For those who do not know what or where Tondo is, Tondo is a poorest district in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is also one of the poorest places in the world. We know that Detroit is the #1 dangerous city in America, theres nothing to do there. Is Detroit the Tondo of America?
2007-11-25 21:50:20 · 11 answers · asked by Kme000- 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Detroit
I'm an American who did volunteer work in Tondo for 3 weeks. I didn't think that I'd ever get the stink of Smokey Mountain out of my nose. 70,000 people rely upon scavanging a huge, smoking, stinking, mountain of a dump there to eke out a living. To my surprise, the vast majority of these people are happy, cheerful and healthy. However, my sponsor would not allow me out in the neighborhood after dark ... too dangerous. I lived inside a barbed wired, chained in compound run by The Catholic Church.
I've been to Detroit many times... wouldn't go out after dark there either. By comparison to Tondo, Detroit is Beverly Hills. By American standards, Detroit is run down, depressed and dangerous. The average resident doesn't appear to be anywhere as happy or cheerful as people the in Tondo and they are much poorer. That's IMHO and it's a damned good one.
Flint, MI is even worse than Detroit ,,, been there many times also. It looks like Beruit, Lebanon in America. Still, physically better than Tondo.
2007-11-25 22:11:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
Part of Detroit, River Rouge a village is probably compared to Manila's Tondo district. River Rouge (also Ecorse) has many abandoned industrial places, like the Zug Island (the equivalent of Manila's famous 'Smokey Mountain'), steel mills, contaminated rivers and polution. While Manila's Tondo district, it's maybe the same they dump the garbage in the 'Smokey Mountain' and the incineration is done manually low-tech 24/7. Used to be a car manufacturing place decades ago. Tondo is also a port where they carry imported goods from other countries compared to River Rouge and Ecorse.
Grosse Pointe and 'north of the 8 mile' is the safest; in the Metro Manila area the Alabang village in Muntilupa City is the safest. Both cites are corrupt but Manila is a developing city. The mayors are trying to restore Detroit a bit-by-bit.
Consider Cleveland, Ohio: it's also not a good place to live. Every city has a bad neighborhood.
2007-11-26 17:09:25 · answer #2 · answered by hvii333 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋
No. I think it is fair to say that Tondo is a stinking cesspool. While, Detroit is a functioning "first-world" city with some economic problems.
The only part of Detroit that reminds me of my time in the suburbs of Manila is when I walk past a Coney Island dumpster that hasn't been collected in a week or so...
2007-11-26 12:07:07 · answer #3 · answered by Andrew Wiggin 4 · 7⤊ 2⤋
I have to say Joey is right about the Flint comment. Often Flint is voted the worst.
And Detroit has TONS of things to do. I go there all the time just because there is so much more to do there than where I live. Hell they even have mini carnivals all over town seasonally. There is always something to do in Detroit. Parts of it are very pleasant places to visit as well.
As any city, it depends what part of town your disicussing.
2007-11-26 16:35:05 · answer #4 · answered by savahna5 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
http://www.morganquitno.com/cit05pop.htm
Check it out... maybe you should do your research before you ask a question. Camden, NJ is the most dangerous city in America, actually.
I lived in Downtown Detroit for 2 years and my boyfriend lived there for 6. I've had more problems with theft since I moved away 2 years ago. Its a beautiful city that is really starting to come around. The RiverFront project has brought a lot of new people downtown. Not to mention that Wayne State University is flourishing in Detroit.
If you don't act like an asshole in Detroit, no one will bother you.
2007-11-27 13:09:46 · answer #5 · answered by carlyannef 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I am curious to wonder if you have ever been to Detroit before because you cannot compare Detroit to Manila or Michigan to the Philippines.
2007-11-28 16:21:27 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Knowledgeable VI 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, and that is very unfair to the residents of Detroit. How could the two even be compared? Obviously you have never been to Detroit and you are just asking this question to seem worldly. Very unimpressed.
That is comparing one ghetto of Manila to a whole city in America. Detroit carried the United States on its back for one hundred years, have a little class and respect.
2007-11-26 09:47:02 · answer #7 · answered by G Detroit 5 · 9⤊ 3⤋
Detroit is far worse than chump azz Flint or Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids aint bad at all. and Flint not even as bad as Inkster.
2007-11-29 00:24:04 · answer #8 · answered by TheChosenOne313 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you stupid? you wanna go to africa and see how many people starve to death, or mainland china where you get paid less and work more, how about Iraq near the war area? Don't exaggerate somethng that you don't know. Don't compare an apple and an egg. KINGNA MO AH
2007-11-29 16:19:00 · answer #9 · answered by Alfred 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, but It's a close second.
2007-12-03 15:23:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋