Music legend Patti Smith tells today's cool kids NYC will do nothing for you, try Detroit

Detroit legend Patti Smith is telling young artists not to flock to New York anymore. Places like Detroit are the places to make your mark. Thank you, Patti.

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Smith told the crowd, "New York has closed itself off to the young and the struggling. But there are other cities. Detroit. Poughkeepsie. New York City has been taken away from you. So my advice is: Find a new city."

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