OK, born and raised a Detroiter. Over 60, and here's my take on what happened.

[ConcernedCanuk]

49. Detroit ain't "killed" - just struggling

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Oh yeah, it will never be "Motor City" as it was for decades, but most of the fault for that is that the "Big 3" never got it through their heads that small cars would be popular -

Started in the 80's - Japan came out with the Honda - Big three laughed, the Datsun (now Mitsubishi), Big 3 laughed, and so on.

I started working on cars in the 60's - licensed by the mid 70's -

Most of my life has been working as an auto and/or truck mechanic.

I noticed in the early 80's a huge increase in imports I had to work on.

By 2000 and on, more imports than domestic - and even then,

"domestic" vehicles have more of it's parts made in places like China, Mexico, Korea, Japan and so on.

I think part of the demise of Detroit is that the millionaires running the automotive companies had their heads stuck up their collective asses.

CC