I Visited the Capital of Motordom and I Have Thoughts

If the only things you know about Detroit are what you've seen in the national news in the last few decades...you're in for a shock. ---------- Public transit in Detroit should be SO MUCH better than what it is today. You can help by supporting Transportation Riders United, an advocacy organization that focuses on building support for accessible, reliable, and affordable public transit in the greater Detroit region. Donate or get involved today! https://www.detroittransit.org/ ---------- CityNerd is on Nebula, the creator-owned streaming service, ad-free! Using my custom link gets you 40% off an annual subscription, and really helps the channel! https://go.nebula.tv/citynerd Also STILL available: the Lifetime offer! $300 for Nebula as long as both you and Nebula exist, and a full 1/3 of the price goes directly to support this channel. https://go.nebula.tv/lifetime?ref=cit... And! Gift cards -- get the same deals using my code, but gift a membership to someone who needs weekly (ad-free and promo-free) Nerd propaganda! http://gift.nebula.tv/citynerd ---------- Patreon — a way to directly support my ability to talk about what I want to talk about every week, and get out to the cities I want to highlight. Much appreciation to all of you who are already patrons!   / citynerd   ---------- Resources: https://detroitmi.gov/departments/off... https://mogodetroit.org/ https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/project... https://www.detroitnews.com/story/new... ---------- Images Detroit's former main train station, the 'Michigan Central Station,' in Detroit, USA, 22 May 2015. Photo by: Johannes Schmitt-Tegge/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Big Lebowski Credit: Michael Ochs Archives / Handout, Editorial #: 468723269, Collection: Moviepix Ford Field By Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Little Caesar's pizza by Flickr user Mike Mozart, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeepers... under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Tiger Stadium 1961 By Tony Spina - Detroit Free Press Archives, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... ---------- Instagram: @nerd4cities BlueSky: @nerd4cities Threads: @nerd4cities Twitter: @nerd4cities ---------- Music: CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library) ---------- Business Inquiries: [email protected]