Jefferson Ave,

[North 42]

I agree, Detroit has massively improved since Duggan was elected, I don’t see how anyone could possibly say differently. It has absolutely nothing to do with race, just the right person at the right time, the bankruptcy also was a big factor on Detroit’s rebirth.

[MarlaKK]

I just want to say..


THANK YOU!!!
Thank you, thank you. There is a LOT around the city that still needs major help. Anyone living or just traveling around outside downtown would know that. People loooove to ONLY cite Duggan as the high and great excellent one when that isn't the case at all.
Would their kids go from pre-k to HS in the city?
Well...with the schools that are left. Lol

Originally Posted by usroute10

You are the one playing the race card. You reeled off only the 4 black mayors as if they were only elected because they were black. There were poor white mayors before them. Jerome Cavanagh instituted a city income tax (Mayor from 1962-70), which proved to be detrimental. Louis Miriani (Mayor from 1957-1962) was convicted of federal tax evasion.

The city has not drastically improved under Mayor Duggan.

Detroit lost the same amount of residents in the 1990s (~75,000) during the tenure of Archer, than it did during 2010s, the tenure of Mike Duggan

There was always downtown investment during the tenure of those 4 mayors. Archer got the casinos built; Under Coleman Young, Joe Louis Arena, the Millender Center, Riverfront Apartments, Trolley Plaza, the People Mover, Trapper's Alley, etc were all built.

The only thing better about Detroit now than 30 years ago is downtown and the east riverfront. The public school system hasn't improved and the violent crime has not declined. Neighborhoods have never been emptier.