Detroit,but only one day and not an entirety!

So, I am in Detroit, or just east of downtown Detroit, and I made a trip to a local liquor store. I did not stop at my first choice it had no visible windows and only two cars in the lot, I thought to myself, wait don’t go there and I went further down the road. I chose a chain 21st liquor with windows. I do not know what I thought windows were a good idea maybe I thought I was in Detroit and I want to know what I am walking into. Inside I found that by the coolers was a local gang, none of which the members were of age. Not that age matters when rolling 9 deep in a pack, much like wolves. One was on a cell phone yelling at a girl, I assume, about being with another guy and telling her in detail what he was going to do with her once he made the trip to her place with his boys. This is not to be a scared story, but it goes to enlighten us what could happen to our cities id we allow this violence or infighting to continue. The group did greet me with a question as to what I wanted, I guess to show they were in charge. I replied in kind with a joke of stature with where is the Shiner Bock ( my spelling is bad) and then asked for Bud Light. They laughed and I grabbed my case for the night. When I got back to the motel and turned on the TV. On HBO2 was a documentary about the Detroit Tigers in the 60’s. It covered Baseball, but also the riots that precursors Dr. Martin Luther King’s assignation. Now 44 were killed during the occupation of Detroit by us soldiers and I believe that they have never recovered. I know that Michigan is in a recession and the state has made that very clear during the Democratic election, I have seen the damage. I mean that the roads are in horrible repair. This may seem weak and maybe, but when you are traveling 94 to Detroit and have huge pot holes throughout the interstate that tells me you do not have money to fix roads and I do not mean Guion road in Indy, but a major road is falling apart because your state can not afford the crews to maintain the infrastructure. This state has a lot to offer, by the way near Ann Arbor the roads and great, but when your gas station promotes gambling as an attraction your in trouble. I now that Indy has a few just newly opened, but last time I check the gas station near Anderson does not have a bumper sticker giving the address and directions to any casinos’. I digress, This was an experience and needs to taken lightly, but nevertheless we need to not follow this example, I want my kids to feel safe buying booze at the local market without fear of being jacked for nothing…