Quote Originally Posted by mwilbert View Post
This is nonsense. It isn't as if Detroit were a normally-functioning city now, nor has it been in the recent past. Has the city really been providing substantial services to its citizens recently? How does privatizing trash pickup make you less of a city? What does having a lot of pensioners have to do with being a city?
Exactly. Milliken State Park on the riverwalk was ceded to the state. It's used by Detroiters just the same [[if not more, because it's actually nice and well-maintained). Belle Isle will be no less "Detroit" just because the state pays for trash cleanup instead of the city.