Southeast Michigan projected to have older population, fewer jobs by 2040

[Detroitnerd]

Gotta hand it to SEMCOG. Are they a regional planning organization? Hell no. They just look at how the region is going to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic and issues these reports showing where the deck chairs will be. This isn't planning. This is drawing bull's-eyes where the darts fall.

[DetroitPlanner]

Gotta hand it to SEMCOG. Are they a regional planning organization? Hell no. They just look at how the region is going to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic and issues these reports showing where the deck chairs will be. This isn't planning. This is drawing bull's-eyes where the darts fall.

Forecasts are not plans. There are no goals objectives or policies involved with a forecast. It is a look at current and past trends. It is step one of a plan. This is a snapshot of what will happen if we continue business as normal. A plan's goals objectives and policies addresses and shapes the region. To dismiss this as being a self-fullfilling prophecy is flat-out wrong. Here is another piece that will go into the next plan.

[Detroitnerd]

Forecasts are not plans. There are no goals objectives or policies involved with a forecast. It is a look at current and past trends. It is step one of a plan. This is a snapshot of what will happen if we continue business as normal. A plan's goals objectives and policies addresses and shapes the region. To dismiss this as being a self-fullfilling prophecy is flat-out wrong. Here is another piece that will go into the next plan.

SEMCOG, as a regional planning organization, is a sick joke. SEMCOG is ALWAYS business as usual.