Originally Posted by
East Detroit
Great in theory, however, we instituted political boundaries that keep the metropolis from sharing all taxes and services as one community. So, kids in Detroit have a poor "State education" and kids in Grosse Pointe have a great "State education." All while the metropolitan population stays steady and people shift from one political/incorporated entity to another.
So, shuffling more money into the bona fide center of the Metropolis that others see as representative of the whole metropolitan area bolsters the external view and bolsters the internal pride.
The City of Detroit should be the centerpiece of the metropolis. That is where the DIA is, the Historical Museum is, the sports venues, the business and financial centers [[should be), etc.
It is embarrassing and demoralizing to have a metropolitan area where the centerpiece is in "ruins."
Going "downtown" for entertainment, dining, shopping... should mean one place, not 30.