[HN Gopher] Move Detroit
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Move Detroit
Author : rmason
Score : 27 points
Date : 2026-04-07 21:04 UTC (1 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.movedetroit.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.movedetroit.com)
| saghm wrote:
| Based on the domain, I expected this to be about literally moving
| Detroit somehow, either figuratively by relocating things or
| literally by physically moving the land (like Marble Hill but at
| a much larger scale:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Hill,_Manhattan)
| bpt3 wrote:
| I thought they might be trying to relocate the government, as
| in annex some unincorporated land nearby, deannex some or all
| of the current city, and start over.
| seanw444 wrote:
| Does it come with a private security detail?
| whalesalad wrote:
| Not needed! All that hyperbole around Detroit is way overblown.
| jen20 wrote:
| I can second that. I spend a lot of time in Detroit and its
| suburbs (though don't live there) and have yet to feel unsafe
| despite dire warnings from all kinds of people. There are
| definitely areas to avoid, but that is equally true of New
| York City or San Francisco.
| whalesalad wrote:
| I used to live at 8th and Mission in SF. 10000x sketchier
| than Detroit.
| t-3 wrote:
| > There are definitely areas to avoid
|
| Not even areas really, just activities. Don't get involved
| in gangs or drugs and you'll never have any problem. One
| nice thing about the Motor City is that sidewalks are
| empty, because if you had any money you would be driving.
| I've walked and biked all around the city and metro, you're
| more likely to be hurt by a pothole on a street with no
| lights than by muggers or whatever people are afraid of.
| bpt3 wrote:
| So an average of about $1600 to move to a place with a
| historically corrupt and incompetent local government, high
| crime, poor schools, dated infrastructure, and limited higher
| education access?
|
| They'd need to add at least 2 zeroes to the end of that number to
| have any impact.
| ninkendo wrote:
| > limited higher education access
|
| Michigan has some of the best universities in the country,
| dunno what you're talking about. University of Michigan is 45
| minutes away and it's ranked #23 in the world according to
| https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankin...
| bpt3 wrote:
| Yes UM is a good school, but it's not in the city. It's one
| of the many reasons the suburbs or Ann Arbor itself are much
| more appealing.
|
| And that's one world class university in the entire region.
| Compare that to Boston, SF, LA, DC, Chicago, Pittsburgh and
| others.
| mklyachman wrote:
| Pittsburgh mentioned
| ninkendo wrote:
| I mean if you're going to say the university has to be
| literally within city limits, then I don't see how Boston
| counts either (Harvard and MIT are in Cambridge) or SF
| (Stanford is a longer drive than Ann Arbor is from
| Detroit), or LA (UCLA is a nightmare of a drive from
| downtown). Are we really going to split hairs and say Ann
| Arbor doesn't count as nearby Detroit but Stanford counts
| as nearby SF? Come on.
|
| The Detroit metropolitan area includes Ann Arbor, it's in
| the same commute range. Yes if your main goal is to
| _attend_ a university, you should live closer than the
| nearby metropolis, regardless of which university you
| choose. It doesn't mean Detroit has "limited higher
| education access".
|
| And there's plenty of other quality universities nearby.
| Michigan has a lot of faults but lack of quality
| universities isn't one of them. Unless your standards are
| "it's not Stanford or Harvard", in which case you're just
| being unreasonable.
| t-3 wrote:
| Wayne State is just downtown too, it's not bad at all.
| bryanrasmussen wrote:
| the future is already in Detroit, and it's been there for a
| while. It's getting distributed to the rest of the U.S now. It
| might be that going through the collapse to the other side is
| the quickest way forward, if so Detroit is already further
| along than the rest.
|
| although it may also be that I am just a cynic.
| qmarchi wrote:
| I'll get asked where I identify as "from" since I've moved around
| a lot as a kid, and without fail I'll respond 'Detroit'.
|
| There's so much history and culture to explore; along with tons
| of huge parks.
|
| If I had to leave Tokyo, would definitely be up there.
| nosmokewhereiam wrote:
| Go for their Techno: Movement fest is a pilgrimage!
| rattlesnakedave wrote:
| $1000 to move to Detroit is an incredible lowball.
| jen20 wrote:
| Why? It's a fine city to live in, if you can deal with the cold
| a few months a year.
| rattlesnakedave wrote:
| $1000 to move ANYWHERE is already a lowball. Much less to a
| city that consistently ranks among the top 5 most dangerous
| large US cities by violent crime, has brutal winters, and a
| blight problem.
| wenc wrote:
| I recommend visiting Detroit to update your priors. I first
| visited in 2000 and it was blighted. I visited again in
| 2025 and it's actually nice (downtown Detroit and
| surrounding). There's even a Microsoft office there.
| loloquwowndueo wrote:
| Brutal winters. Hahaha. Meanwhile in Canada.
| jm4 wrote:
| $1000 doesn't cover the cost of a moving truck to get your
| stuff from one end of a small town to the other. In terms of
| moving costs to relocate from another state, it's less than
| negligible. It wouldn't influence my decision at all and
| wouldn't put Detroit on my list of places to consider. If
| they want to attract talent and entrepreneurs they need to do
| better.
| lostlogin wrote:
| It's $1000 more than any other city is offering. Of have I
| missed something?
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| https://www.rocketmortgage.com/learn/cost-to-move-across-
| the...
| bobomonkey wrote:
| Be really careful about cheap Detroit homes as they can come with
| a backlog of property taxes.
| t-3 wrote:
| And occasionally squatters.
| throwawayk7h wrote:
| do they mean move "to" detroit...?
| twostorytower wrote:
| $1,000? They can't be serious?
| mulmen wrote:
| [delayed]
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