Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Detroit's Decline
An article discussing Detroit's decline points out that it's moving from decline to decay. The population has decreased by 25% in the last ten years and buildings are continuing to be abandoned. The dilapidation will probably make it hard for Detroit to ever recover. Despite recent pushes to revamp Detroit, people are continuing to leave. Most people that emmigrate from the city are the ones that can afford to and/or have opportunities in other places. They're the more educated, which means the poorer, less educated demographic is what is left. As a result, (especially with the recent cuts to education) the population of Detroit is even less likely to help the city rise from the ashes than before. That along with the fact that Detroit is decaying and that it is one of the more dangerous cities in the country makes it pretty unlikely that educated people are going to seek it out. All in all, Detroit's fate is looking pretty grim right now.
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How do we begin to solve this problem? Should the government step in? If so, how? Didn't/wouldn't the bailouts have helped?
If the government stepped in, I don't know exactly what they would do. They can't make people live there. The bailouts helped the car industries based in Detroit, but other industries aren't affected.
My thinking is the same way as Alison's. I don't really see what the governemnt could do for Detroit. In order for a city to thrive people have to want to live init, and nobody wants to live in Detroit right now.
I agree with what Alison and Curt have said. As long as the less educated people live in Detroit, the slower the city will become more advanced. So the educated and intelligent people will not see as many opportunities there as in other cities. So if there aren't bigger and better opportunities why should someone move there?
Just as all the others have stated, there is not much more that the government can do. All the families that were affected by the happenings in Detroit have moved and found a new life somewhere else. So why would they move back to a place that has left them distraught? Since Detroit is decaying, people do not find that as a "hot spot" to live right now.
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