By Jeff T. Wattrick | MLive.com

There has been no shortage of recent efforts encouraging people to move to the city of Detroit, but suburbanites and other non-Detroiters are rarely asked a simple question: “What would it take to get you to the city?”

WDET decided to do just that and, based on the responses from 2200 people, the short answer is: It’s the government, stupid.

Four of the top five answers to the question “I would consider moving to Detroit if the following were addressed [[check all that apply)” all relate to governmental effectiveness. Lower crime was selected by 78% of respondents not currently living in Detroit, 63.1% answered better city services, better schools was chosen by 59%, and less government corruption was cited as a factor by 58.6%.

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