East Village New Construction

[ABetterDetroit]

When I first came across “East Village” as a name for that area, I thought it was a bit contrived. But every neighborhood name was created by someone at some point. If calling that area East Village gives it a sense of identity and spurs redevelopment, I’m all for it.

Exactly. Call it whatever works in the present. It is marketing 101. Younger people couldn’t care less what a bunch of old folks call just about anything. It has always been that way, nothing new there. Car makers couldn’t sell a ‘station wagon’ to save their lives at one point. Suddenly they are a ‘SUV’ and then buyers couldn't get enough of them.

[Jimaz]

...Car makers couldn’t sell a ‘station wagon’ to save their lives at one point. Suddenly they are a ‘SUV’ and then buyers couldn't get enough of them.

Something about that seems blasphemous but I like it.