This article about Detroit 's upcoming mayoral primary election quotes Wayne State Professor George Galster about the city's renewal efforts. \'\'There are certainly some good signs of urban revival in Detroit ,\" said Galster. \'\'But the overall structural problems are worse than ever. It\'s true that we\'ve got 6,000 new jobs downtown, but this city has been losing 10,000 residents a year since the late 1990s. We hit the bottom after the 2001-2003 recession, and unlike the rest of the country, we stayed there. I really don\'t think this city can fix its problems without a wider, regional solution.\"