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What's to stop that from happening to every US city?
Detroit based its entire economy literally on the automobile industry. When it declined, the city began to decline too and now it is a not-so-nice place with 40% employment.
After a while it will turn into my hometown of Youngstown Ohio which based its economy on steel. Meanwhile, nearby cities such as Columbus are doing just fine.
What's to stop that from happening to every US city?
Stop migration from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt and don't have an over-reliance on one industry as stated below:
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Originally Posted by UntamedOhioan
Detroit based its entire economy literally on the automobile industry. When it declined, the city began to decline too and now it is a not-so-nice place with 40% employment.
After a while it will turn into my hometown of Youngstown Ohio which based its economy on steel. Meanwhile, nearby cities such as Columbus are doing just fine.
Doesn't Detroit epitomize the wonders of capitalism and the free flow of money? Just like old ghost towns, gold mine towns, and Okies - people and capital move on when the opportunities dry up or are better elsewhere. The "problem" is gov't money trying to prop up a city or region when people can't or won't move to follow the jobs. Unfortunately in modern times its not as easy to be a jack-of-all-trades or change professions.
Does that mean I don't hurt to see a city and its people devastated? The mayor of Detroit is talking about bulldozing 40 square miles of the city because they cannot provide services.
The mayor of Detroit is talking about bulldozing 40 square miles of the city because they cannot provide services.
Does anybody even live there? It's sad but sometimes you have do what you have to do. The benefits of having open space like that are pretty big, matter of fact if Detroit does the right thing they could be a great modern city in the future. Look at it like a opportunity and get some people in in government that aren't politicians.
Sad how many corrupt politicians there are and were in Detroit.
That's the least of their worries. Over half of their industry has left the country or is just gone.
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