Posted on 08/07/2013 8:31:55 AM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
You appear to be missing one of the key factors that did Detroit in.
The decline of the Detroit automakers is often overstated. Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors remain the top three car producers in the North American market. Further, if the decline of the Detroit auto industry led to Detroit’s demise then why didn’t Detroit’s suburbs which also relied on that industry for employment and economic stability suffer the same fate as Detroit proper?
People live in a fantasy world even here at FR.
People say it can’t happen to their city because they’ve got taxpayers but that tells me that they’re basing their fantasy in exactly the wrong place. Virtually every city in the country has a growing debt and the only way to pay it down is to raise taxes at which point taxpayers will flee.
They think that a growing population means all is well but Tucson is in pretty bad shape despite a growing population because so many of those people are illegals (another chicago problem)
Chicago can’t go broke, they’re a transport hub but again it doesn’t matter one bit. Detroit is a major port city and the second busiest freight crossing on the continent and its still broke.
Baltimore and St. Louis, because they are not part of the county that surrounds them, so have run unbridled corruption.
You appear to be missing one of the key factors that did Detroit in.
The decline of the Detroit automakers is often overstated. Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors remain the top three car producers in the North American market. Further, if the decline of the Detroit auto industry led to Detroit’s demise then why didn’t Detroit’s suburbs which also relied on that industry for employment and economic stability suffer the same fate as Detroit proper?
Don’t forget about the 2 billion (with a b) sewer project that our masters at the EPA are forcing on the city. That is a big old bill that is not going away.
Detroit was far more prosperous than Chicago in the 1960’s and 1970’s if you look at median income, home ownership, automobile ownership, etc.
It is crime, parasites and politicians that destroy a City.
The Daley machine, as corrupt as it was, kept Chicago from falling off the cliff into unstoppable crime and dysfunction. The Daley machine is no more. Chicago is doomed. The hard working, responsible and successful people are leaving. The thugs and parasites will remain.
The only question is how long will the State of Illinois and the Federal taxpayers continue to subsidize the crime and dysfunction in Chicago.
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Nope, scottinva. Reading goes down long before Harrisburg; the politicians in H-burg will keep their own playground protected.
I know about Balto!
and their mayor wants to challenge the beast to be our president.
Ex-mayor, I think. He’s now governor of MD, I believe.
Probably Pontiac or Flint. Both are Detroit-style hell holes.
Toledo, Ohio, where lots of Detroit’s refugees have moved. It’s a proud democrat, pro-Obama city.
There are several candidates, but there will be many surprises when the GASB accounting rules kick in next year that will expose the true nature of pension under-funding in many smaller cities who, until now, have been lying to their voters in a big, big way.
I am SO CAL resident
You may be right I picking my city too LOL!
LA
Toledo, it where the crack at.
As long as they have enough population to dominate the state legislature. Illinois is not really a state. Chicago is a city-state with an economic colony surrounding it. Like New York.
Baltimore had several brilliant mayors. Theodore MCKeldin nominated Eisenhower and was his choice for VP. Party bosses poo pooed McKeldin and installed Nixon. We suffered the consequences of that bad advice for generations.
Another great mayor was Donald Schaefer. Despised by some, he was a powedr broker who oversaw great strides in Baltimore’s development. I counted both as friends.
McKeldin was very close to my family. Both hated the D’Alessandro clan. D’Alessandro once commentented to me, “You are brilliant working in the sewers.” He was referring to my work with homeless children in the 60’s.
If Detroit’s bailed out it’ll be every city... They’d all love to dump irresponsible spending on the federal government.
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