Detroit?

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Lucky13

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How did Detroit go bankrupt?? Once such a proud city, Motown and the Big Three...
Didn't even know cities could go bankrupt, apparently she's the biggest city in US history to do so...

Such a shame....
 
The other guys summed it up. This has been coming for quite some time. There are entire websites set up to abandoned neighborhoods of Detroit. There are neighborhoods that have no water, electricity or gas running into them because no one lives there. It's sad.
 
It's not the first city in the US to go bankrupt, but it is the largest so far. San Bernardino recently did here in California. Look for more of this to happen as pension funds start sucking the well dry.
 
City of Stanton, in Orange County (SoCal) went bankrupt in the early 80's...they had to dissolve thier city services like the Police and Fire departments as well as other departments. Orange County fire and the Sherrif's department took over services while private contractors were awarded service contracts to maintain infrastructure for the city's residents.
 
Watched a documentary on the Detroit fire Department, they get so many houses burned down for insurance claims there and various other fraudulent activities
 
Detroit also has the highest violent crime rate in the nation:
Last year saw 411 murders, 432 rapes, 4,962 robberies, 9,525 assaults, 15,997 burgleries, 16,543 thefts and 11,415 vehicle thefts...

According to the statistics, there are roughly 414 crimes per square mile on average, your chances of having something stolen from you in Detroit is 1 in 16...your chances of being a victim of violent crime: 1 in 46

Yeah, a real nice place, isn't it?
 
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