I'm a fifth generation Detroiter and have lived in MI my entire life. The people are like nowhere else. In my many travels, despite the state's troubles, I haven't met anyone who has left who doesn't want to come back if they could.

I think there is hope for converting large swaths of Detroit to farmland and reinventing the city. As I am fond of saying any idea that has among its supporters both Barack Obama and Rush Limbaugh just has to happen ;<).