Detroit has UMich, where Larry Page of Google fame is an alum of (Ann Arbor is commuting distance from Detroit).
Also, all the conversations about Detroit vs NYC seem to forget the Riots of 1967.
> The riot resulted in 43 deaths, 1,189 injured, over 7,200 arrests, and more than 400 buildings destroyed
Entire neighborhoods were razed in the aftermath of that and White-Black relations deteriorated severely leading to an extreme amount of white flight.
If you visit Michigan, suburbs located outside of Wayne County like Dearborn, Ann Arbor, Troy, Hamtrack, and Windsor ON continue to have a vibrant economy, but Detroit (Wayne County) is economically dead.