I might be alone in this, but I read this article with a sense of giddiness. Not because I want to see Detroit suffer or fail, but because this is a chance for

I might be alone in this, but I read this article with a sense of giddiness. Not because I want to see Detroit suffer or fail, but because this is a chance for a city to completely start over, even technologically. It's almost never the case that a city is in such shambles that implementing a completely new technological base would cause less problems than maintaining the current one. Since it seems Detroit is completely lacking in any technological foundation currently, this could be a huge chance for them to remake themselves. With the huge rush of municipal ISP's, availability and dependency of open source software, and numerous intelligent startups, Detroit is in a position to because an incredibly techno-smart city. Yes I know this would cause issues, and it would change the dynamic of the city. However, I think facing those problems, and creating all those new jobs provides a significantly higher potential for stability than whatever the auto-industry can offer while still not using robots completely manufacture cars. Regardless though, this article holds true. Detroit needs to advance, faster than it ever has in the past, and I really hope they succeed.