Detroit: after decades of urban blight, technology boom gives Motor City hope

As hi-tech firms spring up in areas better known for destitution and drugs, Detroit has found something new: optimismThe raucous scene inside the M@ dison building is not one usually associated with inner-city Detroit.It appears as though a wacky slice of California’s Silicon Valley has landed smack in the middle of a city now just as famous for catastrophic urban blight as for being the spiritual home of America’s car industry.Two youthful tech engineers play table tennis in the middle of a busy open-plan office, while bubble chairs hang from the ceiling. Around a table three people are having an Full Story Detroit: after decades of urban blight, technology boom gives Motor City hope

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