$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 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.
It’s $1000 more than any other city is offering. Of have I missed something?