5 firms will offer staff cash to live in downtown Detroit

[iheartthed]

I think fewer than 1% of hypothetically polled Metro Detroiters would agree with this statement.

IMO, most people choose to live in the suburbs for a long list of reasons, of which "lower relative cost of living than Detroit" wouldn't be in the Top 100.

Of the people I know who would consider living in Detroit, or who have recently left the city for the suburbs, almost all of cite higher insurance costs as the number one reason for not living in the city.

[English]

Of the people I know who would consider living in Detroit, or who have recently left the city for the suburbs, almost all of cite higher insurance costs as the number one reason for not living in the city.

This was my biggest hesitation. My auto insurance just tripled. Oy.

[detroitsgwenivere]

The word is that Hudson-Webber is providing the majority of the grant money, and that the companies were approached by the mayor's office as part of his Detroit Works Project.