re: #63 Vicious Babushka

There are still jobs at the auto companies, but most of these are located in the suburbs (Dearborn, Warren) and the workers who work there also live in the suburbs and just drive through the city on their way to and from work.

People who live in the suburbs but work inside the Detroit city limits have to pay city tax, which sucks, but how else is the city supposed to raise revenue except by taxing people who can afford to pay taxes?

I get calls from GM recruiters all the time for jobs that are located at the GM headquarters, but they can’t offer more money than I’m already making, without the city tax because I work in Dearborn.

Paying city wage taxes to work in the city isn’t just Detroit. Philadelphia does it as well. Pittsburgh, in lieu of a percentage if you live in the city, charges non-city residents working in the city a flat annual fee.