Panic in Detroit: unemployment heads for 50%

[ymu]

Terrifying. I had no idea it had got that bad.

Does this get any kind of mainstream coverage in the US?

 

[1927]

The current Economist issue has an optimistic article on Detroit. The city has become an area of art, has a potential to become a major movie shooting area, and who knows, perhaps even a gambling mecca. The latter is perhaps too much to hope for given the proximity of Atlantic City, NJ.

http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108683

Its gotta be over 600 miles, so hardly on the doorstep.

 

[durruti02]

Detroit's had it tougher then most American cities for a long time, but according to this report nearly half of its workers are unemployed:

Notwithstanding the difficulty of getting precise figures, this is terrible stuff for its citizens.

http://www.detnews.com/article/2009...arly-half-of-Detroit-s-workers-are-unemployed

some unbelieveable dereliction if you googlesat walk there ... whole blocks with only one or two houses .. detroit has more open space than any other us city as as soon as a house gets burnt they bulldoze and grass ..

on a positive there are lots of growing/permaculture schemes in detroit