Could Detroit be the new Amsterdam?

[markd]

How do cities worldwide succeed without having to legalize drugs and prostitution?

There are many factors like a good business climate, leadership, location and luck.Detroit has gone too many years without these.

[j to the jeremy]

I know you can get high as hell in Amsterdam with old men, but the reasons that city is vibrant also include the fact that they have extremely progressive planning, bike lanes for days, good public transit, leniant policies towards squatting, and a much more dense urban core.