I did a tour of Detroit back in 2011, shortly before one of their large house auctions all for unpaid property taxes. Some of these basically destroyed houses w

I did a tour of Detroit back in 2011, shortly before one of their large house auctions all for unpaid property taxes. Some of these basically destroyed houses were being charge 400-600 a month in property tax. The city continuing to tax Detroit neighborhoods like this is one huge contributing factor to the decline of Detroit.