Personally, I don't know how these magazines and websites can continue to make the "most dangerous" and "closest to heaven" lists. They're cheap articles used to get more ad dollars. I would assume a city to be very dangerous for people involved in criminal activity [[save the few true innocent victims). I'm sure a lot of drug dealers/users get murdered.

Rebranding a neighborhood is nothing new. Just check out River North in Chicago. The midtown area is a vast improvement. Hopefully as things continue to fill in there, the prosperity will spread. Detroit's current 143 sq. miles is an indication of that.