Kurt Metzger, research director for CULMA's Center for Urban Studies, comments about the flight of young college graduates from Midwestern states like Michigan and Iowa searching for better opportunities and job security elsewhere. Gov. Jennifer Granholm has launched a grant program for city development in hopes of attracting and keeping young people in Michigan. \"A lot of these issues are long-term, and politicians feel they have to come up with a quick fix, something clever and unique that makes it look like they are making an effort to fix the problem,\" Metzger says.