Anyone from Detroit or know it well? I'm driving up there for the weekend- looking for suggestions for good places to eat/stuff to do. Will be going to the Kid Rock concert on Fri. night at the Joe Louis Arena- I expect that to be crazy. I pretty much eat sleep and breathe cars- so i figure it shouldn't be too hard to find things of interest.

Suggestions? (other than don't go, or you'll get shot)

2/6/2008 11:31:03 PM

decent food in greektown.

henry ford museum

other than that, detroit pretty much sucks. its basically one giant ghetto. it is indeed the armpit of the US. hope you're driving a rental.

ann arbor is ok, i'd reccomend heading over there if you're looking for non-touristy non-chain good places to eat. and the university of michigan is there.

[Edited on February 6, 2008 at 11:53 PM. Reason : ann arbor]

2/6/2008 11:51:59 PM

thanks for the suggestions... no rental- taking my busted 95 civic with 220k miles on it- hopefully it'll be left alone. i'm thinking about driving over into canada for a bit- as long as the whole customs deal doesn't take too long

i've been in detroit a few times before when i was doing long-haul truck driving.. had a dude try to truckjack (put a gun up to the window) me near the chrysler assy. plant just north of downtown. fun times

2/7/2008 12:02:48 AM

haha, you know you're in a good place when there is bullet proof glass/slide drawers to get wendys or mcdonalds.....

2/7/2008 12:03:47 AM

^^you may need a passport for that now, i'm not sure.

2/7/2008 12:10:54 AM

^ an id to operate a vechile

2/7/2008 12:19:10 AM

PM me.

I grew up off of 8 Mile.

2/7/2008 1:28:19 AM

if you are driving your pos civic, you may do yourself a favor to take it there.


Seriously, I'd like to go there out of curiousity.

2/7/2008 1:41:10 AM

detroit is the asshole of the universe

2/7/2008 3:25:16 AM

From what I've seen, downtown actually has a lot of neat 20's and 30's buildings, and personally I have a morbid fascination with some of the grand old derelict buildings (Michigan Central Station, Lee Plaza, abandoned victorian mansions in Brush Park, etc.) However I expect I'd be too scared of getting jacked up to actually do more than drive by any of them, if even that.

2/7/2008 9:17:55 AM

rock city!

2/7/2008 9:19:42 AM

so far so good... staying at the riverfront sheraton- roamed around downtown for a few hours, it dosen't seem so sketchy right here.
fixing to head over to the concert now and plan on checking out the henry ford museum tomorrow

2/8/2008 6:50:00 PM

triip was a success... and a blast

right at 1400 miles round trip (from hendersonville) averaged 40.2mpg

now i've got my old road-trip itch back... hadn't gone anywhere in a couple of years and forgot how much i loved it... thinking about heading to alaska this summer

2/10/2008 3:57:01 PM

Detroit: A nice place to go if you want to be murdered.

2/10/2008 4:23:00 PM

imagine a real Gotham city. Thats Detroit........but no batman to protect you

2/10/2008 4:36:32 PM

seriously, check out the henry ford museum and greenfield village up in dearborn .... its a very short drive

2/10/2008 7:43:43 PM

^ went to the henry ford museum, was much more to it than i had expected- the village is closed through the winter months

2/10/2008 11:49:17 PM

Its better then Flint, if thats what you're wondering.

2/11/2008 1:07:43 AM