Birmingham just declared itself bankrupt, as discussed in a sibling thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37408139 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37

Birmingham just declared itself bankrupt, as discussed in a sibling thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37408139 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37408139 . I thought this might be interesting for the broader historical context.