Quote Originally Posted by Detroitnerd
I can only guess that this is the goal: Getting the people who live in Detroit to leave, demolishing their empty houses, and salting the earth so that nothing may grow again.
Exactly. All the talk about bringing Detroit back to a million people is nonsense, unless you're taking the really long view. Too many neighborhoods just aren't viable anymore - the retail and schools were long ago demolished and the residential areas are largely vacant. The abandoned factories are now liabilities. There aren't enough resources to bring back neighborhoods like that. The city has to focus on the neighborhoods that still have potential.