Article on Detroit filled with inaccuracies

[longship]

1. If only the infrastructure wasn't crumbling.

And a million former residents hadn't moved to the suburbs, or out of state. If only the jobs hadn't evaporated. Then, maybe there would be a tax base on which to build this pie-in-the-sky dream of rebuilding a former great city.

I grew up in Detroit, but unlike so many who stake that claim, I actually lived within the city limits for the first about 35 years of my life.

What's happening now in Detroit is sad and the state government is making very poor decisions which will not improve things much.

For Christ sakes, the emergency manager wants to sell the art treasures of the Detroit Institute of Arts to retire city debt!!

What good is a big city without an art museum? Or without jobs since the big three no longer make cars there? I guess Detroiters will have to abide while their beautiful city parks are sold off to wealthy developers. (Google "Belle Isle development" for details.)

No rec for this article.

Thanks you for posting it so I could have a chance to respond.