What a contrast from the real estate market in California! I expected to see depressed areas in Detroit, and although the bus tour drove through the best sections of the city, the tour guide admitted that a large percentage of the city's residents had left the city along with the jobs. Even in these tree-lined streets of beautiful homes, values had dropped by nearly half, and we passed occasional houses with boarded up windows and for sale signs in their front lawns.
We were there at the beginning of the River Walk celebration at the Renaissance Center, and the families enjoying the water views, lunching on ribs, and listening to music had a positive attitude that a down economy couldn't erase. We were there for a convention, and people saw from my badge that I was from California. More than one person stopped me and said to tell folks back home that they haven't given up and still love their city.
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