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there seems to be an attitude that what happened to detroit was not related to policies and politics. i respectfully submit that significant lasting change in a
by justintocci 12y ago
there seems to be an attitude that what happened to detroit was not related to policies and politics. i respectfully submit that significant lasting change in any system requires change in the environment.
- pyre 12y agoIt was definitely racially motivated. That's where the schism began; back at the height of Detroit when poor blacks from the South were encouraged to come to Detroit to work the assembly lines. Also in the disruption of the Big 3 when faced with foreign competition (thought IIRC, this is related to policies and politics because the Big 3 were protected by import controls for a while).
- grimgrin 12y agoI've saved a very informational Reddit comment giving a nice summary of The Fall of Detroit: https://gist.github.com/shmup/11354626 https://gist.github.com/shmup/11354626
- bluthru 12y agoEspecially in the physical sense. The home of the big three tore down buildings, inserted parking lots, created large arteries to the suburbs, and that allowed white flight to take place. Live by the car, die by the car.