Venus Zine, a women's culture site, does a city guide to Detroit and captured it quite well.
Excerpt:
Detroit’s culture and cadence have long been defined, respectively, by
its now infamous car industry and its prodigious music legacy. Nearly
every American genre shares its roots with Detroit’s musical
traditions. From J Dilla and Marvin Gaye to MC5 and Derrick May,
Detroit’s creative footprint spreads far and wide.
A city whose reputation often precedes it, Detroit seems to be in a
constant process of revitalization. In recent years, the city has
poured funding into the downtown neighborhood to bring residents back
within city limits. The money went, in part, to new baseball and
football stadiums and three new casinos. However, these places do not
house the essence of this shrinking city. It is within the
neighborhoods, music venues, and markets that you’ll find the real beat
of Motown.
Read the entire guide
here.
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