I left Motown 33 years ago, a few years after the riots and never looked back. Not long before, it was a viable city.
Viable cities grow; those that are not, shrink. Detroit has about half the population of 40 years ago.
It is a crying shame, and the fault is with Democrat government allied with the UAW and Teamsters.
Warren at Chalmers.
That was my grandparents' neighborhood. They lived on Chandler Park Drive and he was a pastor at a church on Kercheval and Lakewood. We lived on the west side, the east side was a different world to me.
I think forced busing played a big part in Detroit's downfall. That, combined with a prolonged teachers' strike caused a lot of people to pack up and leave in my old neighborhood: Grand River and Evergreen.