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West Palm Beach, Florida has a higher murder rate than Chicago.

Looking at West Palm Beach shows that you are full of shit.

WPB:
https://www.neighborhoodscout....
http://www.areavibes.com/west+...
10 reported murders.

Chicago:
https://www.neighborhoodscout....
http://www.areavibes.com/chica...
765 reported murders.

West Palm Beach, Florida has a higher murder rate than Chicago.

Looking at West Palm Beach shows that you are full of shit.

WPB:
https://www.neighborhoodscout....
http://www.areavibes.com/west+...
10 reported murders.

Chicago:
https://www.neighborhoodscout....
http://www.areavibes.com/chica...
765 reported murders.

or considered such.

The first link I came across is a cost of living (of Bellevue Wa) so a popular search http://www.areavibes.com/belle...

The most dangerous city in the US is East St. Louis IL
http://www.areavibes.com/crime...
Detroit is number 6 on the list.

Combine this with Detroit being a one industry town that got hurt bad when that industry faced a downturn. Seattle used to have much the same problem in that Boeing was the big employer. When it had problems the city had problems.
Detroit has a lot of problems.
1. Corruption. The city government and unions are both corrupt and mutually reenforcing. Make Michigan a right to work state. The unions have not done a good job keeping people working.
2. Crime. The level of crime in Detroit is several times the nation average and is a lot worse than San Francisco which also has an issue with Crime. Here is the comparison between Detroit and San Francisco http://www.areavibes.com/crime...

The easy solution for Detroit would be a lot of money. Start tearing down parts of the city and building green spaces Keep expanding the people mover and M1 street car line for better transportation and extend them to the universities, the airport and so on. Fiber to the door every where, offer incentives for people to build homes and apartments. Do not forget the well light sidewalks and bike paths. The problem is all that takes money which Detroit does not have.
   

Not really. Here's a list of cities with a low cost of living:

http://www.areavibes.com/library/10-cities-lowest-cost-of-living/

The closest thing to the description of "most large cities on the east coast" would be Atlanta and the listed cities in NC. No major city on the east coast farther north than NC is cheaper to live than Phoenix, Glendale, Scottsdale, Mesa, and Tucson.