Detroit's Population in 2018

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People who work in the city but dont live there should be taxed, people who do work and live in the city shouldn't. I dont understand why it's the other way around.

It isn't quite.

People who work AND live here pay 2.4%
People who work here but live elsewhere pay 1.2%

So the difference is 1.2%,... which I doubt plays much of a factor in where someone decides to live.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say crime, home/auto insurance rates and schools are each on their own some 10x more of a factor than City income tax rates.

Let's say you make 50k a year. 1.2% of that is only $600 A YEAR.

But the extra homeowners insurance might be $800 more a year, and the extra cost of insuring 2 cars might be $2,500 a year, PER CAR [[than if you lived in Oakland County or Ann Arbor),... That's $5,800 more per year.

And if you have to have to send your 2 children to private school,... that's an extra $15,000 a year.

That extra $600 a year in income tax quickly becomes a non factor.