All of Detroit could be a jewel, without selling Belle Isle, if 200, 000+ FReepers moved in and threw off the shackles of socialism, took over the government, education and media. People would probably want to pay just to visit the greatest big city in America.
Any city planners out there?
All of Detroit could be a jewel if the rest of Michigan threw most of the inhabitants onto Belle Isle, then bulldozed most of the ruins of the city and turned it back into farmland.
Instead of Belle Isle as the commonwealth, Detroit should be turned into a commonwealth and the hell out of Michigan.