As someone pre-COVID regularly travelled between Detroit and SF I'd have to agree. Rents for really nice apartments, places with doormen and gyms, are 60-70% less than really basic ones in SF. They're also less likely to raise rents for awhile as there's a ton of new apartments that will be available in the next 12-24 months downtown.

I've also never seen a tent on the sidewalk in Detroit. South of Grand Circus Park is a big startup area. To be fair I have found trying to cross the park in the evening to reach restaurants on the other side I've quite often had to deal with very aggressive panhandling homeless people. I've never encountered this problem elsewhere in the city.

Here's another video by the same guy where he meets an ex-convict who is building a real estate empire one house at a time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmfMnXwaWw