What if Google bought Detroit?

What an interesting thought experiment. Building a (corporate) model city for the 21st or 22nd century, pour all the great ideas they have into a remade city as a showcase for what's possible.

OTOH there's probably a lot of residents who wouldn't want to live in a city owned whole by one single corporation.

Would I?

And they can keep the streets safe with Robocop.

But seriously, why would Google do this, when they can work with a small municipality without crushing debts that will sell out simply for the jobs that Google would bring?

This is a great article. Unfortunately, I don't see it ever working out. It would be one huge workspace though...