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If you have thoughts about how to save Detroit, please share them at the Winning Progressive Facebook page). When I tell people that I love Detroit, most of them react with skepticism or look at me like I am crazy. But Detroit is a stunning city with a storied history, unbelievable architecture, a proud population that is struggling to make their city work against all odds, and a lack of the chain stores and commercialism that have suburbanized parts of so many other cities in the U.S. Detroit is also, of course, a city that is struggling to stay alive. Suburbanization, the decline of the auto industry, and economic and governmental neglect have hollowed large parts of the city out. The question becomes how do we reinvigorate Detroit? Michigan Liberal: Michigan Politics & Elections Blog.