NY Times poses question: Is Detroit dangerous or disrespected?
On the heels of CQ Press having ranked Detroit the most dangerous city in America, the New York Times asks if that is truly the case, or if Detroit was being unfairly maligned — again.
On the heels of CQ Press having ranked Detroit the most dangerous city
in America, the New York Times asks if that is truly the case, or if
Detroit was being unfairly maligned — again.
Excerpt:
Detroit got a bit of help in its campaign against CQ Press from Gawker.com, the New York-based media gossip site, which sarcastically congratulated St. Louis for dropping to No. 2, and offered this take:
The annual list, compiled from FBI crime statistics,
helps reinforce the cycle of poverty, white flight, and neglect that is
killing post-industrial America while the rich create unsustainable
fantasy worlds on the coasts. And it provides a nice way for a news
anchor to fill up 45 seconds.
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