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Re:We've Built Cities We Can't Afford by seanmcdirmid on Saturday April 18, 2020 @02:22PM (#22909863)
Detroit has a lot of suburbs that are doing very well. The problem with Detroit was basically white flight away from the city and into the suburbs: those people didn’t leave and take their money to California or Texas. The result was a very lopsided tax base in the region.
Re:We've Built Cities We Can't Afford by totemandtoken on Saturday April 18, 2020 @05:54PM (#22911428)
As someone who lives in a suburb of Detroit, this is an oft-repeated fact that, while true, doesn't capture much of what's wrong with the Detroit Metro area