[Singukil]

DETROIT - Detroit neighborhoods with more people and a better chance of survival will receive different levels of city services than more blighted areas under a plan unveiled Wednesday that some residents fear may pit them against each other for scarce resources.

Mayor Dave Bing released details from his Detroit Works Project, calling the changes a "short-term intervention" necessary because the city, with limited financial resources, a $155 million budget deficit and a dwindling population, was spread dangerously thin.

"Our focus is going to be on the people in the neighborhoods," Bing said. "We can effect real change and improve neighborhoods."

Bing's plan isn't about shrinking Detroit —the boundaries of the 139-square-mile city aren't receding. The plan also backs away from forcing the redistribution of what's left of the population into areas where people still live and where the houses aren't on the verge of caving in. Many residents had strongly opposed that idea.

"We will not force anybody to move," Bing said. "We want people to move into the areas that are going to grow; where we have the amenities, the density."

He stressed that police, fire and emergency medical service will be at the same levels in all neighborhoods.

Detroit's population of about 713,000 is down about 200,000 from 10 years ago, according to U.S. Census figures, and has fallen more than 1 million since 1950. Some areas have fewer occupied homes than vacant ones. http://www.cnbc.com/id/43913000

The people of Detroit live in very interesting times... I wonder what's next?

[citicroego]

Who cares. City is done for.

[M1iFiNmC]

Cartman: "RACE WAR!"

[geaveheadeNox]

Who cares. City is done for.

I'd say the whole state is.

[lookanddiscover]

I'd say the whole state is.

More like the entire country.

[Antelpebabe]

More like the entire country.

That's the more accurate statement.

[geaveheadeNox]

More like the entire country.

[maonnjtip]

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1vuYm3...-detroit/2672/

for the ones who do not know the siutation of Detroit, these pictures tell a lot

[QqJamxqP]

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1vuYm3...-detroit/2672/

for the ones who do not know the siutation of Detroit, these pictures tell a lot

Yeah I found those pictures amazing. Love stuff like that. Shame though.

[citicroego]

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1vuYm3...-detroit/2672/

for the ones who do not know the siutation of Detroit, these pictures tell a lot

Ahhh Such is life in the zone.

[Glamyclitlemi]

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1vuYm3...-detroit/2672/

for the ones who do not know the siutation of Detroit, these pictures tell a lot

Looks like Chernobyl. In 1995.

[didrexx]

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1vuYm3...-detroit/2672/

for the ones who do not know the siutation of Detroit, these pictures tell a lot

Those picture are amazing in that Post Apocalyptic sense. Some of those buildings even now the architecture is beautiful despite their poor condition. And yet now, they are simply run down buildings that probably can't be saved.