[blueunicorn6]

The proximate cause of the damage to Detroit is the Democrat party.

[American in Israel]

In 1960 Detroit had the highest per capita income of any city in the USA. Then the democrats took over. What killed Detroit?

RAT poisoning.

[RayChuang88]

What killed Detroit was not only the awful rule of the Democrat-controlled city government, but the very fact the government refused to accept the fact that Japanese competition in the 1970's was destroying Detroit's economy and they should have aggressively diversified their economic base to compensate.

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.

[Mad Dawgg]

Low information voters killed Detroit, just like they are killing the rest of the country.

But hey, at least they got their Obamaphones...

[MasterGunner01]

Detroit is the American Zimbabwe. The difference is one’s a city and the other’s a country, but both are ruled by Africans.