Why is Detroit is in such a rough shape?

ninjahood

ninjahood

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i mean seriously....

policies? demographics? political party? what?

me being a car fan i always wanted to see motor city one day, but damn...place looks like mad max post apocalyptic nightmare from pics i see online.
 
ninjahood said:
i mean seriously....

policies? demographics? political party? what?

me being a car fan i always wanted to see motor city one day, but damn...place looks like mad max post apocalyptic nightmare from pics i see online.
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American car market ain't what it used to be...

...and that was Detroit's economic livelihood.
 
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From what I understand, the car manufactures left and took the jobs with them.

No jobs = poverty = crime.
 
goldenchild9 said:
Outsourced manufacturing jobs.
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jobs usually get outsourced because of a high cost to operate and maintain da status quo

da camaro for example is made in canada...but whats da cost thats draining these companies so bad that they wanna just leave?

i think policies gotta have alot to do with it.
 
ninjahood said:
i mean seriously....

policies? demographics? political party? what?

me being a car fan i always wanted to see motor city one day, but damn...place looks like mad max post apocalyptic nightmare from pics i see online.
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I agree with everything posted. Great points.
What most people don't realize is that the American car market JUST rebounded after more that two decades in the crapper.
Detroit has been in bad shape for decades.

I used to vist Detroit frequently and even 15 years ago you would see huge abandoned GM plants just sitting
there empty, entire blocks
of empty lots with porch steps from the sidewalk leading up to nothing. It was like a ghost town in certain pockets of the city.
Now you can see this effect on a large scale reflected throught the whole the city.

Low property values and the great lakes will make for lots of urban pioneers to make a return to Detroit once jobs return.
 
jobs usually get outsourced because of a high cost to operate and maintain da status quo

da camaro for example is made in canada...but whats da cost thats draining these companies so bad that they wanna just leave?

i think policies gotta have alot to do with it.
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More like corporate greed.

Why make some money when you could make more money?
 
MMG said:
Chicago too
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Chicago is doing relatively well. It helps to have a diversified economy.
 
I meant chi town in the sense as to why is super hot out there :nerd: killings numbers are :x
 
Detroit > Chicago.

I'd take the raging poverty of Detroit over Chicago's sure chance of getting killed by some mindless zombie goon.


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Regarding those Chicago murders

"They're dead where it does not matter"

:smh:

People aren't blowing each other away in Lincoln Park, Bucktown or Wrigleyville
 
a few of the elected officials are/proven to be crooked as well.

Detroit is in bad shape. BAD
 
with the loss of all those manufacturing jobs from the auto industry, why aren't other industries setting up shop in Detroit to take advantage of that vacuum? With that huge pool of skilled workers, you could have movie studios build sound stages for movies / TV shows or maybe factories for green energy projects like solar panels, wind turbines, etc.

I guess it's cheaper to get workers outside the US.
 
I always wonder this as well now that I'm an adult. I get the auto industry was the life blood of Detroit, but that can't be all it ever had... it was/is a major metropolitan market. It's got all four major American sports teams, ya know? I live in Baltimore and we only have football and baseball. I don't understand, but I haven't been exposed to the local woes.

As a recent college graduate who is looking to move to a new city in the next 3-5 years, I've had Detroit on my mind because of the housing market. I can't imagine it'd be a bad thing to get a nice house in a neighborhood that is being revitalized by young,vibrant people with a vision for a better future. Seems to me that Detroit could very well be the first "Great American City 2.0" of the 21st century. I'd definitely like to be a part of that. Problem is, I don't know what areas are nice and buffered away from the crime areas and are in walking distance to local food/shops/activities/parks.
 
First off [COLOR=#red]ninjahood,[/COLOR] I want to commend you for even thinking about visiting another city within the US that isn't New York City. That's the kind of growth and maturity that I and others have been looking for from you, and that's the kind we would like to see from this point on out. You've been doing good these last few days, keep up the good work champ.

To answer your question, as others have said the US auto companies have been doing bad for decades and that has negatively effected Detroit to how it is now.

Low property values and the great lakes will make for lots of urban pioneers to make a return to Detroit once jobs return.
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Yep, I believe that will be the case in a few years.

with the loss of all those manufacturing jobs from the auto industry, why aren't other industries setting up shop in Detroit to take advantage of that vacuum? With that huge pool of skilled workers, you could have movie studios build sound stages for movies / TV shows or maybe factories for green energy projects like solar panels, wind turbines, etc
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Excellent point. In regards to movie studios or the movie industry Pittsburgh has cornered that market on the East Coast for now. Alot of movies that have a rural or city atmosphere to it are shot in Pittsburgh for those that don't know.
 
i hit a lil chick from Detroit last weekend, she said it aint that bad...solid yambs tho :smokin
 
You ask why movie studios aren't moving to Michigan? Simple. Tax credits and film incentives. Last year Michigan's new governor completed refigured the plan/incentives which in a competitive field made firms leave for PA and Ohio amongst other states with sweeter deals.
 
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