seem have thing problem cities when growing michigan most exciting weekend family plans involved going detroit where born detroit exciting fascinating every level huge full things down beautiful once other words everything sweet safe hometown detroit went productions theatre favorite performance there into woods starring jazz singer cleo lane witch went greek town saganaki cheese flames table while told stories about growing detroit when grand city downtown bustling grandparents sang opera during winter visits went redwings hockey games then tested skating skills outdoor rink woodward avenue heart downtown summers meant watching games tiger stadium where kept stats brought mitts just case foul ball home came playing crazy eights river boat that took bob-lo island old-school amusement park canadian side nights detroit were spent home great aunt only white person still living middle class neighborhood flatly rejected idea white flight once back home comfortable mid-michigan town friends their parents were shocked that went detroit came back alive went detroit people were terrified even idea knew better simply misunderstood which made love even more adult louis became favorite misunderstood city lived there city proper just south forest park from this greatest promoters selling city wonderful place visit very least busy systematically changing people's negative perceptions louis full beautiful parks brick houses tell them amazing museums gardens that almost free it's full great ethnic restaurants live music negativity hear about louis like detroit gets after while where these preconceived notions come from people have never been place have such strong impressions this morning googling louis just find many people live there eyeful news instance city's population been shrinking steadily years dropping percent past decade it's largest city states even though once largest that's depressing sure that earlier this year public schools were deemed terrible they were stripped accreditation taken over state maybe negativity also something with city's reputation danger zone it's been among most dangerous cities country years just learned rated most dangerous city nation with occupant other soft spot detroit coming second ouch from city's perspective news doesn't worse than that maybe better question possibly love louis much earth think country's most dangerous city perfect place family vacation maybe parents lead detroit something with whatever thinking lack thereof took girls down louie this past weekend idyllic visit stayed with good friends aaron becca live with their three kids beautiful three-story house edge tower grove park -acre -year-old park older kids harry potter book release street party central west where midnight havah long-awaited copy final book spent couple hours saturday morning -acre botanical gardens which rainforest dome great kids area went city museum photo below truly one-of-a-kind place described website eclectic mixture children's playground funhouse surrealistic pavilion architectural marvel made unique found objects delicious mexican food famous drewe's frozen custard played tower grove park adults outside night talking drinking wine smoking least some learning about city's serious ills right tail such great weekend down maybe naive much faith power positive thinking can't bear believe reports abandon this wonderful place want protect like might protect -year-old who's going through awkward phase only everyone could just bliss their through rough patches without letting ugly spiral control everything would fine reality luck cities adolescents tends snowball rapidly gaining size momentum having devastating effects it's same group think attitude focus fear that cause stock market crash restaurant never ground middle school treated like leper sadly depressed cities just another overwhelming problem without clear solution like poverty healthcare person family really make difference many public service campaigns like suggest think about childhood memories detroit imagine city smiled moment when family arrived weekend acting like grand tourist attraction subject grim news story know girls will always love louis dipping again again into childhood memory bank they're building parents jason will keep taking family there other cities them danger course teach them about places different from ones they know best most importantly i'll always teach girls that loving problem cities always such problem they're certainly less detrimental than falling problem after 