A financial website called 24/7 Wall St. says Detroit is the worst city in the country to live in, and Flint is the second worst. Apparently this is the second year in a row Detroit won the dubious title.
The reasons Detroit apparently sucks are things you've heard before: High crime (there were over 2,000 violent crimes for every 100,000 residents in 2016), a high poverty rate (more than 1 in 3 residents lives below the poverty line), and high unemployment (11% of Detroiters are out of a job, but experts have said real unemployment is likely much higher).
But people walking around outside of Metro Times' Midtown office don't seem to agree — and some challenge the city's bad rap.…