Cleveland as well as Detroit, has flourishing arts, entertainment, and dining scenes. These cities are home to some of the most exciting foods as well as museums, countless cultural attractions including the Detroit Institute of Arts, The Cleveland Museum of Arts etc. These institutions attract more than half a million local, regional and international visitors annually. Cleveland has also been known to attract a steadily growing immigrant population.  From 2000 to 2017,  cities witnessed growth in the share and total number of the foreign-born popu-lation. 13 In 2000, our cities' share of foreign-born population ranged from 3.8 percent in Pittsburgh (Allegheny County) to 9 percent in Philadelphia (Kahn 2021).

Detroit has made big strides in changing the downtown area, attracting more investments and developments. The city offers more stylish accommodations such as the Shinola Hotel, located downtown, that caters to visitors seeking trendy retreats (Ferri 2019). Also, DPSCD’s graduation rates rose by 6.5 percentage points. This improvement surpassed the statewide graduation rate of 81%. Dr Nikolai Vitti, Superintendent of DPSCD, credited this achievement to the district’s dedication to enhancing the highschool experience for students. Despite challenges like the pandemic, efforts from the high school district team, principals, and staff contributed to the success of course recovery initiatives (Powers 2023).

The Second Great Migration that brought Black populations from the South to Northern cities increased the share of Black residents in cities, and racist fears propelled white residents to the suburbs (Kahn 2021). 

Also, the rising demands for a green city is something that these cities are striving for. As our cities reduce pollution, more human capital can be developed, and this human capital can be better used (Kahn 2021). 

Similarly, cities are also becoming increasingly aware of the new climate risks they face from rising temperatures and sea levels. Cities that are better prepared to meet these risks will have a greater supply of safe neighborhoods and will suffer less since they are better prepared (Kahn 2021). 

The most helpful, has been attracting an immigrant population. If not for international immigrants, cities would have lost an additional 180,000 people from 2010 to 2018. In 2017, over half of these immigrants came from Asia, with a further 17 percent from Europe and 11 percent from Africa (Kahn 2021).