Quote Originally Posted by bailey View Post
The economy rebounding and Detroit "coming back" are two different things. If the last 20 years hasn't shown that, well, you are ignoring reality.
When you're sufficiently vague with a phrase like "Detroit 'coming back' ", it's pretty easy to be right, isn't it?

Let's look at the past 20 years. During up economic cycles, we've seen places like the Fox Theatre, Michigan Opera Theatre, the Book-Cadillac, Renaissance Center, and Hotel Fort Shelby get renovated. What ONE new development has occurred as a direct result of a demolition in the past 20 years? If, during a down economic cycle, those buildings had been demolished [[as intended), you don't have those buildings there today paying taxes. Empty lots do not a city make, my friend.