detroit

The problem doesn't exist solely in the mayor's office, so unfortunately Detroit is still horribly run.

There are sure some edge cases like Detroit or natural disasters like Katrina but overall this rule applies pretty well statistically[2].

You could bootstrap in Columbus, Ohio - Detroit or Omaha for a similar price point.

Until Detroit and Stockton and Pittsburgh are doing well again, aggressive policy is going to continue to fuel massive growth in SF and the Bay Area.

Look, we still have tremendous amounts of wealth in the US, though you might not feel that way if you're in Detroit or some other towns.

Much as I hate to diss my poor suffering state all you need to look at is the five terms of Detroit mayor Coleman Young if you want to see poor leadership.

This is something I don't understand: we both have no problem acknowledging this when the person in question a black woman from Uganda, where the structural inequalities are so stark it'd be impossible to miss them, but when it's only a black man from Detroit or even a white woman from New York who might not have had the opportunities and support I had, it somehow devalues my accomplishments?

But Detroit has been suffering massive crime, drug violence, depopulation, failing city services, depression-level unemployment, steadily falling revenue, skyrocketing illiteracy, public safety problems presented by the rotting infrastructure, plummeting graduation and has been flirting with bankruptcy for years.

>But Detroit has been suffering massive crime, drug violence, depopulation, failing city services, depression-level unemployment, steadily falling revenue, skyrocketing illiteracy, public safety problems presented by the rotting infrastructure, plummeting graduation and has been flirting with bankruptcy for years.

After all, how well do you think a "Don't Be That Black Guy" campaign would go over in Detroit?

If you look at Detroit as an example, the politicians will blame the pensioners for being "entitled" to their pensions, declare bankruptcy, and their retirees will be forced to eat cat food.

I do think that it will be at least 500 miles away from the current one, because the current tech hub has "Future Detroit, But With Less Architectural Character" written all over it.

The quality of City hall is orthogonal to most of Detroit's problems, but not to San Francisco's.

The additional cost of trying to live in a city (Detroit, Baltimore,...) that is poorly governed is quite high.

Did you know there isn't a single grocery store chain in the city of Detroit?