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It should also be pointed out that Colorado Springs' unemployment rate - which is 8.2% - is higher than both the national average (7.6%) and the Colorado state average (6.9%).
Of course, that's because it's such a great place, so there are more people than jobs. But, when the unemployment rate in a liberal rust belt city drops to--or even below--the national average, it's because all the unemployed people are leaving.
The auto industry isn't really IN Detroit itself. The "Detroit" plants are in the surrounding suburbs. Those suburbs are not the ones going bankrupt. It's the city of Detroit itself - which doesn't have many auto jobs - which is having the problem. In Detroit itself only one of the automakers makes the top ten employers list - and that's AT #10 (employing roughly 4,000 people).
The auto industry isn't really IN Detroit itself. The "Detroit" plants are in the surrounding suburbs. Those suburbs are not the ones going bankrupt. It's the city of Detroit itself - which doesn't have many auto jobs - which is having the problem. In Detroit itself only one of the automakers makes the top ten employers list - and that's AT #10 (employing roughly 4,000 people).
Ken
We can play semantics, but what is Detroit known as?
Of course, that's because it's such a great place, so there are more people than jobs. But, when the unemployment rate in a liberal rust belt city drops to--or even below--the national average, it's because all the unemployed people are leaving.
That MIGHT be true of "rust belt" cities but it's NOT true of liberal cities in other parts of the country. 7 of the top 10 richest cities in America are Liberal-run (and the remaining 3 are all "RINO- run").
The auto industry isn't really IN Detroit itself. The "Detroit" plants are in the surrounding suburbs. Those suburbs are not the ones going bankrupt. It's the city of Detroit itself - which doesn't have many auto jobs - which is having the problem. In Detroit itself only one of the automakers makes the top ten employers list - and that's AT #10 (employing roughly 4,000 people).
Ken
The auto companies moving out of the suburbs brings up another can of worms. Alot of people who depended on the jobs IN Detroit were affected. Those who had the means to leave Detroit did, and those who couldn't suffered for it.
We can play semantics, but what is Detroit known as?
I grew up in Utica MI, on Speedway...
It's NOT "semantics". City limits determine the extent of a city's tax base. If the auto industry is in the suburbs rather than the city, the SUBURBS get the tax revenue, NOT the CITY, so the suburbs do fine but the city suffers.
Your "what is Detroit known as?" comment is semantics. What its' "known as" doesn't translate into tax revenue - and it's lack of tax revenue that is Detroit's problem.
It's NOT "semantics". City limits determine the extent of a city's tax base. If the auto industry is in the suburbs rather than the city, the SUBURBS get the tax revenue, NOT the CITY, so the suburbs do fine but the city suffers.
Your "what is Detroit known as?" comment is semantics. What its' "known as" doesn't translate into tax revenue - and it's lack of tax revenue that is Detroit's problem.
Ken
Detroit...MOTOR CITY.................
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