Quit blaming Detroit's problems on the economy or on "socioeconomic factors". Blame it on the people who choose to live the way that they do. You can go to any number of cities around the world with much greater poverty than Detroit, yet with nowhere near the social/cultural deterioration.
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I would like to see a comparison or analysis that answered this statement.

First, I have a hunch that if you took Detroit and divided the annual median income by the annual median income in the USA [[to get what percent of the national income the average detroiter makes) and then compared that figure to comparable figures for any major city in ANY country, I think you'd find that compared to the national standard of living, Detroit is in terrible shape, and - when compared based on how it ranks within its nation - among the poorest major cities in the world .

Second, I have seen dozens upon dozens of cities with decay comparable to Detroit. Some are in the USA, like Memphis or Milwaukee, and some are in other countries, like Panama or any one of the Caribbean islands.