I'm not sure that's necessarily true. We'd probably have enough people to fill the jobs, but we'd still have the same pattern of FLIGHT > ABANDONMENT > SPRAWL. We'd still not be a destination region attracting new people.
We need an environment that creates jobs, but we also need to design a place that people actually want to live. If we create a place that people dream about moving, then we will attract the job creators. It's really hard to dream about moving to Hazel Park or Madison Heights.
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