Agreed on all points. And it's not just young people who are bunkers, but also older and established Detroit residents [[including homeowners) who use their relatives' addresses in the suburbs. I know of a couple folks myself who fall into this category.
But really, in today's age, the size of a city proper isn't everything. Detroit also has to complete with cities that are 500 - 600 miles square wide due to county mergers despite having metro populations not even half Detroit's size [[Indianapolis, Columbus, Nashville, etc.), so comparing ourselves to them strictly based on population just isn't fair.
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