[robowombat]

Having lived in the area at the time and visited regularly for about 15 years after leaving in late ‘68 I have to agree in part with this fellow. The combination of the riots , looting, and extensive arson and the regime of Mayor Coleman Young convinced white people to start leaving. As the momentum picked up in areas such as the Northeast Side those who weren't quick were left stranded with a virtually unsalable property. That happened to the widowed mother of a close friend. The Northeast was the land of the small bungalow and they were not expensive properties at best. The area now is a virtual ruin. Much of Detroit didn't leave it just moved about twenty miles west. The area that is now Auburn Hills and Rochester became the heart of this relocated urban center. The old urban core is now a rotten husk more spectacular in its ruined look but much like Kansas City, St Louis and I suppose Buffalo.

[kearnyirish2]

“The area now is a virtual ruin. Much of Detroit didn’t leave it just moved about twenty miles west. The area that is now Auburn Hills and Rochester became the heart of this relocated urban center. The old urban core is now a rotten husk more spectacular in its ruined look but much like Kansas City, St Louis and I suppose Buffalo.”

Camden NJ is the same; a visit to the battleship New Jersey brings you through deserted, rundown neighborhoods similar to those of Detroit.