Quote Originally Posted by coracle View Post
People don't "hate" Detroit. They regret what has happened to it and long for it to become a livable city of 2 Million+ so that those of us that would enjoy living in a large city would want to move in. Unfortunately Detroit is light years away from that; if ever again. We don't even visit without at least a passing consideration of our personal safety. Imagine how beautiful it would now be if over a million residents hadn't left over the last 50 years.
People don't even know what happened to Detroit, they are dismissive and make sweeping over generalizations about the city without fully understanding what has taken place over a number of decades.