointed he didn't go to the heart of the riverfront there near the Rencen, he would have been more likely to find more life there. Yup, there was a day that Detroit began to rival New York, one of the greatest and most important cities in the world. Just the fact that the D had such incredible culture, music, history, and national importance as to even be compared to New York for a few decades speaks volumes. As you say, Detroit is different. For example, it is Detroit that has been given the moniker of "the arsenal of democracy", the city credited by many for having won world War II with it's unreal industrial output. That's quite a badge of honor, New York don't know nuthin' about that...
You missed a very important aspect of Detroit describing it at the beginning of your video It's the motor city, it's the heart of American car development
I was born there, but in the 70s. Some beautiful neighborhoods like Boston Edison district. But ive lived in Taipei for 16 years. Thats an incredible city. I hate driving. In Taipei i never drive. Also universal healthcare thats great. Sorry Detroit. Ive been back for like 6 months. Cant believe the inflation. Crazy.
Parking garages are cheaper or street parking if you can find some! I grew up in the Metro area and watched Detroit grow, ended up going to university and working downtown; I loved it. I miss it everyday and its honestly got to be the best city in the midwest. ALSO - respect for you trying not to film others, not ever person has that consideration. Also go to a church if you want to find more people XD, I remember walking from my jobs to Great Lakes Coffee Co. and these people from a church across the street yelled out to me and were handing out free hot dogs and ice cream (it was 90F+). Definitely took them up on the ice cream, they were so incredibly nice.
Hey man love your video and I love detroit! As far as the parking goes yes there is a lot of places to park that you can pay for. But, you can park for free right next to Comerica Park and those duplex houses. I want to say it's on the west end of Comerica Park and there's a few rows of streets that you can park for free. Anyway, to drop that little bit of information. Take care and great video.
And the surrounding area, especially northern Michigan, is spectacular. Loved watching the freighters pass along the riverfront in Detroit. Agreed though, I hear that "Detroit is back!" here and there, just no. It's a shade better than when it bottomed out, but it's still struggling just to stop the bleeding.
The problem is you have those large streets and all those parking lots, making it not so appealing to pedestrians. You need that urbanism to really make those neighborhoods take off.
I'm from Warren just north of Detroit all good in the burbs. It coming back. Slowly. In the city over by conner and Jefferson was wall to wall houses now it's like one third houses gone. Torn down.
dog...and added ketchup. I hope no real Detroiter saw him do that. :) - but I do love when people open their mind and enjoy the city. It really has a bad rep but has a ton to offer.
What you said about fares is wrong. They don't charge you by distance on the New York City subway; one single charge takes you anywhere in the system, other than the air train extension at JFK airport.
Detroit seems to be on the right track. But how is the safety for a family with young kids starting with school and which are safe neighborhoods to live at? I might be an expat in the area in a few months and we're not sure if we should go and where. Auburn Hills?
Aubrun hills is too far from the city centre. If you to be in the mix but not in the city proper just look at the map at surrounding cities. I will say the cities north of Detroit are more bustling. Royal Oak Ferndale Birmingham etc and if you are looking for a city lower cost but still alot of amenities check out southfield
Born and raised in Livonia, there is no safer city of it's size anywhere. I consider myself extremely blessed to have been raised there. Everytime I go back to visit it is the same.
Downtown Detroit isn't bad, casinos, gm building, arenas, I like downtown. Neighborhoods are mostly trash (high crime, abandoned houses, vacant plots, bad schools, bad roads). I'm from Cleveland, Cleveland is 90% the same, just not as vacant and bulldozed (downtown is nice, neighborhoods are trash).
Native Detroiter here, thanks for showing everyone that our city isn't as bad as it's made out to be.
Agree! It's a great city!
holy, detroit gets slandered damn near worldwide
I grew up on the east side of Detroit. A nice area. It's a F'ing war zone today. No excuses. Detroit is a sh*t town that truly reflects the people that inhabit it. Even all the nice videos of Downtown are deceiving. Probably half of the area is uninhabited or vacant.
🌺 I was there July 29, 2023, and I fell in love with Detroit!!! (From Atlanta) I’ve been there many times, NOBODY ever told me about or took me to the Ford Museum!!! The full size trains, the vintage cars, the Kennedy limo and other presidential cars were AWESOME! So much to see and love. The city is packed full of goodies…I’ll be back next year!!! I’m in AWE of your lovely and lively city! 🤗😎♥️♥️♥️♥️
Dude Detroit is terrible this dude is trying to put a nice shiny coat of paint on a turd.
I'm originally from Philadelphia that's my hometown right and people will say the downtown area of Philadelphia is nice of course it's nice, that's all the government cares about is fixing up the downtown areas of these cities, the rest of Philadelphia just like the rest of Detroit is shit.
In Baltimore they only care about the nice downtown part with Camden yards and the Baltimore Ravens stadium if you go outside of that the city is a dumpster fire.
The government and politicians only care about the downtown area of these cities they can give a rat's ass about the neighborhood surrounding the downtown.
Things are flipping wildly quickly. Detroit is so much nicer than much of California these days.. I'm proud of Detroit
I have a thing for Detroit. I've only been there once to play a show at the Fox theatre, but I got to spend some time walking around and checking things out. I believe in second chances and I love an underdog. When I got my promotion, I bought myself a Shinola watch -built right there in Detroit.
Very nice! Yeah, Detroit is a special place!
That's my home and it's a great place to be
Love to hear it! And Shinola’s are very great watches 💯
Fox Theatre might be one of my favorite things about Detroit. Such a beautiful theater
As a Detroiter (born and raised), this was really fun to watch. Makes me want to go downtown and just explore :) I love my city
Facts born and raised also
I’ve heard Detroit is making a come back as a nice place! I’ll have to visit sometime!
You must sometime! Go for a basketball game!
It never left. It’s been great.
Weird to say but downtown Detroit is now safer then downtown San Francisco
Detroit is making a comeback... sure it's got its rough spots but what big city doesn't?
Detroit is one of the most beautiful cities in the country.
@@JohnDoe12515for real? no way
Detroit has an amazing restaurant scene, lots of music festivals, a great sports district, and the riverfront and downtown in general in the summer are amazing!
I really loved your vlog of Detroit! I'm from Michigan also, My dad thinks that Detroit is always bad but it's a really cool city with cool places and friendly people!
Thank you for watching! Agree! Totally underrated!
@@seelautravel Oh Yeah Definitely Underrated!
Your father believe in stereotyping crime is everywhere the whole world 🌎 big cities more people but most of the crime is among young people that are friends it's not random crime's an mostly diemestic violence situations.
I grew up in Detroit in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. I love it. I got married and moved to a smaller Michigan city but I’d move back tomorrow. My husband’s job is here. I miss the DIA and the main library the most. My great great grandparents immigrated to Corktown in 1839. What remains of my family is still there.
Glad to see Detroit making comeback. A modern renaissance city.
I was downtown last night. Absolutely hussling and bussling with people having fun! Amazing energy!
I have been to Detroit many times as a Michigander and I love that town. It is on the come back trail . The downtown area is awesome. The whole State of Michigan is beautiful from Detroit to Copper Harbor we got it all.
Thanks for the love. Definitely more spaces and places to see in Detroit. Next time.
Will be exploring more this week! Cheers David!
LA transplant who's lived in Corktown for a few years. Detroit's definitely an underrated city on its way back up. but in all fairness to anyone potentially looking to move there to start a new life soon, Detroit is still light years away from being something like a Chicago or Boston or NYC. it's more on par with cities Cleveland, Minneapolis, Columbus, etc. the place just feels like...half deserted and littered with empty paid parking lots. i'm sure in 10 years, it's gonna be poppin.
I live in corktown. Agreed
Didn't all those have looting and buildings burnt the other summer. Didn't happen in Detroit no broken windows neither
No doubt, you can't go through what Detroit's gone through, and expect it to be on a par with the big boys... It's a shell of its former self. BUT - it absolutely was second to none in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Vibrant, happening, with building after building spectacular in their architecture, unique, with an incredible music culture. Not too many places in America with a major waterway you can see a different country directly across from.
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That's good to hear. Maybe there's enough Detroiters that still remember the 60s riots that squashed any more of that foolishness...?
@@johnboehmer6683 Like i say no broken windows and no burnt building in the summer of love .Chief said this not Seattle or Portland. Stealing and looting steal a crime. People from all over the country moving here.
Detroit is honestly awesome. It’s basically like a giant party every weekend when it’s nice out
Ain't no party - Like a Detroit party!
So great to see so many awesome things happening in downtown Detroit! I grew up in Windsor in the 80s. Downtown Detroit was our playground for sports and especially concerts! Love how Detroit is making a big comeback and in a very cool way. BTW I'm wearing a made-in-Detroit Diesel belt right now. Detroit proud!
When the weather is nice the vibes downtown are next level
Yeah, midday, probably a weekday, when it's cold out... Not really the best time to do a video that does justice to the city.
LOVE MY CITY!!! Here visiting now, and its awesome still❤❤❤❤ Great video! Thank you!!! #DetroitGirlForever
I'm considering visiting around Christmas and I just wanna know, is there any sort of mosques or halal food options, nice cafes and decent snowfall?
Trying to plan my next hockey trip for late 2023 and I absolutely love the realness of this video, and especially from a local. Thank you so much for this. Outstanding job 😊
As someone who grew up outside of Detroit and have ate at American Coney Island. It’s hurtful to see you not put onions on a chilli dog.
I was a little shocked. "No Onions" is something I don't hear much and for sure have never said!
Right, it ruins the authentic coney dog experience he said he was having. Then he went and put ketchup on his other onion-less one at Lafayette.
I was wondering about the onions also . A real coney has mustard, onions and of course the coney sauce .
who eats a chili dog without onions..... Jeeze - what are you ..? six...?
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New subscriber but i literally just moved here from Denver. I love Detroit/Windsor. It’s great.
Nice video but a couple of things bro. You must put onions on it to make it a Coney. And most importantly, absolutely no ketchup on the Coney Dog.
I should, but hate onions 😵💫😅
@@seelautravel Understand completely.
@Christopher Lau, it's ok, dude. I hate onions also
I agree but some people can’t handle onions for various reasons. But yeah everything on it for me
I like both, but I prefer American over Lafayette (Lah-fee-et).... and don't forget National Coney Island!
And a giant Vernors!
And going to a Dairy Queen in the middle of winter is always a plus.
The best breakfast and lunch in downtown Detroit- Cadillac Square Diner. Great food, great people.
I'm going to Detroit this summer for the first time in years
LOVE going back.
Welcome back to the Mitten! I'm an America's Coney Island myself
Gracias 🙏🏽
Gave us Canadians such a new perspective on what Detroit is!! Killer video!
Thank you! Some more fun videos coming from Detroit soon 🙏🏽
Well u know in French & English times Mackinaw Island was the capital of the Great Lakes in the 1600s but Paris through Quebec moved it to Detroit in 1701 as the main colonial slave & settler market on the Great Lakes to settle the French & English Administrations in the Great Lakes, apart of Canada........💯🇨🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷
When I was in my 20’s, we used to go to the Gaelic league every weekend, listen to Irish music until 1:30, then go over to Mexican village for cheese enchiladas.
I can't recall too many times where I went to Detroit and didn't have a great time--- THAT CITY ROCKS !
Thanks for this video. We are going there in June!
you should go again during the jazz fest! it’s so fun
underrated indeed.. agree agree agree
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I AGREE!!! I was there a few weeks ago, and I am in love with Detroit!!! The Ford Museum is a MUST SEE! Downtown is really pretty! I also thought that Chicago is under rated! It also is a beautiful city!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗. I’m posting and see you put this out 7 months ago. This is Sept 4, 2023!!! Love your channel….
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Thanks for this video - I love Detroit - born and raised - I now been living NC- I still consider Detroit my home - excited for Detroit future - I plan to move back
Born and raised in California but I call Detroit my home... Love the people... I just struggle in the winter ❤
Christopher Lau, Your videos always make me happy, so I subscribed!
Yo dude my name is horem, me and my wife and baby daughter met you at the airport in Korea on the way to Thailand your video came into my TH-cam feed and I was like “ hey I know that dude!”
Would love to reconnect man.
Great high quality video !
My son is a Detroit Police Officer and has banned me from moving to Downtown Detroit 😂 .. he even hung up on me when I was looking at a condo (my son Is very respectful) so I was shocked.. have no idea where I’m gonna land.. nyc .. Detroit .. Miami Beach .. eventually will figure it out . But I love the D .. Detroit vs Everybody baby ❤❤❤
listen to you're son, Dont move to Detroit. Try Wyandotte it's only a few miles south on Jefferson.
I mean Downtown is super expensive but idk why he would prohibit you outside of that. But yeah just live in Ferndale, Wyandotte, Royal Oak, etc. are right there pretty much
@@thekillers1stfan are you kidding me...Michigan is a total shit hole.
If you can afford it, I recommend Astoria, Queens NYC
I hope you don’t listen to ANYBODY saying don’t move to Detroit. There are plenty of nice neighborhoods you just have to know which ones to move to. If you wanna be right outside of Detroit then one of the Grosse Pointes is the way to go but Indian Village, West Village, Midtown, SOMA, and Downtown are all A-1.
Detroit has the best pizza as well. To me, better than Chicago and NY style. It's been a hit nationally ,especially when Pizza Hut does limited runs on it. Square deep dish is the best!
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Philly has the cheese steak, Detroit has the Coney dog( the original). Detroit is very underrated. THIS is a city literally rising from the ashes. The city is being rebuilt from the bottom up. So much to see & do in this city with Casinos, great hotels, food & lovely scenery. Detroit is filled with hard working, friendly people, wonderful parks, fabulous architecture. Detroit has almost a European feel to it. 😮
Whaddup doe! When you put ketchup on that coney a piece of me died. I can forgive no onions, but not ketchup. 💀
Bro. You NEVER put ketchup on a coney dog or any dog for that matter. Blasphemy! Anyway, I moved downtown in the late 90’s and it’s come a long way. Thanks for posting.
That physically hurt to watch
Amen
I know! I wanted to cry when I saw that! The Coney is chili, mustard, onions. But it was very kind of you to make this video love letter to Detroit. Thank you for that! ❤
Guess I'm the odd ball, I put a lot of ketchup, and mustard......
Right where ya got sauce
I love Detroit. Im a native Detroiter and will be moving back! 🎉
Interesting!, Thanks so much for the video , the best video I've seen about Detroit
Love this!! I haven’t been walking around downtown in so long this makes me want to go check it out next time it’s warm!
Let's gooo sometime!
@@seelautravelwe're you shooting your shot 😉
I appreciate and enjoy your content.
I love this!! Detroit is awesome ❤
Lafayette all day every day. A One Up and Chili Cheese Fries. CASH ONLY. You ruined the Lafayette dog when you put ketchup on it 🤣
Loved being a consultant at the Renaissance Center then heading to Comerica for the game
Baseball games are great 👍🏽
I LOVE Detroit...the spirit, the sports teams and their LOYAL diehard fans. (GO LIONS!) The art...FAB murals...and the Diego Rivera mural at the Detroit Institute of Art..this alone is worth a trip to Detroit. This next trip...Motown Museum and the Guardian Building. I was hooked when the Clint Eastwood ad for Chrysler came out...the one that showed the Joe Louis fist. Fascinating city!
Ty for talking about detroit im a detroiter and people think its just gangs and guns it just depends on where u are in when u are in detroit
Moved here about 5 years ago from the pnw it's amazing here
most underrated youtuber in the usa
Hands down Lafayette Coney Island is the best!
100%
Detroit is awesome. It had a lot of green space for a big city. It actually gets dark at night( unlike some bigger cities), has a number of organic and coop farms within the city, and has real heart. We have the world best pizza, as well as the absolute best Lebanese food outside of Lebanon. Detroit has almost every ethnic group and is a short drive to beautiful rural areas. We have a State park in the city and a really cool riverfront. It’s the warmest part of a very cold state. Some say we are going to be the new Cali. We’ll see. Additionally the whole state of Michigan is one of Americas best kept secrets. Within an hour of Detroit we can be on a white sand beach at one of the Great Lakes and it’s only a five hour drive to Bigfoot-type wilderness in the upper peninsula.
Seeing the progress👍
I agree. It's way under rated. Kind people too for such a large city. Did you do this video during the pandemic?
Nah, I just did this video pretty much before it was posted!
@@seelautravel what do mean before it was posted?
@@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia January 2023. The date is obvious in the description. What don’t you understand?
The sin of ketchup on a coney
You have to show the Henry Ford, the Rouge Plant tour and the model T building in Highland Park.
I love Detroit, too, and appreciate your enthusiasm for it. I lived downtown for 30 years during the so-called bad years, the '70s and '80s, and it was interesting and fun even then. It went through hell, but it never did "die" -- and now is coming back at an astonishing rate. I think the bankruptcy in 2013 shook everyone, and forced the city's leaders to decide whether Detroit would or would not have a future. They -- and the citizens -- decided it would. And now it does.
I live in the suburbs. I’m over city life. But the city looks fun!
Food vlogs are always good Chris 👍🏻
Be safe!
Thank you 👍🏽🙏🏽
@@seelautravel pizza reviews in Chicago with your family please 😀
I started going to Detroit a couple times a year 10 years ago when friends moved up there. I tell everyone they should go hang out. The vibe is great and I love to see the organic growth of the city over the years. Also check out Corktown, Royal oak, Ferndale , Eastern Market, etc. Summer months are the best ( not the winter lol)
my guy at 8:00 should be an official Detroit spokesperson ! he exhudes vibes lol
Yesssss!
... and the only one he could find to talk to him at all, crazy! I guess that guy felt he had to rep for the rest of the entire city...
As soon as they turn I375 into a regular road, the whole eastern part will be vibrant
Antonio definitely set the bar with the energy. I've visited Detroit over the years to visit my aunt and I've never knew some of these places. Will visit some on my trip this week for my thanksgiving trip especially the people mover!! Thank you for this video. Im a new subscriber now.
Please do! You’ll be pleasantly surprised.
I love your videos I love the way you highlight my beautiful city
As a detroit native. Love this video. It's a really big city so much to see here. But this is only downtown not the whole city. Downtown is, however, the place for tourists mostly. Funny I've lived here my whole life and never been to either lafayette coney or American coney. I mean there are coney islands everywhere. It's a staple in this city.
Lovely. Might have to visit, very nice vid. Good energy
I’ve never been to Detroit and now I want to visit. 😊
Midday in winter probably not the best time to showcase the city but I still appreciate the vid. Should see it on a weekend or on the weekend in the summer
Looking forward to the Winsor video. Be sure to visit the Coventry Gardens on the waterfront, the views across to downtown Detroit are great.
We used to go to Windsor all the time to watch Gordon Lightfoot and drink. You could drink in Windsor at 18, but had to be 21 in Detroit.😊
True enough! And just wait until Michigan Station comes back!
So this video is cool. I love watching a suburban do Detroit videos. All the places except credit cards not cash only. Sir it’s not supposedly it was voted Best Riverfront. Detroit is underrated because people always compare us to NY we aren’t NY we are D.
A bit disappointed he didn't go to the heart of the riverfront there near the Rencen, he would have been more likely to find more life there. Yup, there was a day that Detroit began to rival New York, one of the greatest and most important cities in the world. Just the fact that the D had such incredible culture, music, history, and national importance as to even be compared to New York for a few decades speaks volumes. As you say, Detroit is different. For example, it is Detroit that has been given the moniker of "the arsenal of democracy", the city credited by many for having won world War II with it's unreal industrial output. That's quite a badge of honor, New York don't know nuthin' about that...
You missed a very important aspect of Detroit describing it at the beginning of your video
It's the motor city, it's the heart of American car development
Christopher Lau, This is great! Let's be friends and have fun together!
Please do another video on Detroit
when I was little, I used to go to the downtown with my cousins we had really fun playing with water! (We all live in Michigan)
Regards from a Detroit Lions💙 Fan from Germany
I went back in October 2022. Lafayette was closed for a month. I had American Coneys ALL 4 DAYS!!!!!
Haha, sounds yummy!
@@seelautravel it was. I hadn’t had those since 1997. I figured I earned it! It is seriously good and the prices are VERY reasonable, if you go
I was born there, but in the 70s. Some beautiful neighborhoods like Boston Edison district. But ive lived in Taipei for 16 years. Thats an incredible city. I hate driving. In Taipei i never drive. Also universal healthcare thats great. Sorry Detroit. Ive been back for like 6 months. Cant believe the inflation. Crazy.
Taipei is much better than where you’re from?
never put ketchup on a coney dog or hot dog!!!
Parking garages are cheaper or street parking if you can find some! I grew up in the Metro area and watched Detroit grow, ended up going to university and working downtown; I loved it. I miss it everyday and its honestly got to be the best city in the midwest. ALSO - respect for you trying not to film others, not ever person has that consideration.
Also go to a church if you want to find more people XD, I remember walking from my jobs to Great Lakes Coffee Co. and these people from a church across the street yelled out to me and were handing out free hot dogs and ice cream (it was 90F+). Definitely took them up on the ice cream, they were so incredibly nice.
underrated and we prefer to keep it that way.
Hey man love your video and I love detroit! As far as the parking goes yes there is a lot of places to park that you can pay for. But, you can park for free right next to Comerica Park and those duplex houses. I want to say it's on the west end of Comerica Park and there's a few rows of streets that you can park for free. Anyway, to drop that little bit of information. Take care and great video.
You should go to frankenmuth, it is a great small city with tons of restaurants and things to do!
Detroit is beautiful with so much to do and see. It still has a long way to go but many new developments opening every year
And the surrounding area, especially northern Michigan, is spectacular. Loved watching the freighters pass along the riverfront in Detroit.
Agreed though, I hear that "Detroit is back!" here and there, just no. It's a shade better than when it bottomed out, but it's still struggling just to stop the bleeding.
7:57 wow antonio is a talking rapper man.theway he is moving with a flow.
NEW YORK does not charge by distance for 2.90 people can live on the train for the weekend…. Oh that’s not a good thing though. Oops
I know, at 75¢ to ride all day, especially since he said it was cold , I'm really surprised there weren't more people riding with him.
Motorcity casino sells hot dogs they have a detroit coney. It's chili onion mustard and nacho cheese. It's so good
Should've titled it downtown detroit haha. HUGE difference.
The problem is you have those large streets and all those parking lots, making it not so appealing to pedestrians. You need that urbanism to really make those neighborhoods take off.
I hope you'll be able to visit downtown Tampa someday.
I'm from Warren just north of Detroit all good in the burbs. It coming back. Slowly. In the city over by conner and Jefferson was wall to wall houses now it's like one third houses gone. Torn down.
Did you just order coneys without onion? 😆
dog...and added ketchup. I hope no real Detroiter saw him do that. :) - but I do love when people open their mind and enjoy the city. It really has a bad rep but has a ton to offer.
@@Miraddad ...and PILED that ketchup on, no less! 😮
Oh shit you didn’t do onions that is a must and you put ketchup that is not right lol the Tru Detroit, Coney
What you said about fares is wrong. They don't charge you by distance on the New York City subway; one single charge takes you anywhere in the system, other than the air train extension at JFK airport.
Ill go ahead and ride that people movers next time I get there 👍
You didn't take the Q line?
Detroit seems to be on the right track. But how is the safety for a family with young kids starting with school and which are safe neighborhoods to live at? I might be an expat in the area in a few months and we're not sure if we should go and where. Auburn Hills?
Aubrun hills is too far from the city centre. If you to be in the mix but not in the city proper just look at the map at surrounding cities. I will say the cities north of Detroit are more bustling. Royal Oak Ferndale Birmingham etc and if you are looking for a city lower cost but still alot of amenities check out southfield
There are plenty of safe neighborhoods just the schools aren’t the best
Born and raised in Livonia, there is no safer city of it's size anywhere. I consider myself extremely blessed to have been raised there. Everytime I go back to visit it is the same.
You can walk to Ontario from Detroit. People don't realize this sometimes. It's a border town.
Downtown Detroit isn't bad, casinos, gm building, arenas, I like downtown. Neighborhoods are mostly trash (high crime, abandoned houses, vacant plots, bad schools, bad roads). I'm from Cleveland, Cleveland is 90% the same, just not as vacant and bulldozed (downtown is nice, neighborhoods are trash).
Detroit is worse though because of the high property tax situation.