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ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
5. It lost a million plus inhabitants. There must be abandoned houses
Sun Jun 16, 2019, 06:41 PM
Jun 2019
Detroit, the most populous city in Michigan and the Metro Detroit area, serves as a vital port connecting the Great Lakes to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Detroit is also known as the traditional automotive center of the world, and its name is synonymous for the US auto industry, as well as its musical legacies, which have earned it the nicknames Motor City and Motown. As of 2016, Detroit's estimated population is just over 677,000, a steep decline from a peak of over 1.8 million in the 1950s.

Detroit's population in 2000 was 951,270, which dropped to only 713,777 by 2010. In 2016, the city's estimated population was 677,116.
http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/detroit-population/


The infrastructure already exists. It wouldn't be like plopping them down in a ghost town without water or electricity.
Here is what I wish for immigrants: [View all] leftyladyfrommo Jun 2019 OP
Like Detroit? ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #1
How do you plan on evicting all the current residents ? MichMan Jun 2019 #3
It lost a million plus inhabitants. There must be abandoned houses ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #5
Immigrant Song Xipe Totec Jun 2019 #2
"Their own town"? Separate but equal? WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #4
It's just someplace to build a beginning. nt leftyladyfrommo Jun 2019 #8
What's prompting this? In the vast majority of cases, they seem to be doing well where they are. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #10
You mean the people stuck in Mexico? leftyladyfrommo Jun 2019 #11
Okay, are you talking about migrants? In other countries? WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #12
I was thinking about all the people fleeing the leftyladyfrommo Jun 2019 #14
Has this ever happened anywhere before? highmindedhavi Jun 2019 #6
Yeah, actually. Igel Jun 2019 #9
Interesting post. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #13
Agree, very good info thanks highmindedhavi Jun 2019 #15
Probably never happen. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2019 #7
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