Hello from Royal Oak, Michigan, smack in the middle of the second chart. :) The text oversimplifies a bit. I think the group is moving into the city just as mu

Hello from Royal Oak, Michigan, smack in the middle of the second chart. :) The text oversimplifies a bit. I think the group is moving into the city just as much as the suburbs. It's just that the city-proper has such a large population, a few zipcodes around downtown and midtown (the so-called "7.2 square miles") are easily swamped by the enormous expanse of the overall city (142 square miles). The same number of grads in a much smaller suburb like Royal Oak can seriously affect the numbers. That being said, Metro Detroit is a fantastic place for startups, makers, manufacturing, and culture. Rent is affordable if you want to rent, land is cheap if you want to own, and wages that look so-so on a national scale are downright lucrative in light of the cost of living. We constantly rank high on wage-to-cost analyses, even worldwide. It's no wonder to me that we show up in this article, too.