A clan of cannibals might give me pause.
Canadian invasion could help.
A clan of cannibals might give me pause.
Canadian invasion could help.
Many states located their capitols in the middle of the state for "fairness" reasons. Detroit was a bad place for a capitol so long as we had visions of redcoats invading [[very real at the time the capitol was moved when there was still people who remembered 1812). A lot of the east coast capitols were moved inland to get them away from the threat of foreign raids/invasions.
Jefferson considered commerce as rather a rather dirty affair and large cities in his day were the centers of commerce. He thought that universities should be isolated from such filth and allow the centers of learning to pursue academic excellence without regard to their surroundings. He believed in separation of town and gown.
I admire some of what Jefferson stood for, but he was a bit of a hypocrite with his anti-urban ideas. He loved and lived in Paris for quite some time, for example. And his ideal of a rural society was seemingly one where the poor or unprivileged supported excessive gentlemanly lifestyles. Jefferson had tons of slaves at Monticello. His attitude to such inconsistencies was annoying and can be summed up as: "Well, it's not my fault I'm superior to everyone! What am I supposed to do besides rule over them and disparage their towns?"
The difference between Jeffersonian ideals and Jacksonian ideals. Both felt that the government should function for the good of the common man. Jeffersonians felt there was an intellectual and moral elite that should govern for the good, while Jacksonians believed that the common man should be the government. You can still detect this difference when "progressives" are discussing affairs.
It's not a single event, but any rebirths can be put on hold until we of the metro Detroit family fairly share the burden of the impoverished.
The vast majority of the poor members of our family have been left in the lap of the City of Detroit.
They can't pay taxes, they require tax expenditures.
I would like to see the communities of Detroit fight for their fair share of that burden as vigorously has they have fought for their share of the water system.
Bankruptcy will settle current bills but does nothing to address the revenue drain created by Detroit's caretaker-of-the poor situation.
Here's another thought. Dan Gilbert suddenly passes, an estate feud breaks up his holdings, projects are cancelled, properties sold off piecemeal... I
think the momentum is great enough to survive this but it would take a lot of wind out of a lot of sails for a while.