I can remember posting or reponding to a "dead cities of America" type of thread some years back here in FR.
A lot of pictures had been posted , before and after, and Detroit was the saddest example of Democrat political rule.
Donald Trump is raising the thought processes of America out of the dumper the NEA was successful in creating.
for later
A drive down Marabel’s once lovely street...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiV7XSdAcs8
CRIME
As long as people feel unsafe, nothing will change there. that is the bottom line. There are "safe" pockets for sports venues and restaurants but by and large people are scared to go..."downtown". If this ever rectified, Detroit can fix most of her problems, especially ensuring that the Lions win a Superbowl at some future, distant time instead of going to play in the Toilet Bowl, decade after decade...
Detroit’s economic problems were not caused by politics. The globalist shift of production offshore and the US govt not responding with protectionist tariff caused the economic problems in Detroit. These economic problems led to the social strife. The Democrat govt of Detroit exploited these economic problems which made things even worse.