Comfort beats hip in 'cool cities' poll (Granholm shocked)

Detroit News ^ | 4-21-04 | Mark Hornbeck

[Dan from Michigan]

Gov. Jennifer Granholm wants Michigan cities to be cool places that attract the so-called

[Dan from Michigan]

Jobs, good schools, low crime is what keep 'cityfolk' in the city. It ain't rocket science.

[Dan from Michigan]

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[TheBigB]

Jobs, good schools, low crime is what keep 'cityfolk' in the city.

Hogwash. Everyone knows that Cool (or is it Hot) Jazz Clubs, LBGT-friendly atmospheres, diversity, and performace art theaters are what draws people. /stupidity

[CSM]

Another fine example of how out of touch the left is with the average american.

[Eala]

"Michiganians"?

When I was growing up there we were "Michiganders."

[Dan from Michigan]

It's always been Michigander here too.

[FourPeas]

“I was surprised by the great emphasis on the long term,” Granholm said after a recent cool cities forum at Grand Valley State University. “Young people, even those who are single, have focused on where they want to live when they have a family.”

Hmmm, she wants to keep intelligent young people. So, remembering her younger years she assumes they want glitzy places where they can party, but that's not what intelligent young people want. Hmmmmm.

And we, the good people of Michigan, trodge on wondering who decided this was a good time to put a clueless female at the helm.

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[gracex7]

We still are...on the PC police are 'ganians'.

[michigander]

Yeah, what you said. :)

[Diddle E. Squat]

Detroit News CyberSurvey results

Too hip for the room?



For the "cool cities" initiative, Gov. Granholm's office asked 13,000 young adults what they considered the most important attributes of a city. The leading responses were safe streets and affordability. What does this tell you?



All the cool kids have left Michigan 39.44%

Nightclubs, arts and hip shops aren't so important 14.44%

Survey didn't ask the right questions 29.44%

Other (specify) 11.11%

[Eala]

Thanks. I have been gone so long that all sorts of things could have changed...

[Diddle E. Squat]

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[FourPeas]

“Instead of socially engineered coolness, what entrepreneurs truly need is the ability to get their businesses up and running without unnecessary government interference,” said Sen. Michelle McManus, R-Lake Leelanau. “Reasonable taxation means the difference between adding a new employee, expanding into a new location or pulling up stakes.

“As can be seen by the departure of more companies every day, Michigan is in desperate need of jobs, not java. People cannot and will not live where there are not enough jobs. There’s nothing cool about the unemployment line.”

Hey, I've an idea! Let's raise the taxes on individuals and businesses so we can give money to the cities so they can make themselves cool. Then all the creative young people will move here so they can pay higher taxes and get paid lower wages because their employers are busy funding their cool city. Uh, ya.

[azcap]

Michinganders is is a sexist, mysogynistic term. It does not reflect the equal status of Michigooses.

[expatpat]

Detroit can be a cooling place. A guy I worked with was shot to death on 8 mile road (the northern boundary of Detroit City) -- he cooled down quite quickly.

[Eala]

Michinganders is is a sexist, mysogynistic term. It does not reflect the equal status of Michigooses.

:-) :-) :-)

Actually, they're "Michigeese."

[Redbob]

"Jobs, good schools, low crime is what keep 'cityfolk' in the city."

That, and the availability of a CCW...

[Dan from Michigan]

Dallas is or at least was Michigan Southwest, and Tampa/Lakeland/Orlando is Michigan Southeast.