“Get off I-75 at 8 Mile go east..”
I spent a few days working there several years back, and I was actually surprised it wasn’t worse than it was - given all that I had heard about the area.
FWIW, we have areas at least as bad as 8-Mile here in beautiful Cleveland.
I just finished two weeks business in the area and to avoid the construction at 9 Mile I got off the freeway at 8 Mile to go over to Mound. I was stunned by what I saw. Home after home empty, windows out or boarded up, gutters falling off. I’ve never seen anything like it,not even a couple years back when I passed through some neighborhoods between Telegraph and Woodward.
I’m from Cleveland and live in Detroit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM
Make sure you watch this until the end. I LOL’d.