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Detroit is an awesome place to live. I'm in grad school at Wayne St. now, and I love it. When I graduate I plan on staying in the city. People that bash it have no idea what they are talking about. There are bad areas just like every other major city, but Midtown, Corktown, Downtown, Woodbridge, Indian Village are all growing at a pretty substantial rate.

People that come to visit are amazed, because the country's perception of Detroit is so far off.

Haha zing. There are some pretty good shots on both sides today. Great thread.

Detroit's population has stabliized. White flight ended in the 80s.

Or to put it in doop language you'll understand, "INSERT MOUTH! INERT FOOT! DOOPY DOO DOO!"

You don't know what your'e talking about. We're not talking about cleveland here. I'd listen to what you'd have to say there, my ohioan friend. But we are clearly in a realm you know very little about. All I ask is you stop insulting a place you don't understand. And stop saying untrue things like, "People "r" fleeing like the place is on fire." Is that too much?

I don't like Troy, Birmingham, Harbour springs, etc because it makes me sad as it reminds me of the wealth that used to exist in wayne county before everyone picked up and left and turned it into the laughing stock of the nation. Where did the wealth of detroit go? To the unholy temple that is the Somerset collection. God i hope that place burns to the ground.

In order for those suburbs to survive, we need a healthy Detroit. We all need to work together.

Ya 25% decline in population over the past decade, the worst n american history for a city over 100000 people. Also one of the highest in 2011 to 2012 for a major city. I guess when ur the worst city in US history there is nowhere to go but up. You can insult me all u want to try n make me look dumb but ill just come w facts. Detroit is a dump n u can defend it all u want but we all know it to b true. Did u guys spend ur last dollar yet?

I love going to downtown Detroit. It is the best atmosphere for sports, the casinos and greektown are great as well. I hear the new high rise condos they've built downtown are awesome too.

I love putting people like you in their place. I shouldn't, but it's a guilty pleasure.

I love how you folks spit out the most stupid shit and then say it's "fact". Unless you redefine a "fact" as : whatever stupid shit PIIHB RNP spews out on a daily basis, you can't just say anything is a fact. It's like quoting the bible to prove the bible. Doesn't work.

Example:

you say: people "R" fleeing detroit like the place is on fire. Key phrase: ARE FLEEING-present progressive tense. You are talking about something that is happening RIGHT NOW, only the problem is it's happened in the past, as your little wikipedia search showed. Ergo your fact becomes a lie.

Again, that is unless Miriam Webster redefined a fact as, "whatever stupid shit PIIHB RNP spews out on a daily basis."

An actual, old-fashioned fact would be, as I've said-the population of detroit has stabilized. As have the property values.

I'm working in Wyandotte today. I just asked a guy in his 50s what caused the downfall of detroit. He leaned in close and said, "the blacks." I asked him to elaborate. "They started rioting and they put in that damned coleman young."

Seriously just happened. Not that I'm surprised. I've done these little social experiments before, and the sad truth is--michigan is a very divided, segregated place.

I guess what I'm saying, and on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, racist white guy from Wyandotte agrees with me, WE'RE NOT ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. But we should be.

Sorry. I don't know what's gotten into me today. I'm not usually this pedantic. I come here to feed my addiction to college football, not talk sociology. Go ducks. Go Spartans.

I condensed your argument for you. Although you mention valid things, language like that kind of ruins it. My anger ruins mine sometimes. I'm aware of it, though.

You're right. I have no idea about any of those things. I see the rush hour going into the city in the morning and out of the city at night and I never really thought about where those cars were going. I figured they were all just going to the silverdome for their nightly steely dan concert.

So someone lives in Farmington Hills and works in detroit. They pay property taxes in oakland county, and rarely stimulate detroit's economy as they always pack their lunch. Clearly they have a "stake" in detroit and I'm sure thousands are in their same yacht, err, boat. What I was getting at was that Detroit doesn't have a stake in them. That's it.

It's lame you talk like I'm wishing for the downfall of detroit. I don't know where the hell you got that idea. I love this place. I live here. Detroit has a stake in me. You talking like it's otherwise makes you look out of touch. I'll stop there. I wouldn't want my anger ruining a good argument or post.

You come at me because im using message board slang like 95% of the board? Bravo. Im not writing for the wall street here. Congrats on getting ur population "stable". After the mass exodus, again the worst in us history, your city might have a loose definition of the word.

I'm not coming at you for slang. I just hate 21st century abbreviated text language. It's personal, and not meant to discredit your otherwise faulty argument. It's a separate criticism, one that is strictly my opinion.

See? I can be reasonable.