I grew up in the 8 Mile/Kelly Rd area near Eastland, Roseville, Grosse Pointe Farms. It was a great place in the fifties. By the mid sixties it was going down fast. Crime, mostly black on black was the order of the day. However, if you pointed it out, especially in the local media...you were “racist”.
The riot in ‘67 finished it. Career Democrat politicians took over and emptied out the cashregister holding the tax receipts. Mayors Cavanaugh (Kennedy Democrat), and of course, Coleman Young (LBJ guy) were leading crooks.
By the early 80s the city was at the point of no return.
The entire city rubble should be leveled and locals should be allowed to farm.
It’s an incredibly sad story. One of America’s great cities turned to a trash heap.