Quote Originally Posted by Bobl View Post
True. But one cannot ignore the explosion of crack cocaine use then. Entire neighborhoods were decimated, some in a matter of months, by the results of this scourge. An example on the East Side would be the Gratiot/Six Mile Rd area.
Detroit was not the only city in the world to get crack. However, crack did appeal to the poor and depressed, which this city was certainly full of in those days. Therefore drug use was another byproduct. The 80's certainly were a bleak time; much worse than the 60's or 70's when everyone was blaming things on racist fears.