yes, property values and population have fallen. but how valid are these charts?

the average price of a residential unit sold has fallen 87%? how many units were actually sold? and the numbers are skewed because so many places in detroit are sold on land contracts -- meaning they're not counted as 'sold' until years later when the contract is paid off.

detroit gets a smaller percentage of its revenue from property taxes than all those suburbs do? of course it does, since it has another source of income -- a personal income tax, which those other places don't.

there's mention of a chart showing a drop in income taxes, but it's missing.