I don't see the difference between the two interpretations, at least in regards to Detroit's situation. It's not like dense inner-city neighborhoods are being abandoned for similarly dense suburban areas. The trend -- as I have interpreted it -- has been to allow increasingly lower density developments on the urban fringe that have had the effect of destabilizing the population in the denser core areas. Detroit Works does not [[and cannot) address that. And really, only the state has the power to address that right now.
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