Who says there ain’t no love in the heart of the city?

Shanghai, China by Lowcola

Whereas upwardly mobile Americans have for decades fled inner cities for a suburban paradise replete with spacious homes, large vehicles and big-box consumer troughs, a post-recession urban revival is today making the suburbs the home of the down-and-out.

So goes the storyline of an epic June 7 article in the Financial Times that tracks the slow re-emergence of downtown Detroit, civic enlightenment among the retiring U.S. “baby boom” generation, and the spectacle of street life only virbant cities can offer.

[source: http://www.sustainableindustries.com/articles/2013/06/who-says-there-aint-no-love-heart-city]