Here’s the trailer for a brand-new documentary from Ben Howe about the demise of the Motor City ~

 
As mentioned midway through this clip, the sad reality is; bodies actually are being moved from Detroit cemeteries to suburban ones, following relatives who left the city years ago.

Bankrupt takes a look at the causes behind the mass exodus and downfall ~

With a booming manufacturing sector and cultural magnetism, the city had bright horizons after World War II. But as the 1960′s rolled in, the marriage of Big Business and Big Government overtook Detroit. The central planners in government needed the powerful corporations, and the powerful corporations came to depend on the bureaucracy, too. The marriage worked well for the politicians and for their corporate cronies, but Detroit itself entered a decades-long decline. America watched as Detroit slowly bled people, jobs and revenue. Politicians tried spending money. They tried raising taxes. The more they taxed and spent, the faster the city declined.

 
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