Far from a princess. I was speaking specifically about the situation in Detroit, the causes of which go back to the 1960’s. The housing crisis did have an effect on Detroit. From my understanding it was more like a layer of snow on a snowball that had been rolling downhill for quite some time.
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Lol. Just a good natured jab. I’m concerned that there are lots of snowballs all starting to roll downhill. Great analogy. I travel extensively in the US and I see the socioeconomic ladder eroding from the bottom up. I know there are few easy answers if any at all, but every conversation is a little piece of the big picture. I appreciate our dialogue.
I too see a lot of snowballs rolling downhill and have for some time.
I’m willing to go into more detail on contributing factors in Detroit if you’d like. I don’t feel like taking the time to go down that rabbit hole if you’re not interested.
I am interested. I think the mode of failure can always be discerned with in depth analysis. Let’s take a trip down the Detroit rabbit hole. 🐇
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.