And in 1981 GM built a new factory in an urban area - it is called Poletown.

With the support of CAY and using the powers of eminent domain they took 1400 homes, several chuches, bordered off a Jewish cemetery and generally destroyed the pre-existing neighborhood.

Now it is 30+ years later and we have the long term affects of those decisions. Currently, there are 43 square miles of vacant land in Detroit. How much vacant land would there be if GM had NOT built Poletown???