Yes, downtown Detroit and now the suburbs are booming. I went to a car show at Cobo 2019 and could not believe the transformation.
Went to Woodward Dream Cruise August 2021 and went downtown that Saturday night...Dang..
My brother lives near Detroit and all the millenials are buying the old homes and fixing them up or building new.
Detroit is going to be a top city in a few years. All the hi tech companies are moving in.
Not what I was told to believe about Detroit.
Most of that crap was probably from participants on this website who have never visited downtown Detroit in their lives.
What's happening downtown is a growing process that is spreading outwards as evidence of all the surrounding properties being bought up by investors.
Is that to say that Detroit is safe? Of course not, once you leave the confines of downtown and venture out into the decrepit neighborhoods, it is definitely not safe in those areas.
But are those areas your destination? Of course not.
What has amazed me the most is how the downtown abandoned warehouses and multi-level structures have been purchased and converted into either condos, lofts or groups of small craft stores. Even in the close neighborhoods, small classy restaurants are being created from the house that was once there on the corner.
My niece is an ER doctor at the VA downtown and she can whirl around those damn streets and take you to any location you wish. Her parents are familiar with every restaurant downtown and are more than willing to take the family to one of them for one's birthday or special occasion.
I'm not a city person but if I were a young college graduate from the area and enjoyed the night life, finding an apartment or loft downtown, or even a condo, would be heaven if my job were with one of the many companies inhabiting the office buildings downtown.
The only downside to living in the downtown area is that it's not for families since grocery shopping has to be done in the suburbs and there are no schools down there for the kids. It takes a certain type of person to adopt that city lifestyle and I'm not one of them.
Cool, I’d like to check out Detroit again, haven’t been back since the late 80s. I always said, some of the prettiest suburbs in the country were in the Detroit area.
Back then Greek Town was about the only good thing in Detroit.