It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That's what makes a city go.

People my age, we would hear from our parents and grandparents who were raised in Detroit about how great this city was from 1900 to the '60s.

I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.

People are more optimistic about Detroit outside of Detroit.

There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.

I just think that everything is symbolic, and who you are determines everything that you do, small moves and big moves.