Two Sides of Detroit

https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1ifbiiu

created by carknut on 01/02/2025 at 17:34 UTC

1880 upvotes, 46 top-level comments (showing 25)

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Comment by digidave1 at 01/02/2025 at 18:28 UTC

421 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Two sides of every city.

Comment by M0rb1tr0n at 01/02/2025 at 19:42 UTC

105 upvotes, 1 direct replies

The 600 population town I grew up in looks like the second photo... Almost everywhere. But they are so quick to inform you of what a shithole Detroit is.

Comment by MIGsalund at 01/02/2025 at 21:30 UTC

14 upvotes, 0 direct replies

That second picture is of an alley. Hardly a fair comparison. It look suspiciously like a friend's alley, at that. If you go out to the actual street the neighborhood looks quite nice. Still in need of a little more TLC, but still nice.

Comment by tstone1477 at 01/02/2025 at 18:31 UTC

89 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Or every major city in the world.

Comment by Available-Stretch169 at 01/02/2025 at 18:40 UTC

42 upvotes, 2 direct replies

That’s every city in the world! Maybe minus Monaco🤣

Comment by Dapper_Reindeer4444 at 01/02/2025 at 19:19 UTC

21 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Whoa that is stark. But yeah you could probably do this with any city.

Comment by sarkastikcontender at 01/02/2025 at 20:15 UTC

11 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This is a little disingenuous; that's an alley, lol

Comment by mitchcumstein13 at 01/02/2025 at 19:05 UTC

12 upvotes, 0 direct replies

That’s every city.

Comment by arrogancygames at 01/02/2025 at 19:07 UTC

19 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Thats every city on the planet outside of a rare few.

Comment by youmightwanttosit at 01/02/2025 at 20:26 UTC

11 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This is stupid and lazy. The only thing you missed was making the second photo b&w. This is two sides in any city. It also ignores the vast spectrum of quality of life. You can argue the class percentages, but pretending this represents Detroit is ignoring half the people and their surroundings.

Maybe you're 12. If so, good job. Keep exploring difference and reason.

Comment by Pixie_Blus at 01/02/2025 at 19:41 UTC*

9 upvotes, 2 direct replies

What neighborhood is that.. because it looks like "yes, this is the alleyway, but outside of the alleyway, it's fairly decent".

Comment by Boring-Training-5531 at 01/02/2025 at 21:19 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Paris has the same dichotomy. Tourists come to visit and spend money in the center arrondissmonts. They have poverty too. It's just less touristy. I'm a Detroiter and I love my city.

Comment by Away-Aide1604 at 02/02/2025 at 01:07 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I love Detroit but “like every city” is a silly response. There’s still a lot of work to do.

Comment by Funguy0624 at 02/02/2025 at 14:06 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

So many areas of Detroit have come back in the past 10-15 years. Sure there are still awful places but hopefully areas continue to get better. Many of the pockets of areas were dumps 10-15 years ago as well. I say great job Detroit for the growth in the areas that have been revitalized.

Comment by cjgmioh at 02/02/2025 at 19:20 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Every Big City, USA

Comment by thetangible at 03/02/2025 at 00:59 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This is a bullshit juxtaposition.

Comment by JeremieLoyalty at 03/02/2025 at 12:32 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Yall be trying to show the worse neighborhoods

Comment by QuietlySmirking at 01/02/2025 at 19:28 UTC

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

About two years ago I went to Newark, New Jersey. I can honestly say that I've felt safer in areas of Detroit that look like the picture on the right than I did when I was in Newark.

Comment by 313Polack at 01/02/2025 at 18:10 UTC

16 upvotes, 2 direct replies

There is a lot more of Detroit that looks like pic #2 than pic #1.

Comment by Ill1thid at 01/02/2025 at 19:39 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

You can tell a lot about a (city, nation, anywhere) by how it treats it's poorest residents.

Comment by PsilacetinSimon at 01/02/2025 at 20:04 UTC

5 upvotes, 4 direct replies

One is where suburbanites visit the other is where actual people live. Guess which one is neglected