Linwood and Buena Vista?

I went to see the movie Don't Breathe yesterday and I was struck by a few things. First, how does a movie that supposedly takes place in Detroit in a house on Linwood and Buena Vista not have any black folks in it? Detroit. Linwood. Buena Vista. All white folks. Huh? This Detroiter isn't buying it. If you know Detroit like I know it, you know there aren't any white folks on Linwood and Buena Vista. That area also isn't as dilapidated as it's shown to be in the movie. The film made it seem like there were no occupied homes in that area besides the one where the robbery takes place. All of the surrounding blocks are just full of weeds and abandoned homes. Now there are many areas of Detroit that look like a war zone, but I'm tired of these Hollywood portrayals of the city as just a barren wasteland a la Escape from New York. Aside from the location issue and the lack of black folks, I also had some other problems with the movie. Was I supposed to be rooting for thieves who break into a guy's house? Uh, sorry. If you've ever been the victim of a home break in (as I was...in Detroit), you surely will find it hard to root for thieves breaking into someone's house. No, the guy whose house was broken into wasn't exactly a fine, upstanding citizen, but does that mean he deserved to have his home robbed? Uh, no. I do think it's interesting that the horror movies out lately (like Don't Breathe and Lights Out) do seem to be trying to have a plot to these films instead of the old slasher and torture movies that seemed to dominate the horror market for so long. At least the filmmakers are trying to move beyond some hockey-masked killer with a chainsaw.