On this quiet Friday morning, I will pose this question:

Should the public and nonprofit sectors pour tons of money into Midtown as they have been doing?

The pro argument is that it is an up-and-coming area that is centrally located and has multiple attractions and big businesses.

But the flip side of that argument is almost the same - that when an area [[at least as currently drawn) has virtually all of the major cultural institutions [[library, DIA, Historical Museum), huge employers [[State of Michigan, DMC, and Henry Ford), a university, TechTown, and an inbuilt student population, it should be able to stand on its own two feet - since that is all any particular area of Detroit [[or any other city) could ever really hope for in terms of localized stimuli. The implication would be that money and effort should be put into some of the other 95% of Detroit's square miles.

Thoughts?