I live in detroit. there is nothing to do, no where to do. this bankruptcy stuff only makes us look worse than we are. and we are bad,.

I doubt you are ‘bad’.. But certainly things right now are not working the way they should.. Thanks for the comment.

I'm from Detroit but go to college in Ohio and every time I visit home it seems to get a bit worse, more abandoned houses, etc. I love Detroit because it made me who I am but we've got a long way to go. I really wish the media would show some of the good about the city though.

The media will never show positive images, or tell good stories. Positive doesn’t sell. 

It is always a shame to see your childhood memories become defunct with time and with economic conditions. Thanks for the response.. I hope everything will work out..

I am from Detroit, and I dont get why the media is so hard on us, even the pictures you posted make us look like Bosnia in 1994. We are a proud people, with history, but extremely bad leadership. The only reason we are bankrupcy is because of those in charge. Sadly it's like a mafia run city. Except the mafia would do much better.I bet you will be afraid to print this

Interesting point on the MOB. Well taken.

I am brave enough to publish

Detroit files for bankruptcy

The city of Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history Thursday afternoon, culminating a decades-long slide that transformed the nation’s iconic industrial town into a model of urban decline crippled by population loss, a dwindling tax base and financial problems.

This is rather unprecedented..

From all those images of a vacant and deteriorating Detroit to this basic admission: They are broke..

I trust that the spirit of the city strong.. I’ve never been there. But I would sure love to hear from people in Detroit about this. Answer this post or send me a message on my open lines page.

I am not from Detroit.. but if you’ve driven through the coal region of PA, you may see that we have some stuff in common.

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Detroit files for bankruptcy

Unions can't help now...

Reuters: The emergency manager appointed to put Detroit’s troubled public school system on a firmer financial footing said on Thursday he was sending layoff notices to all of the district’s 5,466 unionized employees

Austerity hits Detroit as the entire fire department may soon be gone

And as we know they won’t be able to be teachers in Providence..

Austerity hits Detroit as the entire fire department may soon be gone