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Not so safe, but it all depends where you live in the city and all that. Downtown / midtown is the best, anything else is hit or miss. Areas on Moross St. by Grosse point are just as nice as anywhere else. Also, even though Detroit is arguably the most dangerous city in the country, suburbs are very safe.
There are a number of really nice neighborhoods to live in. I lived for a while in hippodrome for a lot of my time there and it was a great. Lots of restaurants and bars and music venues were walkable. You could also easily walk to the nearby hills for hikes and views. Other nice places to live include Niarella, badalabougo and a number of others.