Quote Originally Posted by 313WX View Post
Many call themselves "living" downtown, but still claim their residence at mommy and daddy's house in the suburbs to avoid city taxes and the high car insurance rates.

This still hurts Detroit as far as political representation and federal funding is concerned.

BTW, in the 2010 census, the downtown/midtown census tracts actually saw a sizable net loss of people.
Yep, that's basically it. Some of people would like to live in the City, but can't afford the absurdly high premiums there. Keep an address in the suburbs [[yeah, it's always mommy and daddy's, cute 313) but it's mainly because insurance is absolutely outrageous for neighborhoods that are pretty universally accepted as "safer than some suburbs".