Comerica Park - Home of the Tigers

It was a "sunny" day by Detroit's standard in winter... well, at least there were some rays of sunshine in the city, so we decided to explore the real Detroit city. After taking the people mover away from Renaissance Center... approximately 6 stops later, we chance by the Comerica Park (it's the home ground of the Detroit Tiger - a US major league baseball team). There was no one around except for 3-4 tourists like ourselves outside the park... I took out the 5D and started snapping away. For a stadium that is built in the city of Detroit... this place feels very quiet (really, there was no activity). Perhaps it was because the holidays season is near and most office workers are on annual leave or because it's just the wrong time of the day... Coming from Melbourne Australia, the quietness of the Detroit during the day took a bit of getting used to, had it been Melbourne at this time of the day, the streets will be filled with office workers, tourists and street buskers.


I find it mind boggling ... the effect of Detroit's bad rep (high crime rates) on me - I only dare to take out the 5D on limited occasions when there is no one near me (when I felt safe to do so),,, so I had taken only a handful of shots. In contrast... I felt safer to walk around the streets of Siem Reap (Cambodia) with the 5D on my hand. There was really no real signs of danger on the streets of Detroit... yet I cannot find a logical explanation for feeling safer in a developing country like Cambodia compared to Detroit, USA.