They want to make everything Detroit
It seems more like they want to spread Detroit’s costs across municipal, county, and state lines; they don’t want an economic basketcase, but just new revenue sources for the existing basketcases (by re-locating the residents so somebody else picks up the tab for their required “services”).
Within the past couple of years there was a news story in NYC where non-white parents were holding signs seeking white people to use their local playground; it had fallen into disrepair and they felt it wouldn’t be neglected by the city if whites were using it. The fact is they weren’t contributing anything to the upkeep, and they needed white tax dollars, not children...