People are more optimistic about Detroit outside of Detroit.

Detroit in its heyday - let's say, 1920s to the '60s - was never a huge downtown-living thing. People lived in the neighborhoods.

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.

I think Detroit is where muscle meets brains.

Kids coming out of college want that urban core excitement more and more.