But when Oakland County did it to Detroit for 50 years, it was OK, right?

[Kevgoblue]

In my time there was an awful lot of productive mid-range manufacturing along streets like Lyndon, Fullerton, Meyers, Wyoming, Schaefer, etc. I don't see that ever coming back and until or unless it does, the surrounding neighborhoods won't either.

Thank you. The 500 lb gorilla in the room that no one seems to talk about. Jobs. We have a lack of jobs in the area. And the city has a lack of [[appropriately educated) applicants for most jobs that are available.
Back in Detroit's days of being prosperous, the region was a mecca for those willing to get up at 5am and put in a hard days' work in a job that required no to minimal skills. Unfortunately those days are gone.
The growth of downtown / midtown is just rearranging the chairs on the Titanic. The region is just shifting jobs from one area to another. In order to attract new jobs it is vital that a large number of Detroit's residents acquire the requisite skillsets to be competitive in the 2017 workforce.
Continued growth in the city is merely pushing the lesser skilled people further into the inner ring suburbs.

[Honky Tonk]

Thank you. The 500 lb gorilla in the room that no one seems to talk about. Jobs. We have a lack of jobs in the area. And the city has a lack of [[appropriately educated) applicants for most jobs that are available.
Back in Detroit's days of being prosperous, the region was a mecca for those willing to get up at 5am and put in a hard days' work in a job that required no to minimal skills. Unfortunately those days are gone.
The growth of downtown / midtown is just rearranging the chairs on the Titanic. The region is just shifting jobs from one area to another. In order to attract new jobs it is vital that a large number of Detroit's residents acquire the requisite skillsets to be competitive in the 2017 workforce.
Continued growth in the city is merely pushing the lesser skilled people further into the inner ring suburbs.

Well we are getting a fashion hub/campus, supposedly.