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Lots of cities had race riots in the 60s. Lots of cities were rough during the crack epidemic, too. Most are doing great these days. Looking past the collapse
by jbooth 13y ago
Lots of cities had race riots in the 60s. Lots of cities were rough during the crack epidemic, too. Most are doing great these days.
Looking past the collapse of the auto industry (which coincided with the greatest population decline in 2000-2010), to riots 50 (!) years ago as the sole reason for decline strikes me as having the answer in mind before hearing the question. YMMV.
- 554594bc 13y ago>Lots of cities had race riots in the 60s. Lots of cities were rough during the crack epidemic, too. Not a lot of cities have had black mayors continuously since 1974.
- 13b9f227ecf0 13y ago"A Prayer for the City" follows Ed Rendell's mayorship of Philadelphia. When Rendell succeeded Wilson Goode the city was on the verge of a financial meltdown. The government was literally not capable of producing a balance sheet and had no projections. Philadelphia would have melted down into total disaster if events had gone slightly differently.
- tptacek 13y agoWere any of those cities of Detroit's size, and did they too lose double digit percentages of their majority white populations?