Detroit has looked like that for decades. 1st time I drove through Detroit, I was shocked to see that the city looked like Old Detroit from Robocop.
It is the only place I've been where the McDonalds has bullet-proof glass and a turn-style for food and money separating the cashiers from the
customers.
There are different areas of Detroit. Some are better off than others. Just because you might have drove through a better part, doesn't mean all of
Detroit is like that.