Newcomers to Detroit share many of the same growing pains, says Sarah F. Cox, a 2011 transplant from Brooklyn. But the kindness of strangers pointing people in the right directions helps to overcome the disorientation of being in a strange new land. Just remember, everyone: you're welcome.
We get a sneak preview of an intimate, carefully (and personally) curated unique new business, where great design and neighborhood scale rule. Sarah F. Cox finds all the right words, Marvin Shaouni the pictures.
They're coming from New York, and from Ann Arbor and the 'burbs, to live in downtown Detroit. They're coming for the food, making friends in elevators, walking to ballgames and begging for more coffee. Sarah F. Cox meets three of the hundreds of new residents choosing a vertical lifestyle.
Sarah F. Cox came to Detroit last June to do thesis research for her MFA at New York's School of Visual Arts. This summer, she's moving here and writing about what drew her -- and a growing number of others -- to our active little piece of the planet. You're all very welcome.
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