Quote Originally Posted by iheartthed View Post
I think it will go more like this: if the country is indeed going through a paradigm shift and Metro Detroit does not keep pace then it can be expected that the metro area will continue to decline.

Metro Detroit has squeezed just about every bit of economic prosperity that it's ever gonna get out of suburbs. Suburbs probably will probably not foster any more new economic activity for the region for quite some time [[if ever). And all of the economic activity that an urban environment would generate for the region completely misses Metro Detroit because the urban areas are so decimated.
Yeah, I pretty much agree with your conclusion as well.

That said, don't expect the decline to go down without a severe backlash mixed with denial [[which we've already seen).