Cleaning up Detroit

Detroit, it was once the backbones of this U.S now it’s the largest U.S city to file for bankruptcy. Thriving neighborhoods are now abandoned, not enough police to keep the city safe. Going From a population of nearly 2million to under 700,000 in a matter of years. The citizens of Detroit really need to stick together through these tough times. The problems going on in the city is by far the worst that we have seen in years and it needs to be something done about we can’t continue to watch Detroit’s Neighborhoods deteriorate like this.

Safety is a major issue within the city of Detroit. About 40 percent or more of Detroit’s 88,000 streets were not functioning. This is very dangerous for these specific reasons such as since the crime rate in Detroit is at an all-time high it puts citizens more at risk because if it’s dark out it is very hard to see your surroundings and makes an easy target for criminals. Another reason is that it will be very hard for you to see walking around. Suppose if a car doesn’t have its lights on and you walk across the street while the car is coming and your life could be taking away that quickly due no streetlights being functional which could have been avoided if the streetlight were functional in the first place .

The Police in Detroit are yet another problem going downhill. The size of the police team in Detroit has been cut by about 40 percent in the last decade. In 2012 the emergency manager reported that the police department had about 2,030 employees. But city officials also stated that out of those 2,030 employees only about 33 percent was actually patrolling the city. If no officers are out controlling and making sure the city safe that just leaves room fo...

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...blicans who I just can’t imagine having any interest in doing anything for Detroit” the city is heavily Democratic. The money is the biggest problem with helping Detroit nobody wants to get involved when giving away money to a city in need is the issue especially if they did it once they are surely not trying to do it again.

My answer to the naysayers who think it’s rather impossible to re-build Detroit’s Neighborhoods and bring change to the city is to stop wasting money in other places and worry about the places within your own reach how can we fix other places problems outside the US without even fixing home base first. It’s time for everyone to get on one accord and start rebuilding Detroit step by step so we can get back to being one of the best cities in America and people can start investing in Detroit more as well starting back living and working there.