The American Spectator : Permanently Degraded Detroit:"The former Arsenal of Democracy that produced the machinery to win World War II now primarily churns out tales of barbarism.
There has been a lot of media attention recently on an estimated 50,000 wild dogs that are running around in rabid packs, yet it’s the human misery that is hardest to comprehend.
There were 411 homicides reported last year, but the actual number is much higher and unknown, according to one federal official.
“There are over 70,000 empty buildings, and on a daily basis when law enforcement enters them, they turn up dead bodies whose date of death can’t be accurately estimated because they are too decomposed or torched,” I was told.
“Countless murders in Detroit aren’t counted in official data.”"
..... The bleak reality is that Detroit’s problems may be too deep and the political will too shallow for the city to ever make a comeback.
To see what a completely failed large city looks like, take a walk around Motown.
But what can be done about it?
The hard truth might be that there is no way out other than to get the heck out.
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