I live in Detroit. Maybe even near Mr. Red now that he mentions something about some dude fucking up garages. So there.
Even still, yes what happens in Detroit affects the suburbs to some point. When you're from anywhere around here and are visiting, say, Texas, California, North Dakota, Maine, where do you say you're from? Probably a suburb of Detroit. Chances are, no one knows where the hell Melvindale or Waterford is but they damn well know where Detroit is.
Point is, it's an image thing. If I recall correctly, wasn't Kwams semi-popular on the national stage perhaps three years ago before all the bullshit happened? Now look at him, he makes Detroit look silly, even though the city (and it's baseball and football teams) can do that on it's own through it's re-election of him.
And where you think all of the CoD's workers come from? You think the cats that head downstairs after work to spend happy hour at Hard Rock actually live Downtown/Midtown? I'm sure some of them do but face it, a lot of people work here and live in the burbs.