GM says open to moving from Detroit headquarters

[Gistok]

OK... the "audacity" of Warren mayor Fouts may be more of an act of desperation, rather than a slap at Detroit....

The 33+ square miles that make up Warren are split into 2 parts [[via Centerline)... the lower half is seedy and more industrial... the upper half is much nicer housing stock, and some really nice business addresses.

Well Warren is going to be especially hard hit by a shrunken USA auto industry. Just look at the miles of Tool & Die shops in Warren along 9 & 10 Mile roads, Mound Rd., Groesbeck Hwy., Sherwood St., Bunert St., etc... Warren is laden with Tool & Die shops that... besides the auto plants [[along Mound) and GM Tech Center... are really feeling the pinch.

Although many of metro Detroit's cities have Tool & Die shops, there is a heavy concentration of them in Warren, Sterling Heights and Roseville. Plus Warren & Sterling Heights each have several auto plants.

So Jim Fouts announcement to seek the GM HQ relocation, is more a sign of the desparate times that the city of Warren is going to be in, rather than an affront and insult to Detroit.

It may be especially lean times ahead for Warren city government....