From ‘why I hate Detroit’ to ‘why I stayed’

I grew up in Detroit and though I no longer live there I visit often and I'm excited by what I'm seeing.

The money quote in that entire piece:

"If you want to see an entire population rally around the question “What can the future look like?” watch Detroit."

There are experiments going on in Detroit that you just don't see anywhere else. There's a smaller difference between the elites and the average citizen. I've got some friends who are struggling entrepreneurs but who've gotten on boards running things by choosing merely to become engaged and having great ideas.

In other cities I've lived it's just the elites and everyone running things knows everyone else and it's difficult if not impossible to break into that group. These elites often are self dealing and stand in the way of progress.

Detroit's different, it's fluid as to who has power. I for one am excited to see what gets done.