Nobody I know in Detroit is happy about such headlines. I mentioned Requiem for Detroit? to several different groups of people I work, organise and am friends with, and got universal disgust. But the thing is, most of the news stories about Detroit struggling aren't wrong. Things are bad in Detroit. Schools are being shut down left and right. Corrupt city officials have been charged with everything from stealing money from school lunches to bribery. And, of course, all the jobs are gone. So if all the facts are true, if Detroit really is struggling under the weight of such economic devastation, why on earth are Detroiters mad at the negative international attention?
via guardian.co.uk