Detroit is consistently ranked high on violent city lists, as its population of over 600 000 residents sees about 22 crimes per day. This means its violent crime rate is about six times the US average. This makes it one of the most dangerous cities in America.
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Because its violent crime rate is so high. The reason it's ranked so high is because the rankings are accurate. Oh, many people and organizations will massage the numbers to make it look bad for whichever political side they oppose, to convey that political mismanagement somehow mind controls people into murdering each other, but in this case, Detroit really IS going to hell. Poverty, power failures, industrial contaminants- Detroit has it all! And now, new in 2020, the worst Covid lockdowns in the country!
If you're asking why things ARE so bad, the answer, like most things in real life, is a complicated mess of factors: Detroit was a major hub of the domestic auto industry, and was almost destroyed when Billy Durant (a vital figure in the history of American car companies, who for some reason almost no one knows about) overextended his new company, General Motors, and had to be bailed out by the Federal government, lest the Detroit economy collapse. Durant was forced out of power, but promptly started a second company, rebuilt his fortune, and bought enough shares of GM stock to regain control of the company and force his way into the presidency- and promptly resumed his old spendthrift ways, forcing the government to bail him out AGAIN, lest the whole country's economy collapse.
This set a precedent of massive corporate power blocs rising in Detroit, failing, and getting bailed out, only to fall apart anyway and give rise to OTHER corporate power blocs. Consolidation of power is always dangerous- be it in corporate, government, church, or other hands; the only truly safe route is to have multiple groups having to compete for power, money, and loyalty. Detroit saw that happen, only for the domestic auto market to fail again and again, and people only able to survive by becoming ever more indebted to a government that was supposed to be serving THEM. Eventually, tendencies become habits, and habits become addictions. Inertia becomes a guiding principle, and the domination is complete.
Also, it's the only place in the world where you head south and wind up in Canada. That throws people off something fierce.
Detroit is an example of a failed state. Its currently run by Democrats like Joeldalton said but it actually had its downfall during a Republican rule. Why is it so bad? Mostly because of economic decline after the manufacturing in the city collapsed. Its a result of poor management during the Republican era which then resulted in the city starting to vote for Democrats afterwards.
Its actually a fairly normal thing. If you lower the number of residence and look at the most crime ridden cities its pretty much all republican in the south. They just are not very good at governing.
The downfall of Detroit is actually a fairly interesting story by itself if one care to read up on it.
Because the auto industry packed up and left a wake of devastation behind. Homes there couldn't even be sold for less than the land was worth under the foundation. Now it's a ghetto.
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Detroit is nearly 80% black population, with over 600,000 residents, that's why.
Umm, maybe cause it is?
Run by democrats.
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