Real estate prices have risen noticeably anywhere with a stone's throw of Downtown. It isn't as cheap to buy/invest as it once was, but gentrification is a trend we cannot now change.

8 Mile Rd is still the great divider. Do you see that invisible barrier ever being removed?

A bad reputation is hard to lose from the perspective of an outsider, but the rest of us can see what has already happened in the center of town.

Am I too optimistic to envision a Detroit that is not separated into inner and outer areas? I mean, anyone who takes a simplistic view and says "Beyond 8 Mile is better" is saying the further you are from Detroit, the better. When does the turning point come?