Millennials are flocking to Rust Belt Cities

[Bham1982]

Pittsburgh is much less prosperous/successful than Detroit. Poorer, nonstop population loss for like 70 years, and very little new construction.

Looking at city limits only is silliness; as in Detroit, like 10% of the region lives in the technical city proper. You can't bake a cake with 10% of the ingredients; you can't ascertain a region by ignoring 90% of the region.

[Richard]

Pittsburgh is much less prosperous/successful than Detroit. Poorer, nonstop population loss for like 70 years, and very little new construction.

Looking at city limits only is silliness; as in Detroit, like 10% of the region lives in the technical city proper. You can't bake a cake with 10% of the ingredients; you can't ascertain a region by ignoring 90% of the region.

Good analogy,always have to look at the big picture.

Its funny,growing up in Minnesota all I knew about Florida was what the pictures showed,sunny beaches,palm trees,girls in bikinis, fun in the sun.

Because that is what they wanted me to see in order to entice.

Move here and outside of the beaches,you can take any city and drop it anywhere in the country and you would not know the difference,outside of the brutal sun in July and august and millions of bugs that you would never see up north,and critters with big jaws that like to wander about in public and snack on your little pets when you walk along the waterways.

[casscorridor]

Pittsburgh is much less prosperous/successful than Detroit. Poorer, nonstop population loss for like 70 years, and very little new construction.

Looking at city limits only is silliness; as in Detroit, like 10% of the region lives in the technical city proper. You can't bake a cake with 10% of the ingredients; you can't ascertain a region by ignoring 90% of the region.

I agree with you, but discussing the City of Detroit vs Pittsburgh, there is no comparison. Pittsburgh is much better off. The problem in Detroit is the wealth and development are scattered around the metropolitan area, and mostly outside of the center.

Can you imagine how the CoD would look if the GM tech center, Lawrence Tech, Southfield and Troy office clusters were in the city? Or going back further, the University of Michigan or the Capital, which both used to be located in the city? Or if a transport system would have been built? Or if the G.I. bill would have included black veterans, or if there would have been anti-redlining policies? In other words, Detroit was a very successful city economically, but specific urban policies compromised this success and now it's a very undesirable place.