Quote Originally Posted by 401don View Post
His idea that there was some masterplan to create an alternative downtown in the burbs is nonsense. Companies and their employees followed each other out for the same reasons - it was cheap, safe and convenient in the land of the automobile. There was very little desire for any type of urban living at the time.
I'm not sure it was a conscious attempt to displace the core, but the metro area surely didn't attempt to strengthen it either [[compared to the attempts to regionalize that you see now, like the RTA). And Detroit isn't necessarily all "urban" living - it's not all lofts and condos. Lots of neighborhoods and single family homes here too.