Billboards say you should move to Detroit, so here's what you can rent there
Billboards have popped up in Bushwick, Soho and Midtown exhorting locals to go west (till they reach I-75 in Michigan, that is) and work for a poised-to-launch Thai restaurant, Katoi, according to Business Insider. It’s a ballsy PR move for the eatery, considering it can’t possibly employ everyone who may be seeking employment, but hey, we’re biting.
So, we got to thinking: How much cheaper would it be for a Bushwick resident to up stakes and settle in Detroit? And what type of housing would they find there? According to MNS Real Estate’s February 2015 rental report, the average one-bedroom in Bushwick runs $1,991 a month.
In Detroit, that could easily get you:
• A 1408-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bath loft downtown, per Zillow.
• A 1443-square-foot, two-bedroom, one-bath loft on a street called Broadway, no less, that promises to bring the “refinement of upper Manhattan to Detroit,” per Postlets.
• A spacious, 1800-square-foot loft with two parking spots in a building that includes access to a fitness center, too (also via Postlets).
• A renovated 1000-square-foot, one-bedroom loft for $1,100 in nearby Royal Oak that, according to Craigslist, has laundry facilities and a pool. (Also: Royal Oak, which boasts 5.3 miles of pedestrian-friendly sidewalks, is pretty cool.)
For anyone who does want to ditch NYC for Detroit, Belt Magazine has a must-read book suggestion. The title? How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass, which author Aaron Foley says will be "a guide for newcomers, wannabe gentrifiers, clueless suburbanites, Detroit haters and everyone in between."
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