Tell me a little bit about yourself. "I'm thirty six years old and I'm a comic boom artist." What are your comics generally about? "I'm working on a comic book that is set right here in Detroit. It's about a black super hero. I wanted to create a character who believes and cares about the city. We don't deserve whats been going on in the city, the people don't deserve this." Photo Cred: Noura Ballout

"We've been here for 30 thirty years -- raised 5 kids here. Right now we're taking our piece of Detroit and taking care of it." What's the best part about living here? "The people and the diversity. The people because of the city and the way that it is. Our friends in the suburbs don't know their neighbors, or need to rely on their neighbors, but we need to rely on ours. Because when you come home from church Sunday morning and your car is on blocks, with all of the tires stolen, and you need to be somewhere, your neighbors say 'hey, take my van.' Our friends in the burbs don't have that, and to me that's the best part." Photo cred: Tom Culver

If you guys had to give some advice to people moving to Detroit, what would you say? Left: "Pay your water bill, unless you're a stadium I guess. I would say that the biggest thing is don't expect to start something, because it's already started and going great. If people are moving down here they're probably moving into the areas that are already happening. It's not like you're going to have a documentary worthy experience, other than you're going to have a great time." Right: "That's very deep of you." Left: "Well, it's Humans of Detroit, so it has to be as deep as possible." Photo cred: Tom Culver

"We're getting ready to put on a bike ride today. I love doing it, it's more of a movement than I think a bike ride. The bike ride is something that get's everybody together. It doesn't matter, no body cares who you are, where you come from, what your background is. It's just come together ride bikes, have fun, no trouble at all. It's all positive. It's something you don't really see the news showing, you know, which I wish they would. It's all the negative press that they show. Obviously we can't get away from the negative, there's going to be negative everywhere you go -- every major city has it's own issues. I would never imagine you would get so many people, from all over the place, to come down to the city to ride bikes and have fun. Never in my wildest dreams, and I' started the 2nd year when we had about 60-100 people show up. Now it's grown to where we're getting a couple grand." Photo cred: Tom Culver

"We met at a Starbucks while I was in Spain for school. I don't remember who said 'hello' first, but now we stay in contact by using Skype and WhatsApp." What's the biggest difference between where you lived in Spain and Detroit? "Everything is spread out here. In Spain it is condensed. The first time I came to visit it was over the Christmas holiday. I couldn't believe the coldness. It never gets that cold in Spain." Photo cred: Nicole Hayden

What makes you wake up in the morning? "Music! Music makes me get up in the morning. Music pretty much makes me do anything that needs to be happening. My dad got me into music." What's your favorite memory with your dad? "He used to play guitar while we were out watching thunderstorms when I was really young. That was his way of calming me down." Photo Cred: Noura Ballout

"We moved down here for his job. There are definitely pros and cons of a young family living in downtown Detroit. The positives include places like this, the riverfront and Tiger stadium--our son loves the Tigers. One of the challenges though is the school system. We moved here from down river and I still drive him to his school down river every day. Eventually I want a house and a yard, but for now this works for us." Photo cred: Nicole Hayden

"Ice cold water! One Dollar! One Dollar, now!" Photo cred: Tom Culver

"I'm a life-long Detroiter, been on the job for 20-some years. The most rewarding part of this job is helping others in there time of need. The most difficult part is when you don't succeed at what you're trying to accomplish at that particular time. Like if you don't save someone, you know? A loss of life is a sad thing. But every thing else besides that, you try your hardest and do what you can. Good words to live by, but hard words to live by for some people." Photo cred: Tom Culver

How did you two meet? "We was downtown, right by the transit center. I went in [to the store] to get something to drink, and she was at the counter. She thought the man behind the counter was asking her for I.D. for water, and she was like 'what!? I.D.?' I laughed and as I was paying for my stuff, before I could ask for her number, she told me to take her number." Photo cred: Tom Culver