Quote Originally Posted by dtowncitylover View Post
Indeed, this is true. But the neighborhoods that need revitalization are not the poster child for the entire city, like most of the neighborhoods of Detroit are for the city in the national mindset. One thinks Manhattan when they imagine NYC, not Grand Concourse and 174th or thinks of the Mag Mile, not 59th and Halsted.
If you're referencing physical appearance of neighborhoods, I agree. And maybe it's the fact that there's some extensive focus on Detroit's "ruin porn" which orients revitalization toward that area.

But the areas of revitalization in NYC/Chicago center heavily around industry [[particularly tech), schools, transit-oriented development...making neighborhoods physically attractive while leaving the schools + public safety agencies to rot is like polishing a turd.