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Saving Detroit: When a Big City Stops Being Big

Detroit's Emergency Manager has released a new plan for the city. It's not looking good.

Detroit's population has fallen by 60% since its peak. 15% of its land parcels are vacant, and over 70,000 buildings stand empty. As the city's finances plunged deep, deep into the red, the state appointed an emergency manager, who just released his preliminary plan for the city.

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