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wmheel1287 said:
Other than the weather factor (which is huge), living in downtown Detroit is roughly 100X better than living in Downtown Raleigh right now. More availability of everything, better cost of living, more to do, etc. It's pretty crazy the revitalization I've seen over the last 20 years.

You can literally walk from Major League Baseball to NFL to NBA and NHL facilities in less than 10 mins with 200 bars and restaurants in between.
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That’s good to hear. I went to the Final Four in 2009 and was not impressed. That was obviously a particularly bad time for the city and the auto industry.
 
I find incentivizing Americans to move a disturbing idea.

We cannot afford the brain drain that would ensue.
 
grimes70 said:
Used to go to Detroit and environs quite regulsrly for work in the 90s early 2000s. Over a 3 year period I spent a year there. Some of the bad rap Detroit city itself got/has is justified. Like many rustbelt cities it has its problems. And definately don't travel into some parts of town.

Having said that, I liked it there. Many nice people. Crossing 8 Mile? Did it all the time. Never felt in danger even when I went down Woodward Ave close to downtown. Greektown was about the only place to go other than Joe Louis Arena if you were lucky enough to get Red Wing tickets. Perhaps a concert at the Fox Theater. Back then was just a sniff of what they've done with downtown now. I had to go to Windsor to gamble (and buy cuban cigars). Now there's casinos right there. Pistons moved from Auburn Hills to downtown. Tigers moved from Silverdome to downtown. Tigers got a new stadium built down there. So yeah, lots happening.
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I was there after you in the mid to late 2000s and I did not have the same opinion of downtown Detroit. There were a few areas that were relatively nice like around the stadiums and in greektown but most of it was absolutely terrible. Whenever they wanted to film those surviving after the apocalypse shows, they usually filmed it in Detroit. And quite a bit of Detroit was just as bad as those shows made it look.

There was more to do in downtown Detroit versus Raleigh but there were also many, many more ways to be a crime victim.

Outside of Detroit in the suburbs could actually be pretty nice. There was a lot of money up there from all those car companies.
 
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