Michigan launches nationwide talent recruitment effort to address stagnant Population

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I have a question and hopefully people will take it in an adult way and not twist it around,but you left Detroit,nobody can blame anybody when it comes to making decisions that they have to make in order to better their life,you have to do what you have to do.

What would it take to encourage you to move back to Detroit ?

I understand it is complex and there is no magic wand but everything else aside and not being tainted by the past,what is it that you miss about living there?

Because that is what we draw and build on,is our strengths and not our weaknesses.

The Atlanta that you live in today is not the Atlanta pre-Katrina and I know several that live in the burbs that swear they only enter the city if they absolutely must.

So it does share a lot of the same hurdles that Detroit does,with a population of about 100k less.

I don't live in Atlanta, and haven't for several years.

But to answer your question, I have no intention of ever moving back to Michigan by choice. Even if it wasn't struggling with economic depression, overwhelming blight, brain drain, crumbling infrastructure, high taxes/insurance or population decline, I couldn't deal with the gloomy weather 9 months out of the year [[I know this is something that can't be controlled).

That being said, I still have family in Michigan and I want them to have a higher quality of life. Also, I would like to get positive reactions from people when I tell them where I'm from versus reactions of disgust or pity.

So despite not living there now, I continue to have a vested interest in Michigan doing better.