Originally Posted by
jackie5275
When I was 22, I had to establish residency in Wayne Co as I had accepted a position there and this was before residency requirments were abolished. However, it was before all the "happening places", downtown, midtown, corktown, were "happening". I did look at parts of Detroit around Old Redford & Warrendale. I did stay in Warrendale, but city income tax, high car insurance & lack of cable television [[It hadn't gotten there yet.) were the negatives that made me look elsewhere and finally leave. Lack of all the entertainment bells & whistles that are now in & around downtown didn't faze me. I still went to Tiger & Red Wing games, Greektown, & St. Andrew's downtown and mostly to clubs in Hamtramck for boozing. Now mind you, at the time, Royal Oak was the happening place to be. If I didn't have to be in Wayne County, I probably would've chosen there.
You have to remember that many of these "hot spots" are cyclical. This is a big reason why Granholm's "Cool Cities Initiave" failed. For awhile it was Royal Oak, then Ferndale, then Wyandotte, then Dearborn, now certain neighborhoods in Detroit. As long as there are places that can stay fresh & "cool", they can survive, but if they don't, it will eventually turn into an area of "been there, done that". No one will seek a place where things are stale.