Quote Originally Posted by Bham1982 View Post
Unless you're talking about living right on Woodward on Campus Martius, I can't think of any "great urban qualities" for residential neighborhoods in SE MI. No place in Detroit proper is really "conventionally urban" [[walkable, corner stores and the like, non-poor using transit).
Midtown, Corktown, the North End, North Corktown/Briggs, Woodbridge, West Village, Southwest Detroit, the East Riverfront, Hamtramck, all have the potential to be walkable and there are corner stores, they are just empty.

This linked article from DailyDetroit describes the transformation of a block of storefronts in John R in the North End. 4 businesses now occupy this block. This is is just one example of the potential of Detroit's inner neighborhoods. In addition, the North End has a plethora of little storefronts scattered in the middle of the neighborhood, like this one.

Corner store in the middle of Corktown residential #1

Corner store in the middle of Corktown residential #2

Corner store in the middle of Corktown residential #3

There are more. In the suburbs, Wyandotte has them