GM to plan move from RenCen to Dan Gilbert’s Hudson’s tower

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This article is such a nothingburger.

GM invests in the world's largest automotive design facility, where they've been for over half a century: people complain.

GM invests in a brand new HQ which will help revitalize downtown: people complain.

Both are located in metropolitan Detroit. That's something to celebrate.

Let's not balkanize our region with stupid technicalities like "Warren isn't Detroit" when it's a 20 minute drive from Downtown. To the rest of the world, that's simply known as Detroit.

Or, "look they put a boardroom in the tech center, see! they're shadow moving their HQ!" paranoid delusions.

There is no nefarious intent here. This is an iconic company and pillar of the US economy re-investing in Detroit.

Um... when you say Balkanize... shouldn't you instead be saying Cannibalize??

When Chrysler moved from Highland Park to Auburn Hills... did Highland Park feel Balkanized? Or was it more like Sodomized?

Highland Park got so bad, that not even Detroit would want to incorporate it into the city, if given the chance!

When GM moved to the Renaissance Center back in the late 1990s there were 2400+ Ford employees that were in 1 of the 4 RenCen towers... they left for Dearborn. So yes... in a sense... GM has screwed Detroit over.

The city shouldn't have to take 1 step back for each 2 steps forward. And that's the way it has been for a long time.