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> Detroit needs tourism income more than they need affordable housing at this point. Part of the appeal of AirBnB was to live like a local. But if all the neig
by yardie 9y ago
> Detroit needs tourism income more than they need affordable housing at this point.
Part of the appeal of AirBnB was to live like a local. But if all the neighbors are other tourists than what makes it any more unique than any other resort full of tourists?
- sp332 9y agoAlmost everyone who could afford to leave Detroit has left by this point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Detroit#Table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Detroit...
- MSM 9y agoThis is a little misleading. Was there a mass exodus? Absolutely, but it's turned / turning around. You would be hard pressed to find any decent apartment within a mile of downtown for less than 1k/mo. Many nice apartments in downtown go for $2k - $3k. I personally would love to live downtown and many of my peers share the sentiment, there just needs to be a larger supply of apartments on the market. Do I want to live four miles away from Detroit in a run down neighborhood? Not particularly- if I'm already getting into my car to drive to work, why not go a few more miles away into any one of the nice suburbs that surround Detroit?
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