Detroit goes bankrupt

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lilboiblue

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Anybody on here from the D? I gotta say that's pretty crazy....that city has definitely been pushed 2 the brink. Was once the pillar of industrial strength in America and now this......any thoughts?
 
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WASHINGTON—Following Thursday’s announcement that the city had declared bankruptcy, reports are confirming that Detroit may suddenly descend into a horrifying, depopulated hellscape, one with numerous dilapidated buildings, rampant urban decay, a failing education system, near-constant drug-related homicides, and a downtown area that looks virtually abandoned. “I fear that, very soon, we may be looking at a city that is completely and utterly unrecognizable from its booming heyday of the 1950s,” said the report’s lead author, Professor Robert Fuchs, noting that Detroit may see its population plunge to half its size amidst a mass exodus of desperate and unemployed residents. “Its citizens might as well enjoy the city while they can, because soon enough they’re going to be living in an uninhabitable wasteland where the police take nearly an hour to get to the scene of a crime, the poverty rate is three times that of the national average, and vacant warehouses look like they’ve been attacked by mortar shells.” Fuchs added that even Detroit’s once dominant auto industry could very well be transformed into a depressing, broken-down husk of its former self.
 
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lilboiblue said:
Anybody on here from the D? I gotta say that's pretty crazy....that city has definitely been pushed 2 the brink. Was once the pillar of industrial strength in America and now this......any thoughts?
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I don't think it was deliberately pushed, just the logical result of the development of more general trends.
 
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This video reminds me of how much City Council in Austin is pumping up a bunch a of money for advertising ($6 million worth of it!) to make Austin into a tourist trap when it's really not. (DON'T GET ME WRONG!! I STILL LOVE AUSTIN!!)
I'm sort of trapped at my house nearly 24 hrs. (24/7). Sadly I got to enjoy our ever growing urban sprawl. Exactly how is that my fault you ask/ I DID NOT choose to live in Austin. Sadly I must live with the really stupid voters who choose to vote against public transportation and in favor of more useless highways that the city's traffic will outgrow by the time it gets done being built.


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