Detroit is a very unique city. With rare exception, in most cities the gay population lives close to the city center. The "gay ghetto" effect where the gays move into a run-down area...fix it up...and then the straight population moves in. This is not at all what has happened in Detroit. With the exception of a very small area downtown, the city of Detroit is mostly run-down. Not even the gays want to try to fix up areas within the city limits. So...the gays moved to the suburbs. There are 2 heavily gay suburbs of Detroit. These are Royal Oak and Ferndale. They are both just outside of the road called 8-Mile (8-Mile Road is the boundary of the city limits of Detroit). Both Royal Oak and Ferndale are very quiet and quaint areas....and that is also where you will find a majority of the gay bars as well.
When in Detroit, I prefer to stay in the City of Troy. I usually stay close to Big Beaver Road (I think lesbians must have named this road!). A good location is the intersection of Big Beaver and I-75. This gives you easy interstate access to most of the suburbs of Detroit. There are a good number of nice hotels and great restaurants in the area.....and a TON of healthy eats up and down Big Beaver Road.
If you like shopping, there is one of the largest (and nicest malls) in all of Michigan. Summerset Mall is right on Big Beaver (just a few blocks west of I-75). This mall is so big that it spans both sides of Big Beaver (connected by a huge moving sidewalk above the street). You can find pretty much anything you want in this mall.
There are a number of gyms in the area as well. One of the busiest is the Bally Total Fitness on Big Beaver Road. It is one of the nicer Ballys and it gets very packed at peak hours. A few miles away is a huge Lifetime Fitness. I tried this out and did not like the vibe in the gym. Too many families and not enough hotties. Now I usually just go to the LA Fitness on Big Beaver. It is a very nice gym with a lot of hot guys....but not very busy (even during peak hours). I have been told there is a huge LA Fitness under construction in Royal Oak and everyone seems to think that will be THE gym to go to once it opens. We will see......
If you are lucky, you may run into Raging Stallion Exclusive RJ Danvers. The hot, young, hairy porn star lives in the Detroit area and you may just see him around town. He is one of many porn stars that make Detroit their home.
Now for the picture at the top of this post. This is the Ambassador Bridge. It connects Detroit with Windsor, Canada. It is an easy hop-skip-and jump from Detroit into Canada.
