Quote Originally Posted by Detroitnerd View Post
The wealth was tied to auto executives, who used it to build huge mansions outside the city and build new factories outside the city. Capital flight was always much more severe in Detroit than population flight, believe it or not.
Certainly, you don't expect auto executives to live in Detroit. They moved out along with [almost] every other white person. Not only were large factories built outside the city, but also many smaller ones due to lack of space within the city limits. Workers at these suburban factories could not all be expected to live within the city of Detroit.

As for those comments about "bad blacks," keep digging, mister. Read Sugrue's book for an account of "block-busting."
Sugrue's book does not cover the recent exodus of blacks from Detroit.