Amazon is looking for a new HQ, and Detroit's in the running if we badger our representatives enough (Northville: apartment, public schools)

[mgkeith]

Sorry to go off topic...it's sad, but sometimes the more advantages that people have had while growing up, the less they appreciate it; especially while they are young.

[Coldjensens]

Originally Posted by Arthur Digby Sellers

You do realize that a significant part of why you were able to attend an elite university and have options once you graduated is because you grew up in boring ass Northville?

Nope. Sorry. Incorrect. HQ2 is not going to Northville.

[mgkeith]

That's probably a good thing for Northville. Now perhaps it would be a good thing if more businesses could be attracted to Detroit. It would certainly be a mixed bag, as it has been for Seattle. A whole lot less appealing than I thought it would be when I visited last summer. A big surprise after so many years of hype. I would NOT wish to live there. The nearby mountains and parks were beautiful, though.

[stoxdiamond]

Apologies if I've offended anyone about Northville, I acknowledge that it's a very nice place to grow up in SE Michigan. I'm just saying that the drain of talent of college graduates from Michigan's universities is hurting the state, a lot. If you can't get Michiganders to stay, how are you going to get outsiders to move here and brave the cold winters?

[Arthur Digby Sellers]

Originally Posted by stoxdiamond

Apologies if I've offended anyone about Northville, I acknowledge that it's a very nice place to grow up in SE Michigan. I'm just saying that the drain of talent of college graduates from Michigan's universities is hurting the state, a lot. If you can't get Michiganders to stay, how are you going to get outsiders to move here and brave the cold winters?

Your viewpoint is shared by most on here, and no offense was taken regarding Northville.

[jakebarnes]

Originally Posted by stoxdiamond

Apologies if I've offended anyone about Northville, I acknowledge that it's a very nice place to grow up in SE Michigan. I'm just saying that the drain of talent of college graduates from Michigan's universities is hurting the state, a lot. If you can't get Michiganders to stay, how are you going to get outsiders to move here and brave the cold winters?

Most people totally get it and agree with you.

I think some of these posters don't have young, college educated relatives or don't get to cities outside of the midwest often.

My personal prediction is that Detroit will be back in the mix in about 10 years. There's so much potential. The upside to all the torn down houses is that there is TONS of developable land with the infrastructure already there.

[ekman243]

So what you guys are saying because UofM grads in Ann Arbor and MSU grads in East Lansing(even though they are great places) can't find jobs or have fun in downtown Detroit are running out of the entire state. I thought people say that Oakland County and Ann Arbor were the economic hubs of Michigan. The grads don't want to live in Oakland County and Ann Arbor too,nor have fun in Royal Oak?

[pojack]

How many people actually say that they want to move to Detroit or Metro Detroit because it’s such a nice area? The only thing keeping me and a ton of other people in Metro Detroit is steady employment. If I left, I’d take a large pay cut. The only outsiders who actually want to move here are the adventurous young types who want the percieved adventure of downtown.

You never hear people say, “I want to move to Detroit (or Metro Detroit) because of the relatively bad school systems, flat landscape, cold winters, and horrible reputation.”

This isn’t rocket science. It amazes me when people are dumbfounded when they realize people don’t want to move or live here. Relative to other metropolitan areas in the country, Detroit is likely one of the least disirable. And for good reason. Shoot, we even have to overpay our sports stars in order to lure them to Detroit.

[ekman243]

Originally Posted by pojack

How many people actually say that they want to move to Detroit or Metro Detroit because it’s such a nice area? The only thing keeping me and a ton of other people in Metro Detroit is steady employment. If I left, I’d take a large pay cut. The only outsiders who actually want to move here are the adventurous young types who want the percieved adventure of downtown.

You never hear people say, “I want to move to Detroit (or Metro Detroit) because of the relatively bad school systems, flat landscape, cold winters, and horrible reputation.”

This isn’t rocket science. It amazes me when people are dumbfounded when they realize people don’t want to move or live here. Relative to other metropolitan areas in the country, Detroit is likely one of the least disirable. And for good reason. Shoot, we even have to overpay our sports stars in order to lure them to Detroit.

So would you say that YOU are miserable because in your own words YOU are stuck here and always comment as though as if speaking for everyone else, as if you know or have met everyone. Wow, you sound like some drug dealers or a exotic dancer saying they only do what they really hate because it pays well. My advice to YOU is that if YOU truely hate it in Metro Detroit or Detroit proper you should really plan on leaving as soon as possible, life is short, and leave Metro Detroit or Detroit to the thousands if not millions who enjoy it here.

[mgkeith]

When someone has a beastly commute it can sour them on their city...wherever it is. Especially in winter.