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Originally Posted by dc_denizen
dunno, maybe later in my career it would be nice.
look, I love living in New york but appreciate all parts of the country. no need to take an adversarial stance.
You and I probably agree that small midwestern factory towns are not the most compelling places (albion, fort wayne, decatur etc), but there is no reason to dismiss fascinating places like Detroit, or thriving cities with lots of investment (Columbus, grand rapids) that happen to be in the midwest.
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"Fascinating" and "thriving" are all subjective terms.
Like I said, I don't see anything special about places like Grand Rapids for all of the reasons I stated earlier. It's great that some people find it fits their needs for whatever reason, but IMO, it's being grossly overhyped by some folks. I didn't even mention Columbus (which isn't in the same league as Grand Rapids BTW), so I'm not sure why you did...
As far as Detroit, it's a place that has a ton of potential and history, but that's about it. From an actual livability standpoint, it's amongst the least desirable major cities in the country for a myriad of reasons I've gone into before. Short of a miracle (Amazon HQ2 would have been that miracle), I don't see that changing before I die. That's not being dismissive, that's just reality.