<p>alopez, this thread is absolutely inundated with so many backed-up, researched evidence proving how Michigan has reduced their reliance on the state for funding and any other support to miniscule numbers, in addition to the mountains of evidence (that you seem to agree with) that Michigan has thrived and succeeded for decades as the city of Detroit has languished.</p>
<p>Not only do you ignore these posts, you present no factors of your own to back up your viewpoint (I suspect because there aren’t any). You are throwing out general, wide-sweeping claims that seem to come down to Detroit is near the University of Michigan, thus this is bad for the school, in apparently unidentifiable ways since you haven’t exactly been specific. This is in addition to your new point, that hypothetically speaking and thus with no evidence to back up said claim, a theoretical future with a thriving Detroit would surely help the university. Hypothetical futures? Really?</p>
<p>I only bring this up because you’re the only poster keeping this thread alive, and you’re not doing anything to sway anyone because you aren’t providing facts of your own. Other posters have proved thoroughly how dissociated the university is from Detroit; please stop ignoring them, address how they are flawed, and provide counterexamples that prove your point.</p>