The point of my post earlier is that there's simply no market in Detroit to support a tanning salon[[s). Why would people who were born with a natural tan have the need for a tanning salon? It would be like asking why a majority white city doesn't have any african hair braiding salons. I always thought tanning was most popular amongst young white kids [[which the city proper has very few of). You can try starting a tanning salon business in the city, but it'll likely fail miserably. Your niche market and thus highest probability for success would be somewhere in the suburbs. There's a good reason why the suburbs is where many of our region's tanning salons are at now [[besides lower cost to do business).