I had never been to Detroit, Michigan before… until this past Saturday. Unfortunately I had the pleasure of visiting this city for the North American International Auto Show, or as some call it, the Detroit Auto Show.

According to the locals that I met, Detroit is literally nothing but the headquarters for GM. The area below, circled in red, is GM’s headquarters. The blue circle is the convention center. The only two places deemed safe to be for many.

Each day as we entered the convention center, there were crowds of police, bomb sniffing dogs inspecting every bag coming into the building. It’s completely unheard of for people to be outdoors during the night, past maybe 6 PM. One of our cab drivers actually laughed at us when we mentioned wanting to visit a bar after working.

Directly across the river from the hotel is Canada, which did nothing but shine light on how miserable the city of Detroit is. It seemed like land of beauty, despite the numerous smoke stacks and factories puffing smoke into the skies along the border.

Feel free to roam around the two buildings I spent 99% of my time in.

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