detroit an average of 58 minutes to respond to the call. just under 80,000 city structures have been abandoned. detroit was once the leading edge of america and now the bad news, it still is. take a good look at detroit in all of its former glory and current gore, and it was on the front of america s trends, it still is. detroit is today what the rest of america is on track to being in another 20 years. reckless spending and corrupt government and demands from those who are dependent and never say no. if we don t learn from detroit s collapse, the rest of america will be the next chapter.
an average of 58 minutes to respond to a call, compared to 11 minutes average elsewhere. just under 80,000 city structures have been abandoned. detroit was once the leading edge of america, and now the bad news, it still is. take a good look at detroit in all of its former glory and current gore and know that as it has been on the front of america s trends, it still is. detroit is today what the rest of america is on track to be in another 20 years. reckless spending, corrupt unaccountable government and caving in demands from those who are dependent upon its cowardice to never say no. if we don t learn from detroit s collapse, the rest of america will be the next chapter. that s detroit affiliate
detroit an average of 58 minutes to respond to the call. just under 80,000 city structures have been abandoned. detroit was once the leading edge of america and now the bad news, it still is. take a good look at detroit in all of its former glory and current gore, and it was on the front of america s trends, it still is. detroit is today what the rest of america is on track to being in another 20 years. reckless spending and corrupt government and demands from those who are dependent and never say no. if we don t learn from detroit s collapse, the rest of america will be the next chapter. fox reporter and writer charlie
experienced an urban renewal with diversified economies. of course government corruption was cleaned up. detroit never did that. population is now estimated to be just 700,000. down from a peak of 1.8 million during the auto industry boom years of the 50s. population has plunged 25% in just the last decade. roughly 78,000 city structures had been abandoned. the city s unemployment rate has nearly tripled since 2000. and is more than double the national average. and the even bigger fear now is whether detroit is the first example of what a lot of states and cities are fearing. that they re going to get crushed by pension obligations that they can t meet. that s at the core of this bankruptcy. it s unique and trainingi tragi. when does it become a crushing burden for then to meet those same obligations? the bankruptcy filing lists more than 100,000 creditors. the biggest ones are all related to retirement and pension funds period. that will surely be a major part of today s explanation
because they say the due diligence hasn t been done. martha: it may come down to how many pennies on a dollar they are able to negotiate in this bankruptcy. in trait the city s unemployment rate has tripled since 2013. the homicide rate is at historically high levels. the city has been named among america s most dangerous for 20 years. and folks in detroit wait an average of 58 minutes for police to respond compared to the national average of 11 minutes. 40% of streetlights did not work in the first quarter of 2013 and 38,000 city structures have been abandoned. martha: the motor city was not always under water. working americans wasy one in