I know every street and venue in that ad. Is Detroit rough? Very much so. Is Detroit amazing/beautiful/scary/fun/honest/tough? Also, very much so.
The family and I will spend a week this July in Boston. They love it there. We will eat in the North End (Bourque's place and Regina's for sure), we will visit my Aunt on the cape, we will walk the Freedom Trail and have a few pints along the way, Rockport for lobster and they will see Hampton Beach for the first time (and they will laugh at my memories). My heart is from Lowell and I am an a Masshole for sure.
But Detroit and Michigan has been HOME since 1991.