I've really been thinking about this. I love this city. We have a well received published history of the east area. Involved in many civic groups. Find the energy and intellect here outstanding. Certainly there is appalling poverty, crime etc. but citizens do make a difference each and every day.

There isn't a complacency one finds in the burbs. Detroit is transforming. It is slow and arduous. There is a sense of adventure in its transformation. The pioneer spirit perhaps.