To me, Detroit is a classic example of a small scale “Atlas Shrugged”.
I think of it as an example of what happens when the parasites (unions+Big Government) finally kill the host (The auto companies). In California the sheer weight of government coupled with the consequences of illegal immigration is having a similar effect. Vast numbers of government employees need pink slips and illegals (and their “anchor babies”) need to be deported. The former government parasites can then fill the jobs that illegal aliens used to hold. It’s really the only way out of the mess we’ve created for ourselves.