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$1000 to move to Detroit is an incredible lowball.
Why? It's a fine city to live in, if you can deal with the cold a few months a year.
$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.
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.
Brutal winters. Hahaha. Meanwhile in Canada.