Even before Detroit got itself an emergency manager and became the biggest city in American history to declare bankruptcy, the headlines and images coming out of the Motor City have been pretty grim.
And, as travelers abroad are discovering, that has led to all kinds of encounters with "the locals" when they discover you're from Detroit.
So, do you tell them that you're from Detroit, or do you hide it?
That's the question posed by Detroit Free Press travel writer Ellen Creager.
