Quote Originally Posted by dtowncitylover View Post
Census data doesn't show an uptick for the city as a whole, but I do believe it shows an uptick for the downtown and midtown neighborhoods.

Did your church kids go to Wayne State then decide to commute? Or did they think they were city people and then leave. Not everyone is cut out for city living, and I mean that in the broadest sense. If you couldn't survive in this city then you might not be able to survive in Chicago or Brooklyn.
I would never suggest that someone could gauge if they were able to survive city living based on their experiences in Detroit. Living in Detroit is a very unique experience to be sure with a number of pluses and minuses but very few parallels to Brooklyn or Chicago.