Columnist Michael Rosenberg writes:
The thing about Detroit is that you can't just show up downtown expecting a party. You have to know where to go. The city's gems are hidden. Oh, you'll probably find Greektown on your own, and maybe you'll find the Detroit Opera House or Fox Theatre, but a lot of the great bars, restaurants, clubs, music venues and shops are nowhere you might expect.
I've lived in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, and love them all, but what separates Detroit is its passion for just about everything. New York has no college football team, or at least, none that stirs the city's blood. Chicago has a limited appetite for hockey, and love for college sports comes and goes. But as a sports town, Detroit has no holes in its game.
But mostly, I have fallen in love with the people, places and heartbeat of the Detroit area; it feels real to me, with history you can almost touch and people who understand who and where they are.
This is why I much prefer Detroit to, say, Florida. I find much of Florida to be depressing and miserable, a situation I address by not living there. But I would never claim to be right; some folks think Orlando is heaven, and more power to them.
I'll stick with a city that is north of Canada, short on glitz and overflowing with soul.
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