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I don't understand why we can't let those that want to opt out, opt out. Let's see which communities are willing to pay for it and go for there. I'm tired of this.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/2017/05/21/windsor-high-speed-rail-line/335178001/

This is long overdue. We could use a similar rail connecting Detroit to Chicago in the same timeframe, but...

I agree. Now that we are a RTW state, I thought we would always be in top consideration for opportunities like this.

As someone who works in manufacturing and automation I agree with this totally. It frustrates me to hear people always talk about automation not realizing that it’s not the future it’s the present. ...

I'm worried about this happening too. My fear is that Oakland and Macomb will finagle things in a way that makes the transit system impotent. The northern areas of the region will be connected and...

One thing that people ignore, overlook, and play down about Detroit is that we know how to make things. Silicon Valley is very slowly coming to understand this. People think the auto industry is all...

We forget this. Most cities in America have never been in the top 5 or 10 in the last 100 years. Being in the top 5 is upper echelon. Top 10 is still an elite group. I don't know how much it matters...

I think Detroiters feel they're in a big city because of legacy and the metro area. So, while Detroit proper is a mid-size city the metro-area is the 14th largest in the country.

This bill is not a good idea. You want to force more people to get insurance they can't afford to lower insurance rates? I only see the insurance companies benefitting from this.

This is a start. It needs to be applied to other parts of the city.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2016/02/15/midtown-detroit-strip-mall-zone/80385690/

How hard is it to do that when your county is the bedroom community for most of the middle-age white collar professionals in the tri-county area?

There has to be some slimy developer that asked for this. Why would you need to constantly assess if an area is historic? When has a neighborhood gone from being historic to not historic?

We also have to keep in mind that all of us aren't "individual citizens". Some of us are more individual citizens than others.

If I were a political person, I would wonder what a party as inclusive as the Republican party would do for Detroit?

So you're ok with whomever you feel is your leader to risk your, and your family's safety, health, and well being for efficiency and cost savings?

I don't know if this will happen. The only public policy I see is waiting for big business to find profit in improving neighborhoods.

The impression I get is that the churches didn't want them anywhere in the city. Are dispensaries that much of a problem? I would think Detroit would try to be at the forefront of legal marijuana
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For those of you that don't believe thr article, I have two questions.

1. Why do you think Michigan isn't one of the poorest states for millennial?

2. What do you think makes Michigan so great...

Exactly. I don't mind things happening a tad bit faster. I just don't want the bad things I see in NYC, DC, and other destination cities. Those cities are great, but right now those cities come at a...

I'm not too sure you're being impatient. Developments move slower than a snail's pace in Detroit compared to other cities. That may not be a bad thing. I want Detroit's growth and improvement to be...

I overall agree with what you're saying. Although I think I can safely say the majority of commenters in the "Hamtramck City Council Now Majority Muslim" aren't Detroit proper residents. What gets...

Is there an example of a metro-area that's a destination and globally relevant without a strong core? Metro-Detroit has been working on it for 50 years and it hasn't worked out.

I'm 37 and I don't have the pleasant memories either. The mass exodus of young people out of Metro-Detroit started in the 1980s and boomed in the 90s.

I agree and this is a concern I have. The majority of the development in this area for the past 40 years has been suburban based. I find that it's usually the view that's implemented in Detroit...

Tell us more about what you think of the majority of the residents in Detroit.