Or, maybe, the demand for accommodation is relatively inelastic to the small increase in cost when people have to just stay in an actual Hotel, and that small r

Or, maybe, the demand for accommodation is relatively inelastic to the small increase in cost when people have to just stay in an actual Hotel, and that small raise in prices ends up staying in Detroit as well... It's hard to analyse such things without actual numbers. But it seems slightly icky to always go for the "Your're Detroit! You can't afford the luxury of zoning/safety regulations/firefighters/...".