Umbound Member Username: Umbound
Post Number: 245 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 6:21 pm: | |
Hi everyone!, i would just like some input on this, so when/if our local-national-international economy does a 180 will Detroit be an ideal destination for out of staters or people out of the country to move here? Or is the city proper going to be what we all hope to be with so many suburbs that have downtowns or building them. I would like to know if Sister City relationships help out? I know there is a lot of cities around the world that Detroit should do it with. Thanks for reading. |
Daddeeo Member Username: Daddeeo
Post Number: 225 Registered: 09-2008
| Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 1:36 pm: | |
Not until the schools get turned around, the taxes go down and crime is under control. |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 3570 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 1:45 pm: | |
I think there will be a lot of government money put into nationwide infrastructure improvements over the next decade. This will be done as a way to stimulate our national economy. It is imperative that Detroit leadership makes sure that the city is at the front of the line for any money the feds pass out for infrastructure projects. You want a transit system? This is your big chance. You want a high speed train between Detroit and Chicago (especially with a President Obama). This is your big chance Detroit! Don't blow it... |
56packman Member Username: 56packman
Post Number: 2506 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 1:55 pm: | |
The WPA will be reborn. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 8957 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 3:13 pm: | |
Detroit's sister city is Dubai. I fail to see how that has helped so far, considering Dubai is exploding with development and Detroit is just exploding. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 8958 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 3:15 pm: | |
Oh, Detroit's other big sister city is Toyota City, Japan. |
Hudkina Member Username: Hudkina
Post Number: 312 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 - 3:19 pm: | |
The only thing that could help Detroit would be fresh immigrants from other nations. Suburbanites aren't gentrifiers, immigrants are. It's only after the immigrants come in and stabilize a neighborhood that natives are willing to follow and "gentrify" the neighborhood. |
Umbound Member Username: Umbound
Post Number: 246 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 8:47 pm: | |
I want to know if/when the city/metro area realizes that alternative energy is THE future, and (somebody correct me if i am wrong, seriously) we have the tools for it already for a boom to happen, none of us cannot imagine how the city will be but will it finally be on its way back atop over Chicago and SanFran or even Seattle? I hope we just need to realize our city can be the centre of the world for this type of industry that has not been taken full advantage of yet. But i think we need to open any types of immigrant group that decide to call Detroit or metro home. |
Glowblue Member Username: Glowblue
Post Number: 1 Registered: 09-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 11:59 pm: | |
I've always thought that Michigan as a state could improve its economy by embracing nuclear power, which is a niche no other state has really filled. No other carbon-neutral energy source has as much potential as nuclear, and the nuclear power industry provides jobs that pay very well. It would certainly help Michigan shed its image of an industrial backwater by embracing such an advanced form of energy. |
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn
Post Number: 1066 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 11:57 am: | |
I think nuclear power is VERY VERY unpopular with a majority of voters. sure it is "clean" and more efficient, but you are left with toxic waste and there is always some (if even marginal) risk of a meltdown... try playing sim city 4 and see what happens when you plop down some nuclear plants. (the po folks move in) interestingly, the makers of simcity 4 also agree with detroiters that free ways destroy cities. |
W_chicago Member Username: W_chicago
Post Number: 56 Registered: 01-2008
| Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 12:56 pm: | |
Detroit will be the center of the GREEN COLLAR ECONOMY!! |