Comments by "ScorpioBornIn69" (@ScorpioBornIn69) on "BULLET PROOF MCDONALD'S / TACO BELL IN DETROIT HOOD" video.

  1. Looks like 'America's Damascus' indeed.
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  2. And along with the bankruptcies, outsourcing and foreign competition on top of that.
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  3.  @sparkymax4290  And that was mostly from outsourcing, the greed for cheap foreign labor in 3rd world nations.
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  4. The auto industry went bust.
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  5. It's worst, the auto industry going bust and political corruption along with it has made Detroit become America's Damascus. This city had a population of 1,700,000 when it thrived 50 years ago. Today, it is now 700,000 a staggering 60% drop.
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  6. It is because the mainstream media covers up the truth of it all.
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  7. Foreign competition, political corruption, outsourcing and bankruptcies and bailouts.
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  8. 50 years ago, these were once beautiful and thriving neighborhoods. It all changed when the auto industry began it's downfall along with political corruption.
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  9. And political corruption on top of it all.
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  10. Detroit had a population of 1,700,000 half a century ago. Now it is just 700,000, a 60%, 1,000,000 drop. That is why so many houses along with many business are abandoned and left rotting and decaying for years.
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  11. It'll take eons and many billions to rebuild and bring back this town as it once was. I have heard in some parts of it already has however it is a tiny fraction.
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  12. It is now America's Damascus.
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