With the auto manufacturers on the ropes sadly it seems likely that Detroit will continue its long slow slide into becoming a modern day post-industrial ruin.A few choice excerpts from Time and two related photo galleries...
- [Since the 1950s], the population has dwindled from about 2 million to less than half that. Bustling neighborhoods have vanished, leaving behind lonely houses with crumbling porches and jack-o'-lantern windows.
- Asked recently about a dip in the city's murder rate, a mayoral candidate deadpanned, "I don't mean to be sarcastic, but there just isn't anyone left to kill."
- According to a regional listings service, the median home-sale price has plunged to a paltry $5,737--yet tens of thousands of dwellings stand vacant.
To see the entire gallery entitled, "Detroit's Beautiful, Horrible Decline", click here.
To see this gallery entitled, School's Out Forever, click here.
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