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What happens when community members lead the conversation about their community?MorningSide 48224, a community-led podcast, will endeavor to find out.…
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When traveling out of state, people from Michigan often are asked, “Hey, how’s Detroit doing?”The largest municipal bankruptcy and the subsequent stories…
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Racial divisions are a major contributor to the decline of Detroit. White flight started after World War II and continued. There was a late spike in…
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Detroit has the highest auto insurance costs in the nation. Depending on the survey, it costs somewhere between seven thousand and ten thousand dollars a…
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Detroit residents will soon vote for mayor, city council, and other offices. What do they want for the future of the city? The MorningSide neighborhood…
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Detroit might not be ready for the wave of baby boomers who are aging. The oldest baby boomers are now 71. The youngest are 53. Right now in Detroit, many…
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Across Detroit, neighborhoods are trying to figure out what they can do to remake their community. One neighborhood is pinning hopes on something it still…
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One of the big issues in Detroit is blight. People walking away from their properties or foreclosures are the base of the problem. After that, it’s people…
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Detroit still has a reputation for being a high-crime city. However, like the rest of the nation, Detroit’s violent crime rate has been steadily declining…
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Detroit’s reputation as a high crime city has not gone away, but its crime rate is down substantially. It’s been falling since the 1980s. But there are…