"It's mathematically impossible for Chicago and Baltimore and a couple others not to join Detroit in the near future in bankruptcy court." I don't know about B

"It's mathematically impossible for Chicago and Baltimore and a couple others not to join Detroit in the near future in bankruptcy court." I don't know about Baltimore, but Chicago's fiscal problems are fixable without bankruptcy court. It will be messy and politically difficult, but I don't think anyone currently sees it as a foregone conclusion.