I think the most exciting thing about the Detroit trip for me was simply going to Detroit. I had never really been to Detroit before. I had also heard countless bad things about Detroit and have pretty much grown up thinking of Detroit as a bad, dangerous place, a place not to go. But, especially after talking a little about the city in our class, I’ve gradually recognized that while bad things may happen in Detroit, that can’t be all Detroit is. I was therefore quite excited to see for myself a bit of what Detroit is actually like. From our trip I got a good impression. I really liked seeing the Eastern Market. I didn’t really know that there was such a big market there and that so many people went, and seeing that made me happy. I also really liked seeing all the street art we looked at. I liked all the colors and the messages the art conveyed, and I liked the prevalence of the art in the city. I wouldn’t go so far as to say I’d like to live in Detroit, but now I have actual images from my experience to associate with the word “Detroit,” and they aren’t bad images. I’m glad that I was able to widen my horizons through this field trip and develop a positive image of Detroit.
Nisha, I absolutely agree with your reformed views of Detroit, because even I did not know what to expect of the city before we actually began our trip. Even in my second essay, I heavily focus on the different stereotypes that are associated with the city, of which most are generally negative. Though people may talk more of Detroit's "bad" side than its good one, I can understand your feeling of happiness at knowing first hand that there is much more to Detroit than all that is written and said about it.
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