"Why I Hate Detroit"

[ah8176]

I think it's brutally, but an honest and fair assessment. .
I too have a love/hate relationship with Detroit but the sad fact is many of the reasons listed are why people left.

Whites from the burbs and trust-fund hipsters from New York have made it fashionable to come and be seen in the trendy bars in Midtown and inject a new excitement in to the city, but many are conveniently forgetting about the rest of the city and it's citizens.
It's easy to look at the transformation of downtown and to think we're moving ahead. But sad truth is just drive up to ruins and abandoned houses in the Dexter-Linwood area or over to the upper East side.

From the eyes of the average citizen, they don't always see a city coming back with the same optimism that others envision. Many see little hope for them or their children. They see a city with too few jobs, poor schools, and almost no way for them or their children to advance in society.

Sadly, many of these people see themselves as being left out of their own city's future.
This is just my opinion, but If Detroit's solution to it's woes is to simply bring in people with money and silently push the people who live there into a corner, we're setting ourselves up for another catastrophic failure.

[DeLemur]

I think it's also a reflection of one's views of life.

Most millenials, especially working downtown, are used to a culture of positive energy. What you allow into your minds/eyes/ears becomes part of what you think/experience. For this reason, the whole concept of "ruin porn" or pictures of decay or abandonment hold zero interest to a Millenial. I would never hang a picture of the Michigan Train Station or any picture that was not pleasing to the eye or inspirational on my wall. For if not, every time I looked at it - I would be reminded of the decay, the doom and gloom or just negative thoughts.

If, however, I have positive messages, positive prints, positive images - I think positive - and while there may be decay, or ruin, or problems - it's merely an interesting data point and nothing that affects my day to day being.

That's the difference between the Quicken positive thinking mindset of the incoming Detroiters vs. the let's find fault with everything we see.

Heck there's people who want to protest there's a race on Belle Isle this weekend. Some people just need to fill their days with more relevant and positive actions. There is zero attraction between a "positive thinker" and a complainer/whiner - so the complaining/whining is futile. We don't even read it - we skip it - because we know it's just negativity to bring us down. The Free Press is probably good - because I likely wouldn't read an article titled "Why I hate Detroit". Only a naysayer or skeptic would. I would skip to the "Google opening world class facility in Novi" or "Metro Detroit fourth most affordable housing in America." Life's too short to choose to be depressed. Choose what you read carefully. It may not change reality - but it will change my perception of reality - and that's a good thing.

That's an interesting perspective and probably partially true. But are you really saying don't ever concern yourself with the sadness or plight of others?