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amandabeech

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9. I looked it up. 212. Thinly populated rural areas.

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 10:05 PM

Feb 2012

Detroit's population in the '60s was upwards of 1.6 million, and crowding had been exacerbated by the bulldozing of African American neighborhoods for "urban renewal"--high rise housing developments--and the building of the interstate highway system into downtown Detroit. The population of teens was high then--baby boomers of all races were growing up.

Detroit's current population is a little over 700,000.

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The situation in Greece grows violent. [View all] JDPriestly Feb 2012 OP

I'm worried somebody's going to be assassinated over this.... the anger is so intense. nt riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #1

Austerity has decimated Greece and will continue for a long time to come. FarLeftFist Feb 2012 #2

Greece is a rich country, whose billionaires don't want to pay taxes. provis99 Feb 2012 #3

You could say the same for us. Initech Feb 2012 #6

+1. . for a cautionary tale.. . . .n/t annabanana Feb 2012 #7

Exactly. The billionaires. But extremist right-wingers will tell you it's the poor 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #8

Obviously, people will get hurt in riots. amandabeech Feb 2012 #4

You might want to look up the geography of Greece nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #5

I looked it up. 212. Thinly populated rural areas. amandabeech Feb 2012 #9

The population of all of Greece is only just over 10,787,000. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #10

Population density in Detroit proper was high at that time. amandabeech Feb 2012 #11

I remember the Detroit riots but never knew as much about them as you do. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #12