Quote Originally Posted by corktownyuppie View Post
It's not legal. Private property rights are paramount, and for local/state government to force property owners to move require an almost insurmountable standard.
Great point. My search for a solution has come up with something that seems to be rather un-American.

I agree with you that Detroit will come back. It starts with the jobs coming to Detroit. Then, when some of those people filling those jobs are either hired from, or move to the city, we'll start to see more. Where jobs and people go, other commercial services will start to pop up.

I've seen it happening downtown, as businesses start to open up downtown in response to thousands of jobs coming down.

People are still afraid to invest. However, I hope there will be a tipping point where people will be afraid not to invest, because they don't want to miss out on opportunity.