Detroit enclave city built on auto industry struggles under $20M water debt – Winnipeg Free Press
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A small enclave of Detroit is considering municipal bankruptcy to help rid itself of a decades-old water debt that has grown to about $20 million and threatens to swamp the already financially struggling city
A small enclave of Detroit is considering municipal bankruptcy to help rid itself of a decades-old water debt that has grown to about $20 million and threatens to swamp the
Highland Park, Mich., is almost entirely surrounded by Detroit, and suffered as both auto companies and people left the town.
Kevin Houston scanned the Michigan street where his fixer-upper and older homes bridge gaps between the vacant, overgrown lots and abandoned, ramshackle houses, boarded-up businesses and potholed streets of Highland Park. "It's not a bad place to live," Houston said. "It's not the best."