Survey: 73% say they’ve considered moving to Detroit
By Sherri Begin
Crain's Detroit
Nearly three-quarters of the people who responded to an online survey last month from Model D and the United Way for Southeastern Michigan have considered moving into the city of Detroit.
Model D, an electronic newsletter and Web site dedicated to Detroit development, sent the survey to its 24,000 newsletter subscribers to gauge their perceptions of Detroit; about 1,000 people responded.
The survey asked respondents questions about critical factors in choosing a place to live and Detroit’s strongest and weakest attributes.
Kurt Metzger, director of research for the United Way, still was analyzing the data late last week, but he said that of the 618 respondents who didn’t currently live in Detroit but lived in the region, 73 percent said they’ve considered moving into the city.
Respondents said that housing quality, sense of safety and security, sense of community connection, cost of living and cultural opportunities were most important to them in choosing a place to live.
They gave Detroit high marks in cultural opportunities, cost of living, housing quality and sense of community, he said.
The city’s biggest weaknesses were its lack of a sense of security, public services, educational opportunities and public transportation.
Currently in its first phase of revitalization, the city is attracting young single and married professionals without children and empty-nest baby boomers, Metzger said. Lack of good schools and some safety issues aren’t as important to them and don’t limit their willingness to venture into the city.
“But if this city is going to grow, it’s not going to grow one person per housing unit at a time. You’ve got to bring families in … to create diversity, density and a thriving city,” Metzger said.
Both Model D and United Way said they planned to post the survey results on their Web sites at www.modeldmedia.com and www.uwsem.org early this week. [Click here to view results.]
Model D, which has been working with the Michigan State Housing and Development Authority to develop a concept for promoting Detroit living, supplied Detroit pictures of interesting cars, architecture and new developments for a video presentation at Crain’s House Party.
The organization strives to document Detroit’s transformation and to provide guides to neighborhoods, growth and investments in the city. It sent its own team of writers and photographers to the House Party and plans to post a story and pictures on its Web site Tuesday, said Managing Editor Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey.
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Crain's Detroit
Nearly three-quarters of the people who responded to an online survey last month from Model D and the United Way for Southeastern Michigan have considered moving into the city of Detroit.
Model D, an electronic newsletter and Web site dedicated to Detroit development, sent the survey to its 24,000 newsletter subscribers to gauge their perceptions of Detroit; about 1,000 people responded.
The survey asked respondents questions about critical factors in choosing a place to live and Detroit’s strongest and weakest attributes.
Kurt Metzger, director of research for the United Way, still was analyzing the data late last week, but he said that of the 618 respondents who didn’t currently live in Detroit but lived in the region, 73 percent said they’ve considered moving into the city.
Respondents said that housing quality, sense of safety and security, sense of community connection, cost of living and cultural opportunities were most important to them in choosing a place to live.
They gave Detroit high marks in cultural opportunities, cost of living, housing quality and sense of community, he said.
The city’s biggest weaknesses were its lack of a sense of security, public services, educational opportunities and public transportation.
Currently in its first phase of revitalization, the city is attracting young single and married professionals without children and empty-nest baby boomers, Metzger said. Lack of good schools and some safety issues aren’t as important to them and don’t limit their willingness to venture into the city.
“But if this city is going to grow, it’s not going to grow one person per housing unit at a time. You’ve got to bring families in … to create diversity, density and a thriving city,” Metzger said.
Both Model D and United Way said they planned to post the survey results on their Web sites at www.modeldmedia.com and www.uwsem.org early this week. [Click here to view results.]
Model D, which has been working with the Michigan State Housing and Development Authority to develop a concept for promoting Detroit living, supplied Detroit pictures of interesting cars, architecture and new developments for a video presentation at Crain’s House Party.
The organization strives to document Detroit’s transformation and to provide guides to neighborhoods, growth and investments in the city. It sent its own team of writers and photographers to the House Party and plans to post a story and pictures on its Web site Tuesday, said Managing Editor Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey.
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