In my younger days on DYes, I touted the idea of having a Quartier Latin like New Orleans. And in usual DYes fashion, was mocked.

As a Francophile and French major, I cannot say that Detroit needs to be the Paris of the Midwest. Yes, nice trees along our wide boulevards would look nice. But can't we start with our own identity rather than another city's?

Newdetroit, you sound like me when I first started here. Then I grew up.