Case Study: The Collapse In Detroit, Michigan

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Tania Moshirian A10023469 USP 100 September 3rd, 2014 Website Final Draft The Collapse Detroit, Michigan: a city where more than 1.1 million people have vanished in the past 60 years. The city has dropped 25% in population just in the last 10 years. The city crumbled apart, which forced people to abandon their houses and businesses, leaving them with nothing. Even hospitals and religious structures were abandoned--and are still abandoned--with no demand to fill them. Ultimately, the auto industry was hit the hardest. With a systematic city, there was nowhere for the people to find jobs, since the auto industry was also hurting. More than 200,000 people worked in the auto industry in the mid-20th century. Since…show more content…
This meant layoffs for thousands of people. Starting in late 2006 early 2007, the city was getting closer to hitting its rock bottom. Detroit became the number one city in the nation ranked for foreclosures. It was said that more than 5% of households were entering the state of foreclosure. Compared to the rest of the country, Detroit had 4.8 times the number of foreclosures (2007 in Detroit was brutal, more than 113,889 homes had filed or were about to file for foreclose. (3). During this time period, more arsons have been reported. Click the link below to find out why arsons and foreclosures go hand in hand. Bibliography 2.Martelle, Scott (March 27th, 2011). “The Collapse of Detroit”. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/27/opinion/la-oe-martelle-detroit-20110327. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 19th, 2014. 3. Rooney, Ben (February 2nd, 2008). “Rust and sun belt cities lead 07' foreclosures”. http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/12/real_estate/realtytrac/. Fox News. Retrieved August 19th, 2014 Figures 1. Perry, Mark. March 24th, 2011. Chart: Detroit Population lowest since 1910. www.mjperry.blogspot.com/2011/03. September 1st,…show more content…
This issue has just not been common in the past decade; in fact, in 1802 there was a bored meeting in Detroit to help stop the problem of fires and had appointed inspectors to find out the causes of them. With this so called "protection plan" the city of Detroit was burnt to the ground in 1805. (7) 1980 the city of Detroit had a huge problem with night fires, calling it Devil’s Night fires. Devil’s Night fire was a backfire of trying to end arson in the 1980s. The mayor had restricted children under the age of 18 to have a curfew of 6 o’clock. But with the rage of the city, the crime hit the highest point. Again in 1984 there was the so called arson festival. Where about 800 fires were set around the city of Detroit. (6) Throughout the years the government has tried to terminate the issue of arson, but with the crime rate so high it has been
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