Originally Posted by buggyone

Detroit; a bastion of liberal thought and Democrat machine politics. Was any other outcome expected?

Let's look at Washington, DC as another example. You cannot find a better Democrat machine or more liberal thought. There are some areas of Washington that are slum but more and more of the city is being renovated. Urban living in DC is becoming chic. Prices on old delapidated row houses have skyrocketed and "hipsters" (I think that is the term) have moved in - lots with their same-sex partners. The former city residents have now taken to the 'burbs while their old neighborhoods are the "in" places for night life such as Penn Quarter.