Ambivalence About Outside Investment in Detroit

[Wesley Mouch]

I wanted to share a link to my latest column about Detroit, linked here:

http://www.city-journal.org/2015/25_...-recovery.html

I wrote this right about the time there was a flurry of pieces on the web hating on Shinola. It's about the understandable ambivalence Detroiters have towards outside investment, but the need to overcome that and embrace it. Here's an excerpt:

Arenn, haven't read article yet. Got a question.

Sure, there is resentment. Vocal resentment. Is it really widespread? Or is it a vocal minority?

I have this question a lot in these days of the era of 'click bait news'. Everyone likes to report on 'ideas' like this resentment. But is this based on anything other than the yells of special interests?

For example, do the majority of Detroiters really hate Charter Schools? Or is it just that there's a vocal opposition, created by those with a dog in this fight [[teachers, current administrators, union members)?

OK, off to read your article now, because I think the distrust of outsiders is a major problem for us in Detroit.