This is what happens when you drive off your tax base.
Can I have my Nobel Prize in Ecomonics now.
It becomes a big problem when City policies create living conditions that are so bad that anyone with the resources to do so, leaves the city.
Detroit was the canary in the coal mine. Detroit if memory serves is at 40% of its peak population. Detroit has been deconstructing itself in an effort to restore livability to the city.
We are experiencing the death of the Republic.