Detroit is caught in a spiral that New Orleans will be lucky if they manage to escape. The starting points were different -- race riots vs. a hurricane -- but once a large city loses a big portion of its population, it starts a vicious cycle. With tax revenues down, the city can't maintain services; as services and quality of life decline, more people and businesses leave, further lowering tax revenues. (People hoping for a "lesser Seattle" should take note. Cities do not always grow well, but they're even worse at shrinking.)

I'm also reminded that I once met two guys who were renting a warehouse in Detroit to record their garage band's record in. It gave them the sound they wanted. It occurred to me that there aren't many places where two college-age guys could afford to rent a whole fucking WAREHOUSE just for a few recording sessions.

Funny, I saw a lot of urban decay in Europe while touring the former Eastern Bloc, whole cites full of communist architecture just rotting, the train no longer stops there. I was later amazed to see the same kind of thing in Detroit. I wonder how long till it spreads everywhere?

Liars will blame ALL "Blacks:,but I know damn well that Detroit is a ground zero of the never-ending War Against "Blacks":send their jobs abroad or give them to needless foreigners for decades,overtax and underfund their communities(including their schools),and dilute their political power by FORCING them to live apart from each other is racist warfare now matter HOW you look at the proceSS . . . .