I always hate seeing these threads. No the Detroit area is not bad its not the armpit of america. the problem is the downtown are is great and the suburbs are fantastic yes the residential part of the city itself is bad that is it the rest is thriving. sports, bars, show, restaurants ect.. there is a reason no one else bid over them the building is run down tons of back taxes owed to bring it back will take millions in renovations. If you really want to see a representation of houses and living look for houses in grosse point farms and grosse pointe woods, birmingham, Macomb twp, shelby twp, plymouth, west bloomfield
some of these houses are less then 5 miles from detroit
http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...-Farms_MI/pg-2