All right, but could the rest of us speculate on the real reasons Detroit went bankrupt?
@JoyceCarolOates youre leaving out the corrupt mayor who in recent years bled the city dry
— xoxoxo (@death_listing) June 27, 2014
@JoyceCarolOates he was the nail in detroits coffin. detroit should be a cultural highlight of american cities. very sad.
— xoxoxo (@death_listing) June 27, 2014
@death_listing This predates present-day politicians! Back to post war–through 1950s, 1960s–to tragic "riot"in 1967. Never recovered.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) June 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/PTD11/status/482545784601452544
@PTD11 Collapse of Detroit allowed rapacious politicians to swarm like scavengers. But why did Detroit collapse, before this? Why a "riot"?
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) June 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/PTD11/status/482548365964902400
@JoyceCarolOates Detroit =result of = progressive rule which was also CORRUPT- smothered economic growth- hurt very people it was to help
— @Kansaspider C Webb (@kansaspider) June 27, 2014
@JoyceCarolOates that's far, far too simple, though all that existed. was automation & decline of manufacturing a minor issue?
— Evan Hughes (@evanhughes) June 27, 2014
@JoyceCarolOates You are forgetting the fact that many of the citizens were on public assistance. Meaning no one was paying taxes.
— J VanAbbey (@JVAbbey) June 27, 2014
@JoyceCarolOates if no one is paying taxes. There is no money for infrastructure, etc.
— J VanAbbey (@JVAbbey) June 27, 2014
.@JoyceCarolOates That and, y'know, relying on one industry to provide work for the population. And political corruption. #kwame
— Adam Bobadam Ston (@adamston) June 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/howellsacto/status/482548963107540992
@JoyceCarolOates Gee, you'd think that with Democrats running Detroit for the last 50 years that something like this wouldn't happen. Huh!
— Keep A-Knockin’ (@gypsyluc) June 27, 2014
@JoyceCarolOates Never have you been so wrong. The only racial issue in Detroit is its citizens inability to elect honest political leaders.
— Geoff (@SomeGeoffGuy) June 27, 2014
Alas.
Outsiders gaze upon Detroit as ruins of the past but might rather contemplate if ruins of Detroit are not future for many US cities.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) June 27, 2014
Well, people do keep insisting on voting Democrat.
Editor’s note: The title of this post has been amended to correct a typo.
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