Detroit needs help, BIG-TIME! I stayed in a downtown Detroit hotel in October while I was attending a funeral in Grosse Pointe for a college classmate. The thing that really struck me was that there seems to be almost NO contact or feeling of connection between the people who live the Detroit suburbs and the folks who live /work in Detroit city. Example: many of the folks attending the funera admitted that they had not set foot in the city in YEARS! And they were 'worried' for me because I was staying at a downtown hotel rather than one in the suburbs (the hotel was a HILTON --very nice indeed!) The city workers, including taxi drivers, seemed to have no idea how to get to Grosse Pointe, and said that they seldom get calls to take anybody there.
      Come on folks! The riots in Detroit happened almost 50 years ago -- time to MOVE ON!! You all need to work together for the benefit of ALL in the greater Detroit metro area, or be prepared for continued decline and death of the city.