Quote Originally Posted by 313WX View Post
How well was Detroit doing with that attitude under Coleman Young?
...to be honest, Detroit was arguably healthier under Coleman Young. Certainly not worse off than it is now. Detroit didn't lose 25% of its population in a single decade while Coleman was mayor. The city did manage to at least get a portion of a transit system built and did it under far stronger opposition from suburban leadership than exists today. But most importantly, the city was not effectively bankrupt under Coleman. Granted, his tenure as mayor did not occur in a vacuum, so the effects of his leadership are still in Detroit today. But Detroit also went into sustained decline well before he became mayor.