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direstraitsOld Faithful

One may have one's own opinion, but, not one's own facts.

1950	1,849,568
1960	1,670,144
1970	1,511,482
1980	1,203,339
1990	1,027,974
2000	951,270
2010	713,777

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...c_history_of_Detroit

Detroit had a decline in population in the 1950s and 1960s consistent with that of most large cities as people moved to th suburbs after WWII. In the seventies as its economy severely declined, people moved to escape the decay.

http://www.freep.com/interacti...debt-pension-revenue

As may be seen by the graph lined above the city's debt exceeded its revenue by 1977. The seventies saw most large US cities begin their decline.

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