2007-07-12 05:17:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
What the heck is going on in Michigan. It seems to be the overwhelming response.
2007-07-12 05:34:17 · update #1
Flint, Michigan.
2007-07-12 05:20:35 · answer #1 · answered by firstythirsty 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Detroit, MI or Flint MI.
The reason why Michigan is so singled out is because that is where the three major automakers are based (GM, Chrysler, and Ford). When they lose customers to Japanese car makers and Korean car makers that means a loss of jobs for the people in Michigan who manufacture parts and assemble cars. In Detroit, house prices have decreased to about 50% of what their value was a couple of years ago because so many people have lost jobs there and the prices are still dropping. Basically people are abandoning the city.
2007-07-12 13:36:50 · answer #2 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michigan's economy was based almost entirely on the auto industry. When those jobs were outsourced overseas, the economy never fully recovered. There's only so much you can do with old rusted out auto plants. Plus, alot of the land has been polluted by industry, and then they leave, which makes their old sites uninhabitable and expensive to fix.
2007-07-12 12:38:20 · answer #3 · answered by joecool123_us 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many northern areas like Michigan that depended on large industry and labor was controlled by the old unions. Corporations moved south or overseas to reduce labor costs, energy costs, and taxes so they could compete.
2007-07-12 13:17:22 · answer #4 · answered by GABY 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopkins Park, Illinois.
never been to Flint Michigan, but if at least 50% of the homes have windows, its not near as bad as Hopkin's Park.
2007-07-12 23:43:31 · answer #5 · answered by jj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm. We all seem to agree on Michigan anyway. My vote was for Detroit.
2007-07-12 12:32:57 · answer #6 · answered by labmuttmix 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buffalo
2007-07-12 12:27:11 · answer #7 · answered by danzahn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never been but I'll vote for Flint, MI
2007-07-12 13:02:19 · answer #8 · answered by Ray2play 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first thought was Flint MI as well.
2007-07-12 12:24:16 · answer #9 · answered by ecogeek4ever 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Baltimore, MD
It looks like the mayor doesn't give a hoot about his people.
2007-07-12 12:25:39 · answer #10 · answered by 900xxxh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋