Sorry to hear that. I guess, in some ways, we younger pups are lucky. We have all the stories of the good times and bad, but aren't saddled with all those memories when we look at Detroit. It's more likely, therefore, that to us, what is there is interesting and what isn't there is ready to find a new purpose. We can't see what it was [[except in old pictures and films) but we do see something that could be. That's where it always starts anyway.
It may be difficult to understand why we have hopes and dreams for our city center, but I do urge you to look past those personal losses. What happened to Detroit wasn't -- and isn't -- inevitable. It was a product of great and small decisions, the ramifications of which were perhaps little-understood at the time.
Anyway, don't lose hope. There will always be some sort of settlement at Detroit. Unfortunately, we may have to lose a great deal more -- as a region, as a state, as a country -- before we understand why our cities are important.
As another poster mentioned, people adapted to the idea of not having a Detroit. It is my hope that we can reverse that, and then people will adapt the other way: incredulous that the metro ever tried to live without it.
And thanks for sharing. It is often a might nice place to live, I agree.
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