Quote Originally Posted by Lowell View Post
A decaying and dying center of our city did damage to our image, our ego, and our confidence. It has to get well before the rest has any hope of recovery.
Two sentences. That is all it takes to answer the "why are all the developments happening there instead of here" question. Succinct and true.

The challenge is staggering burden of the caring for the region's impoverished, disabled, uneducated and homeless that the City of Detroit is stuck with. No other city in region except Highland Park carries such a load. Will that city-within-the-city of about 300,000 souls who cannot pay taxes and require much revenue doom any long term recovery?

That's the next big challenge but the first and necessary step has been taken and is blossoming.
It is a challenge that will be MUCH more manageable with a growing core