Ilitchville vs. Gilbertville [[Freep)

[emu steve]

Wake me up when the federal government moves to Detroit.

Wake me up when Oakland, Livingston, Wayne, Washtenaw, Genesee and Macomb are 6 of the top 10 wealthiest counties in the U.S.: http://www.wtop.com/41/3594972/Ameri...ies-in-DC-area

Wake me up when all of Detroit sees a boom like merely one street in D.C.: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/re...evelopers.html

Wake me up when Detroit goes from #65 to #1 in most educated city in the U.S.: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...tro-areas.html

In short, Detroit != D.C. Nothing in D.C. is replicable in Detroit.

Yes, D.C. and Detroit are very, very different. No one disputes that and certainly not me, having lived and worked IN Detroit [[been there; done that) and having spent the last 35 years of my life in the D.C. area. I and others I know left MI in the late 70s or 80s.

That said, the principles of urban theory and urban growth [[or decline) is the same.

If not, why would all of the urban pioneers be spending bucks in Midtown? Why would Gilbert be buying what 50+ buildings in downtown?

D.C. is a great place to live, work and play.

Detroit is trying to become that, at least in the downtown areas.

[TennisAndMath]

If not, why would all of the urban pioneers be spending bucks in Midtown? Why would Gilbert be buying what 50+ buildings in downtown?

What's the total cost of Gilbert's Detroit acquisitions, not counting Greektown?