Detroit is 325 and alive

By: Jackson Coleman

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: July 24, 2026

Words: 1,203

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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It’s easy for people who have never lived in Detroit to reduce us to headlines about bankruptcy, abandoned buildings, empty neighborhoods, or a city that was “left behind.”

For a long time, that was the only version of Detroit that a lot of people outside of the city knew. But if you grew up here, you know that those stories were never the whole truth.

Detroit has always been a city of people, memories, …

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