Detroitification

Detroit had everything.  Now, it has nothing. Over the past sixty years, Detroit has gone from one of the most prosperous cities in the world to one of the poorest.  Its average annual per capita income is approximately $13,969, which is less than the average per capita income of Belarus, Botswana, and Romania.

Detroit has over 150,000 abandoned buildings. It has 11,000 unsolved homicides. Police response times average almost an hours.  Forty percent of the city's stoplights don't work.  Almost half of all property owners are refusing to pay property taxes.  In other words, Detroit is America's first third-world city.  However, it is not going to be the only city to collapse.  Other cities in various stages of Detroitification are Chicago, Baltimore, New York, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego, Portland, Providence, and Houston.  Welcome to Eschaton!