I'm from Michgan as well, and have a lot of family in the greater Detroit area. The sense of despair that most people in the area feel is just awful. After the auto plants started to close up, people just started packing up in hopes of finding work elsewhere. Some moved in-state, but most make the flight south and west (warmer weather, more jobs). I was recently in Dearborn for a wedding, and the number of empty & foreclosed houses is just staggering.
Yeah, it's pretty wild. And Dearborn is one of the "better" areas.
Some parts of the city look like scenes from a Mad Max film. Everything is either foreclosed, empty, or burned.
You know, someone with a little money in their pocket come buy up half of the Detroit area; however, what would they do with it?
