"Detroiter" here (actually just across 8 Mile in Ferndale). In short, the area is an interesting conundrum - there's actually a concentration of technical peop

"Detroiter" here (actually just across 8 Mile in Ferndale). In short, the area is an interesting conundrum - there's actually a concentration of technical people (engineers and designers), some great culture (think about how many genres of music started in Michigan), and some great schools (mostly referring to U of M), and a fair amount of money. There's also a complete lack of entrepreneurial spirit (except for packaged foods and restaurants, for some reason). Everyone is the child of a mid-level engineer/accountant/manager in a faceless corporation. As in large, faceless corporations, there's a sense of social segregation between the artists, workaday engineers, and business owners. But, really, it's not even worth getting into for the same reasons it's barely worth bringing up anywhere outside of Silicon Valley and New York (which only enters the conversation by virtue of having all of the money and a lot of the media industry). The social connections, venture capital system and expertise in the Valley are too much of an advantage for anyone with a serious product to stay away. I mean, many regard being in Chicago as a serious liability to Groupon...