Martin Park

Many find great appeal to the fact that this area is conveniently located near University of Detroit Mercy. Many students opt to live here and there are some great apartments to pick from. The problem is that this is about all you will find. Sure it's close to the university but that's about it, not much more.

You're not really close to any true amenities. You don't have to travel far but it's not right at the corner either. It's close to the Lodge expressway which means that it's convenient but it's also rather noisy too. You are close to the Detoit Golf Club that is no longer the amenity or draw that it was years ago.

It's situated in an okay part of town, nothing special. It's average at best, not good but not bad either. It's not an area that many people would pick but isn't really one to be deterred from either. So at the best many would say that this area is average and that if youw ant to live close to the university it makes for a good part of town.

Everyone in Detroit, especially those who live on the west side, has driven past the University of Detroit Mercy, or as well call it, "UDM," on McNichols down by Livernois. I even know a few people who live in the surrounding neighborhood.

I would describe the surrounding neighborhood as just slightly about average for Detroit standards. When I was there I didn't see a whole bunch of boarded up and burnt out home like I have in some places. Instead most of the homes, although packed tightly together, had trees, gardens, and decent looking cars parked in front of them or in the driveway. But you did see guys loitering around and standing in the street on occasion. Why are city people so territorial?

One of my friends says he knows a guy that got robbed over on Dexter down here, but I or no one else I know encountered any real problems. Due to the University being there, you do get more traffic, but also more people spending money in the general area.

The buses run down McNichols and Livernois, so people living here can get back and forth if they need to. There are also a bunch of fast food restaurants around here, which could be good or bad depending on how you look at it.