Even as the city government is about to go broke, Detroit is managing to still muster up some pretty nice p.r.
Author Bill Morris, a former Detroiter, wrote in the New York Times last month that downtown Detroit "can now be fairly accused of imitating such desirable New York addresses as Chelsea or TriBeCa."
He writes:
Yes, it’s gotten so bad — or good — that it’s now nearly impossible to find a vacant apartment to rent in downtown Detroit.
Morris, author of novels “Motor City” and “All Souls’ Day, recalls downtown Detroit of old.
Back in the bad old days, office workers in downtown Detroit staged a macabre daily sporting event. At quitting time there would be a mad dash to the parking lot — eyes out for muggers, or worse — then, quick, fire up the car and race home to the suburbs. As night fell, downtown turned into a ghost town.
