New York Times On Downtown Detroit: It's On The Upswing

Today, as often as not, people who work downtown don’t race home to the suburbs for a simple reason that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago: they also live downtown, in buildings that once stood empty.

That's the bottom line of an essay in the New York Times by New York-based freelance writer Bill Morris, who grew up in Detroit and has been writing about the Tigers' playoff runs for the Times.

He continues: The reverse exodus has become so pronounced that downtown Detroit can now be fairly accused of imitating such desirable New York addresses as Chelsea or TriBeCa. Yes, it’s gotten so bad — or good — that it’s now nearly impossible to find a vacant apartment to rent in downtown Detroit.