5/22/2023 0 Comments Detroit by Charlie LeDuff![]() ![]() There is something between the growing and leaving that is critical. It is more complex than simply (1) we were successful and grew, (2) people left and now (3) we don't have enough money to maintain everything. Here's something I wrote about a simplistic explanation of Detroit back in a 2012 Friday News Digest: I've long held that Detroit is not some one off place that we can discount but that it actually represents the logical outcome of the Suburban Experiment. Fascinating because it is a glimpse into America's future and scary because the future is grim. Charlie LeDuff, Author of Detroit: An American AutopsyĪs Andrew Burleson was putting the finishing touches on his post here last week about Detroit's pending bankruptcy, I was on vacation pondering a powerful book by Charlie LeDuff ( twitter) that I had just finished called Detroit: An American Autopsy.įor me, Detroit is both a fascinating and scary place. Go ahead and laugh at Detroit because you are laughing at yourself. ![]()
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