I was writing a very long post. Went to double check a fact and fell down a rabbit hole of conflicting facts and timelines that need reconciling to have a chance of coming up with a cohesive timeline. Ah history.

I will quickly say everyone can agree that the exodus of the white middle class from Detroit to the suburbs in the 1960’s that was hastened even more by the 1967 riots was the inflection point of Detroit’s downward spiral. But trying to unravel where the snowball started keeps leading me further back in time.

My power has gone out due to bad storms. So this will have to wait until I don’t need to conserve power on my devices.