Quote Originally Posted by cman710 View Post
There here is no reason that Detroit could not have a dramatic crime reduction with better leadership and deployment of its resources. Each homicide is a tragedy, and it is absolutely shameful that the city has not been able to approach the crime problem more effectively.
I don't mean to be a naysayer, because I want nothing more than Detroit to become great again. But NYC has resources far beyond anything Detroit could ever dream of. It's the financial capital of the world [[London might argue, but whatever) there was a ton of money behind the policies that began to fix the problems. Also, NYC has so much tourism money it's coming out of their ears, something Detroit will never be able to come close to.

That doesn't mean Detroit can't be fixed, but we can't use NYC as a model. I said it in another thread, I'd like to see us use Pittsburgh as a model. They were another one industry town [[Steel) and they have managed to completely revamp that city in 25 years.