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...ultimate blame for Detroit goes to the voters who elected Coleman Young mayor five times despite his constant race-baiting of white suburbanites and his unwillingness to work with corporations to keep them in the city to help jump-start the economy. Hopefully, Detroit voters will now realize that electing politicians who scapegoat others instead of finding solutions are not looking out for their best interests...
...point you missed: A key factor in "white flight" was government-forced busing in the early '70s. The local schools were the anchors that held together the neighborhoods for many of the young parents and kids of Detroit. It didn't make sense to walk your child to the corner to be bused across the city to another school...
...committee to save Detroit," paradoxically, featured no leaders from the health professions. Detroit has a higher burden of chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes than many comparable metropolitan areas. The city is a primary-health-care-provider desert. Hundreds of thousands of people lack insurance or are underinsured. Millions of dollars are spent each year on uncompensated care for its citizens. Detroit will not rise again unless the health of its citizens rises first...
William Nettleton, DETROIT...
...Detroit needs a marshall plan. A directive should be given to a group of architects and environmentalists to resurrect the city. Detroit's recovery would also provide a model for other American cities...