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I always thought it was lack of universities in Detroit. Henry Ford hated cities, “elites”, etc which is you don’t see a major Ford University in Detroit. There
by nickv 3y ago
I always thought it was lack of universities in Detroit. Henry Ford hated cities, “elites”, etc which is you don’t see a major Ford University in Detroit. There was no Leland Stanford or James Duke in Detroit. So no CMU, Case Western, etc. [1]
NYC has a few great universities which means it has a pipeline of students for high information/innovation business employees. Same with the Bay Area. Chicago, LA too. Detroit doesn’t really have any world class universities.
[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/07/could-a-private-university-have-made-a-difference-in-detroit/278148/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/07/could-a...
- alephnerd 3y agoDetroit has UMich, where Larry Page of Google fame is an alum of (Ann Arbor is commuting distance from Detroit). Also, all the conversations about Detroit vs NYC seem to forget the Riots of 1967. > The riot resulted in 43 deaths, 1,189 injured, over 7,200 arrests, and more than 400 buildings destroyed Entire neighborhoods were razed in the aftermath of that and White-Black relations deteriorated severely leading to an extreme amount of white flight. If you visit Michigan, suburbs located outside of Wayne County like Dearborn, Ann Arbor, Troy, Hamtrack, and Windsor ON continue to have a vibrant economy, but Detroit (Wayne County) is economically dead. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot
- dventimihasura 3y agoWhat economy would you propose for a downtown core of tall office buildings in an American city post-pandemic and post-remote-work?