As much of a hole as Detroit is, its a great baseball town.
I shudder to think what would have happened to Detroit in 68, had it not been for the Tigers. Of course, it just delayed the inevitable.
What does that mean? ........a great baseball town? Your presupposition is that a game with a ball and stick is somehow a redeeming value enough to ignore the collapse of the culture and city of america. Sports are just games... not life ... games.