This piece is not something I wanted to write, and probably it’ll just be something for a few people to argue over, because that’s what people do when discussing Detroit. I can’t imagine it’ll do much good. But man, it’s really difficult to read story after story about this incredible revival while experiencing something pretty different. It’s difficult watching more and more folks moving into our neighborhood, excited to be part of Detroit, without a full grasp of what that entails. It’s frustrating and heartbreaking to witness families struggle to survive the city, who for one reason or another can’t leave, who get lost in the political, criminal, and economic disaster that is Detroit.

This reminded me of that Vice video with Danny Brown where he says:

Me personally, I think I'm gonna stay here and see what happens. I'm not the one that's gonna be like, 'oh I'm gonna make a change.' Because at the end of the day, you can't show love to something that don't love you back. Y'know? And that's how I look at Detroit. It is what it is.