Perhaps my wife and I are just a myth – college-educated young professionals who chose Detroit for the opportunities it offers and an authenticity unlike any place the world over. But now, as I start graduate school this month in Boston, I intend to tell people, “I grew up in New England, but I’m from Detroit.”




I wonder, though, whether Detroit will reciprocate. Or will I be only the latest defector, outcast, sell-out?




Detroiters have high standards. The “I’m from Detroit” badge often seems like the hardest to earn and the easiest to lose.

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