“It has taken more than a half-century for Detroit to fall this low, and the Motor City will take a long time to right itself. There are no quick fixes for its deep-rooted, systemic problems. Sharing public services with the suburbs, focusing on small neighborhood-by-neighborhood improvements instead of blockbuster redevelopment projects and improving public schools would be a good start.”
From Five Myths About Detroit in the Washington Post.
Now, granted, I disagree with much of the rest of what the author says. But he’s dead on that there are no quick fixes. — and, from the Renaissance Center to the Poletown plant to the Greektown Casinos to the proposed new hockey stadium, Detroit’s planners have been all about the quick fix!
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