Quote Originally Posted by Patrick View Post
Why are we fixated on being in a top-10 population list? Smaller can actually be better. See Milwaukee and the twin cities.
Amen to this. Detroit will never have 1.8M residents again. I would rather see a viable city with 600 - 700K residents than a broken down city striving to get 1.8M residents. When Detroit rebounds, if it ever happens in our lifetime, I can guarantee it won't be as populated as it once was - but I don't think it needs to be. Quality > Quantity.