Who says Detroit doesn't have good neighborhoods?

Next week I will be moving into Detroit's Corktown neighborhood with four students from Project M. We wanted to stay in a neighborhood in the city vs. the suburbs to really get a sense of what the city is all about. What I find amazing is most people I have talked to from Detroit said there were no neighborhoods to stay in. The big misconception is Detroit has no functioning neighborhoods. I guess we will find out next week, stay tuned..