October 18, 2007 - Trip to Detroit - Dan Krill's BLOG on BinaryBedlam

Trip to Detroit
October 18, 2007 06:04:54 PM

     Just got back from another tavel job. This time SquareD takes me to Ypsilanti Michigan, which is a small town beside Ann Arbor, about 25 miles from Detroit. This job actually went alright. It was just a software and database upgrade, but a lot of probs cropped up. Luckily the guy that came with me was able to figure most of the stuff out. This was supposed to be my job, but he did most of the figuring out, MAN I still have a lot to learn!
     This trip only called for 2 full days of on-site work so I only had a little time for site seeing. The job site was EMU, East Michigan University. It's sort of like a city college but It's a small town so not really. I thought it was kind of run down. Not that nice a place, lots of scary people walking around too. I did get a chance to go to Ann Arbor one night and see MU, Michigan University, no relation to EMU. It was a million times nicer! In fact, it was prob the nicest small town college I have ever seen. The campus was nicely integrated into the town, so lots of downtown sections, yet all the university buildings maintained the same gothic architecture type. There were a lot more students out and about too, so it gave a more pleasant feel.
     My last night there, me and the other engineer went into Detroit. I did not like it at all. We went all over looking for a good spot to walk around, there were virtually none. Just the whole place was so sketchy! Dirty and poorly lit, homeless people out the wazoo! Dingy strip clubs around every block and people racing in the streets. I was afraid to stop the car at stop lights for fear that we would get car jacked. In the 'nice' parts of town, it was still empty and over run with hooligans. Eventually we found a small section called, Greektown. It was only 2 blocks long, but it was the nicest section we could find in the whole city so we parked and got food there. After eating we cautiously walked back to the car and zoomed back to the hotel. Phew, Not going there again!

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