I had discussed this with a reporter from Bloomberg a while back, who challenged me to buy one of these houses and see what happened; if I didn't live in an amazing place, I would definitely be doing this right now, for the exact reason that is alluded to in this article. As artists have been priced out of New York, Paris, and most of the other usual spots where they were able to congregate and cheaply live/create, there's been a real need for a new urban home; Berlin kinda does this in Europe, but we haven't really seen any particular place carry on the baton from New York here in the US. Detroit may very well become that city!