Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn’t elected
a Republican mayor since 1961;
Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn’t elected one since 1954;
Cincinnati, OH (3rd)… since 1984;
Cleveland, OH (4th)… since 1989;
Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican Mayor;
St. Louis, MO (6th)…. since 1949;
El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican Mayor;
Milwaukee, WI (8th)… since 1908;
Philadelphia, PA (9th)… since 1952;
Newark, NJ (10th)… since 1907.
From link:
http://eaglerising.com/1912/democrats-run-americas-ten-poorest-cities/
There you have it!
Detroit is the nastiest boil on I-75 from Toledo, OH to Bay City, MI. Pontiac, Flint and Saginaw are not much better.
It’s the auto industry rust belt. Cities along it in the mid 1900’s had a booming automotive economy. Now, we have this.
Union worker quality and costs, greedy and unpatriotic corporate leaders, costly gov regulations, bumpy quality control, unpatriotic consumers — all contributed to our auto industry’s sad downturn. This video shows one result.