What will Detroit be like in 2020? (Warren, Canton: crime rates, houses, neighborhood)

[brodie734]

A lot of the growth going on isn't really conducive to long term gentrification or revival. A lot of the people working downtown are bankers, lawyers, in tech or otherwise white collar types who are always going to congregate in exurbs where their money goes further. Then there are Quicken employees who are mostly young and make middle class incomes, but given the high turnover nature of the company they have little incentive to move to the city. In Midtown you have a concentration of students who are likely to leave as they enter professions, artist types who don't make money and thus don't really contribute much in tax intake to differentiate them from the working poor in the outlying neighborhoods.

Until Detroit has a stable, taxable middle class population, it won't even begin the revival process. Right now we're just seeing a wide scale sanitation project to take the city center from "abandoned" to "livable", the real gentrification starts from here. So by 2020, I expect that we will see more corporate offices flowing in from Southfield and Dearborn leading to more employees opting to live in the city along with a few of those Wayne State alums choosing to stay down there.

[Republic of Michigan]

You will see improvements in Woodbridge, Eastern Market, Rivertown, and Corktown. You may also see improvements starting in an infancy phase in the area north of New Center, Mexican Town, The Villages, Hamtramck, and East Jefferson/Marina District.

[North 42]

Originally Posted by Republic of Michigan

You will see improvements in Woodbridge, Eastern Market, Rivertown, and Corktown. You may also see improvements starting in an infancy phase in the area north of New Center, Mexican Town, The Villages, Hamtramck, and East Jefferson/Marina District.

And don't forget poor old Delray, with the new international crossing, they should see some investment and cleaning up of the area. Hopefully historic Fort Wayne will be incorporated into any re developement plans for the area as well.

[North 42]

Originally Posted by chh

This is a tough question. East side is worse than the west side right now, but east side is closer to the gentrified areas and Grosse Pointe, while West side is just close to middle class suburbia. If the effects of downtown continue to spread outwards, I'd say east side will attract more young people and more businesses because of it's proximity to better off areas.

It would be great to see the Detroit neighbourhoods bordering the Points, finally start to use their great location on the border of very nice, urban suburbs to attract investment and residents to take back the area and start expanding back towards DT Detroit. Push the hood back block by block. The whole area from the Points to DT along Jefferson has so much potential, especially with the riverfront being right there. More loft conversions and condo towers like at Riverplace would be awesome and not impossible in the near future. I won't be holding my breath waiting for it to happen though, lol.

[goofy328]

Originally Posted by bgibs

Now that Downtown and Midtown are gentrified, what will the rest of the neighborhoods in Detroit look like in 2020? Will at least 50% of Detroit's neighborhoods be safe and stable? I know Detroit still has a long, long, long way to recover since the bankruptcy and things won't be perfect or great in 2020. How much will things get better for Detroit in 2020? Will city services improve greatly? Will Detroit become safer with the new gun law regulations being enforced? Will the M1 rail streetcar be success or just another People Mover 2.0? Are there any plans to extend the 3 mile M1 rail to outer neighborhoods? I read that Detroit's exodus has slowed down and more whites are moving into the city.

80% White and 15% Arab, Asian, Latino etc. Remaining 5% Black. Surprised there are as many Blacks that still live there, to be honest. You might see more Blacks in suburbia.

[sheena12]

Originally Posted by 1972Impala

The M1 will be another People Mover unless it goes to at least 8 Mile. Midtown will be safe and very hip and New Center will be a bit more stable. Hamtramck will have lost most of its remaining White population and be predominantly Arab and Asian, and these populations will continue to keep Hamtramck lively and stable and safer than Detroit proper.

Highland Park might very well be part of Detroit proper. Downtown will see some reinvestment and become somewhat pricey to live in. the Michigan Central Station will still be a wreck but Corktown will cease to be edgy and be a nucleus of hipsterdom more revitalized and be stable like Midtown. Delray will be further decimated with the new bridge and Southwest could potentially stabilize and be similar in stability to what we see in Hamtramck today with more Middle Eastern families spilling over from Dearborn.

More alternative types will move to Detroit from around the country and Detroit will serve a similar role to the Arts community as Downtown New York did in the 70s. This will ultimately bring the city back by 2060 but It will be a long and tough road ahead.

East Side will still be a warzone as will Brightmoor. Warrendale will decline and no longer be a stable area and will loose all of the middle class population it has left.

Mike Duggan will get a second term and we will see some continued improvement of the political situation but ultimately the Black political structure will prevent him from staying Mayor long term. Ultimatley Duggan will be seen as more of a Jerome Cavanagh than a Coleman Young and his tenure will mark the beginning of Detroit's ultimate turn around.

If humanity still exists by 2100, Detroit will be revitalized but not to the degree that it can become a New York or Chicago. Slums will continue to exist on the far East and West sides. The city will also be considerably shrunken with new development clustering around downtown and urban agriculture and suburban style development replacing the urban prairie. If the city does not shrink in this century than it is indeed doomed.

In 2020 Detroit will see a maybe 5-8% increase in its White population and ultimately Whites could potentially come to make up about 40% of the city by 2055, but will never again constitute a majority.

These are my predictions, I am not s fortune teller though so who knows.

Well, I already know arty, hipster, millennials who have their eyes in Detroit - so you could be right.

[chh]

Originally Posted by goofy328

80% White and 15% Arab, Asian, Latino etc. Remaining 5% Black. Surprised there are as many Blacks that still live there, to be honest. You might see more Blacks in suburbia.

You really think a city that was 82% black will become 5% black in 10 years? We're already halfway through the decade, and I don't know if you've been anywhere in Detroit recently, but it's still largely black. Sure, more whites are moving in downtown and arabs are spilling over from Dearborn, but do you really think that in 10 years most blacks will completely move out of Detroit to be replaced by whites? I'm still baffled as to how you think this is going to happen.

[MS313]

Originally Posted by goofy328

80% White and 15% Arab, Asian, Latino etc. Remaining 5% Black. Surprised there are as many Blacks that still live there, to be honest. You might see more Blacks in suburbia.

I just noticed this post thanks to the above poster. And I agree... 5% black are you freaking nuts? Detroit won't even be 50% black no time soon. Your surprised blacks still live in Detroit... have you BEEN to Detroit? Your talking about one of the largest black populations in America. Even when it's shrinking... it just doesn't disappear overnight. If all the blacks left Detroit the city would probably be the size of Grand Rapids.

[WayneCounty]

Originally Posted by goofy328

80% White and 15% Arab, Asian, Latino etc. Remaining 5% Black. Surprised there are as many Blacks that still live there, to be honest. You might see more Blacks in suburbia.

I think you got the wrong city.

[drro]

Perhaps Detroit has been the inspiration for several video games as many take place in some sort of post apocalyptical scenario. If one had no idea how to start making a game like that you can either look at old WW2 footage of bombed cities, the Bronx in the early 80s, or for a more contemporary setting look at Detroit, Baltimore or East. St. Louis.

On the other hand, parts of Detroit like downtown and midtown have improved and will probably be even better in 2020.