Working in Detroit

[FlabbyMidgets]

I’ve got an opportunity to work in Detroit for two months. Quite young in my career and my first extended trip overseas. I go towards the end of next month

I’m staying in downtown Detroit in an Airbnb and will have a car.

Any suggestions of places to visit in Detroit? A decent pub in particular would be a nice to have.

Any suggestions of what to do on weekends? I was thinking of a trip to New York and maybe Chicago too.

[FlabbyMidgets]

Thanks for the replies.
Will definitely do my best to stay out of trouble. Will be my first time driving in the states so that’s my biggest worry

Matt Harper said:

Downtown Detroit is quite safe. What will your visa status be?

Glad to hear about downtown. I’ve been looking at bars and restaurants and looks nice (mainly after somewhere for a Guinness).
Will be there on a B1 visa

[FlabbyMidgets]

Matt Harper said:

Glad to hear you are doing it the right way. So many try to wing-it with VWP and end-up on the next flight home.

Driving here is not intimidating, just make sure you familiarize yourself with some of the regs that don't apply in the UK - school buses, pedestrian right-of-way, right turn on red etc...

What you really need to be careful about is straying into areas that could put you at significantly elevated risk. This would mainly be western and south western suburbs, south of Eight Mile. Northern Detroit, Troy, Macomb, Romeo etc., are quite pleasant.

I work in Southfield very regularly and out at UofM in Ann Arbor, the latter being a college town and absolutely rammed with bars and nightlife.

Thanks, that’s really helpful.

Will do some reading on driving beforehand.

Thanks for the list of places to be wary of, I’m staying in downtown and working near Northville so I don’t think I’ll end up going to any of those.
Ann Arbor sounds like it’s worth a visit too, thanks.