Posted on 07/20/2013 10:59:38 AM PDT by rickmichaels
After all, until the end of the 1980's, the presence of Moffatt naval Air Station, Lockheed Space and Missiles, and FMC contributed hugely to the economy of the southern San Francisco Bay Area. But as their presence waned, new companies took their place, so today the economy of the southern Bay Area is now dominated by Apple, Google and to a lesser extent Facebook. Detroit--under the right governance--could transition from being dominated by the auto industry and replaced by being the main transit point for goods trade between the USA and Canada.
The Detroit bankruptcy has been put on hold because a judge declared it unConstitutional. Apparently, the unions changed the state Constitution to mandate that public employee benefits never be diminished. Economic realities need not apply in the Progressive dystopia.
Funny how the departure of 400,000 whites from Detroit to the suburbs between 1950 and 1960 are never mentioned, but the departure of the next 400,000 between 1960 and 1970 is indicative of a "white problem" even though whites were running in fear for their families' safety after the riots. When NINETY-FIVE PERCENT of a population departs a relatively small location, in just two generations, that's a really huge indicator of a problem... and the Left willfully ignores any mention of it.
(Just before the 1967 Riots, there were 1.1 million whites in Detroit. There are now 55,000. They peaked at 1.5 million in 1950.)
Another interesting stat: Despite a less-than-1% growth rate from 1970 to 2000, blacks went from 10% of Detroit's population in 1940 to 90% in 2010.
..and if they did, was the editor on vacation?
Sounds about right to me.
What a sad commentary about America's black population...and their TOTALLY misplaced belief and reliance on the liberals.
But hey, at least they got their Obamaphones...
No see, in the liberal lexicon White Flight is a major cause of Urban Blight. See whitey should have stuck around so the liberals could mine them for taxes and fees to keep the liberal paradises (solid voting blocks) chuggin along.
Its always Whitey's fault when the liberals fail.
Re: “...like DC had.” So from this am I to assume DC is “good government”? Aren’t most of the pols there under investigation, under indictment or in prison at any given moment?Is it possible to lower the bar any further, if that is the case.
The District of Columbia has “improved” government, not really good government. Under Mayor “Bitch set me up” Marion Barry, DC had notoriously corrupt and ineffective governance, becoming for a time the murder capital of the USA. The Federal Gov took direct control of their finances (because there is no State to do it) and appointed managers for years. The roads and neighborhoods are definitely improved, but the schools still are lousy union monopolies with abysmal performance.
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