Detroit (like many big cities) already taxes commuters. If you work in the city, you pay 1.5% income tax to the city. In the extreme case of Detroit, a huge per

Detroit (like many big cities) already taxes commuters. If you work in the city, you pay 1.5% income tax to the city. In the extreme case of Detroit, a huge percentage of the city tax revenues come from people who have no ability to be represented in the city. (The whole taxation without representation thing) As Detroit learned, thinking that people will continue to engage the city without living there is only true to a point. In this area, business has moved to Troy and Southfield and Novi. Most people I know go into the actual city of Detroit a couple of times a year, mostly to go to a ball game or casino. People don't go there to shop or socialize.