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HooptieWagon

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16. How?
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 05:30 AM
Jun 2014

Last edited Mon Jun 30, 2014, 08:34 AM - Edit history (2)

The population peaked at 1.85 million in 1950... now its a little over 0.6 million. The auto industry has by and large left, the good paying jobs have gone, the tax base has gone, and the infrastructure is crumbling. What is left there worth FIXING? Its not the first city in history to become obsolete, and the population move on. For example, Rome was virtually abandoned during the dark ages for almost 1000 years. The Coliseum was being used to graze livestock. Not until the Reneisance did the population start returning, and it didn't boom until Italy was unified and Rome made the capital.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File: Population_of_Rome.png

(eliminate space between File: and Population)

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