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Death of Detroit.

Posted 11-22-2014 at 08:03 PM by bjeanthejellybean
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Originally Posted by animatedmartian View Post
But then it would make the growth of retail in Detroit pretty unusual if incomes hadn't bottomed out already. Meijer wouldn't open two stores in the city if everyone was getting poorer and boutique shops wouldn't be able to grow downtown. And I don't think they'd look a measly few thousand people to base their business decisions.
Many of those "boutique" shops are frequented by people that do not live in Detroit. Let's face it a few shops, a couple of Meijer's and sports centers have done nothing to uplift the neighborhoods of Detroit. And until that happens Detroit will remain as it is.
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