[Wonder Warthog]

"Even back then, the little pocket park near Pike Place Market was full of urban outdoorsmen, and we were told not to walk back to our Puget Sound-facing Marriott after dark/dinner from a restaurant about a 15 or 20 minute walk away."

Seattle had bad areas (much worse now), but Detroit was the worst city I have ever been in. I had a tech conference that was held in Detroit one year, and I was scared to even walk out of the hotel. (Side note, I am from south Louisiana and been to New Orleans many times....not even close to Detroit).

[FreedomPoster]

Yikes!

While I have never been to downtown Detoilet (though have flown in and out of DTW enough to know of the stoner tunnel between concourses), I am at least somewhat familiar with NOLA, and have a Stetson from Meyer the Hatter to prove it.