Quote Originally Posted by fryar View Post
Young, upwardly mobile, creative class, various-buzzwords-you-know-what-I'm-talking-about people choose where they want to live, and then find a job in that city. They do not do a tax projection, they look at being able to walk home from bars, the cultural scene, diversity, so on.
Diversity???? Detroit is not diverse and loses more diversity by the day.

Here are the racial breakdowns of two cities:

City One: 82.3%--13.3%--2.1%--1.5%--0.2%

City Two: 81.6%--12.3%--5.0%--1.0%--0.3%


Does their diversity seem about the same to you?

City One is Troy and City Two is Detroit



The tax environment is an important factor, sure, but it's not the only one, and it can be outweighed by other factors. New York and California have punitiviley high state & local income taxes, as does DC.
And the best and the brightest and the most creative do not live in DC, they live across the river in Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, Vienna, Springfield, McLean, Dunn Loring, etc. Most of their offices are along the beltway and not in DC either.

Troy is not something Detroit should try to be.
Not sure of the measurement metrics, but Wiki says Troy is the 5th safest city in the US and the safest in Michigan. Maybe Detroit should try to be that.