Tale of 2 Quicken transplants [Assignment Detroit]

Time blogger Karen Dybis today shares vignettes suggesting the impact -- at least anecdotally -- of young newcomers who don't leave downtown after work.

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I haven't been outside of Detroit in about three and a half weeks. I don't use my car that much anymore. . . .

Everywhere you go, there's these hidden gems. Most people don't have the opportunity to see them. … Every one has their own little story. Every place is kind of like a great place to go and bring someone to.
-- Michael Flis, 25

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Yes, the post has a defensive tone at spots [["a few brave souls," "and they lived to tell the tale"), which I zipped past as vestiges of The Detroit Syndrome that's gotta fade some year soon. Try to let her optimism counter-balance that regrettable reflex.