What will Detroit be like in 2020? (Warren, Dearborn: mover, how much, neighborhoods)

[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.

[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.

[beasley106]

Well Warrendale is close enough to Dearborn and Dearborn Heights that it would more than likely see some spillover from Dearborn's Arabic population, so I don't really see it declining at least in comparison with other neighborhoods. Southwest Detroit would benefit from the growing Hispanic population more than anything else.

[TrustInSal]

50% economically stable in 5 years? Naaaah.
I'd say 8.
If the cards keep falling right.

[Babe_Ruth]

Originally Posted by bgibs

Now that Downtown and Midtown are gentrified, what will the rest of the neighborhoods in Detroit look like in 2020..

BG, hi..
My projection, in 2020, Detroit will still be a toilet.
Gentrification doesn't improve, or uplift, a city's sustainable foundation. Childless, transient hipsters aren't sending kids into the public schools, they're not working in city government, working in, or creating, manufacturing jobs.. So the essential framework of the city doesn't change or improve much solely from gentrification. The schools' students, city government, public employees are all the same.. so the city remains the same. peace.

[beasley106]

Originally Posted by Babe_Ruth

BG, hi..
My projection, in 2020, Detroit will still be a toilet.
Gentrification doesn't improve, or uplift, a city's sustainable foundation. Childless, transient hipsters aren't sending kids into the public schools, they're not working in city government, working in, or creating, manufacturing jobs.. So the essential framework of the city doesn't change or improve much solely from gentrification. The schools' students, city government, public employees are all the same.. so the city remains the same. peace.

Actually they are some creating manufacturing jobs in the city not to mention opening up other businesses such as tech start ups.

[WayneCounty]

Originally Posted by Babe_Ruth

BG, hi..
My projection, in 2020, Detroit will still be a toilet.
Gentrification doesn't improve, or uplift, a city's sustainable foundation. Childless, transient hipsters aren't sending kids into the public schools, they're not working in city government, working in, or creating, manufacturing jobs.. So the essential framework of the city doesn't change or improve much solely from gentrification. The schools' students, city government, public employees are all the same.. so the city remains the same. peace.

Exactly. Outside a few neighborhoods the city isn't going to radically change overnight, especially without anything to promote excessive growth.

[bgibs]

Most of Detroit's bad neighborhoods are on the east side and west side. Southwest Detroit (outside of Delray) appears to be doing decently. Will the east side or west side make a turnaround first?

[chh]

Originally Posted by bgibs

Will the east side or west side make a turnaround first?

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.

[UKWildcat1981]

Bring back Kwame Kilpatrick lol