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Originally Posted by daepp
Why would they build a headquarters there? For the weather? For their ability to attract young professionals to the Motor City? For the great airport? Oh wait, the (actually very nice airport) is in another city.
Must be the dearth of mass transit.
Oh wait, what about that bustling monorail...
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Cheap land and buildings compared to other cities, last major city to rebound from the downturn in the early 1970's.
From the opening article:
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"We’ve told people that if you invest in things like bus rapid transit, commuter rail, or just improved transit in general, that has an impact in economic development," said Carmine Palombo, deputy executive director of the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments. "So*far, we haven’t found the right messages."
Just ask Amazon.*
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The buses suck from what I've read, my childhood memories aside.
QLine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QLine
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The QLine (stylized as QLINE), originally known as M-1 Rail by its developers and the Woodward Avenue Streetcar by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), is a streetcar system in Detroit in the US state of Michigan. Opened on May 12, 2017, it runs along M-1 (Woodward Avenue).[2]..........................
The QLine opened for public use on May 12, 2017.[2] Although initially slated to be free only for the first weekend, the streetcar's free period was later extended for a week, and later until July 1. Ridership for the opening week was 50,000, with a peak of 8,300 during the weekend and 5,120 Monday through Thursday.[45]
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It's real, just not enough.