i will say this, though: detroit is perhaps unique amongst major cities in it's absolute contempt for people coming from outside of it to spend money in it.

most cities do everything they can to encourage people from outside the city to come and spend money there.

detroit is dead set on erecting bylaws and regulations that prevent people in the outlying areas from coming into the city to have a good time. detroiters seem to interpret this as some kind of threat to their community, rather than as the economic engine to revive it. and, they don't seem to understand that the root cause of the problems they have, in the first place, is capital flight as a consequence of these regulations.

if detroit city council had it's way, it would erect some good old city walls to keep all of the outsiders out.

it's all identity politics. but, it's self-defeating to the point that it might very well strangle the city to death.

this is why i'd support amalgamation in the counties around detroit, despite opposing it almost everywhere else.