Built Quote by David Maraniss

The real story of Detroit [...] can be summed up in seven words. Private enterprise built it, government destroyed it.

— Peter Schiff

I think Detroit shows that we've come to the end of the industrial epoch and have to find a new mode of production.

— Grace Lee Boggs

Detroit is an urban hell. But even in this city of the dying auto industry, there is reason to hope, if they manage to…

— Charles Landry

Detroit is a city that really stands out. It's been through a very difficult time. There's been a lot of pain here, and the…

— Michael Imperioli

So, I mean, there's still vast swaths of the city that are suffering from a lack of jobs and poor housing and poor public…

— David Maraniss

Detroit is a metaphor for America, for America's challenges and America's opportunities. It is a hothouse for new innovation, for ingenuity and risk taking.…

— Darren Walker

Detroit's financial challenges - the decline of the American auto industry, the impact of the global economic recession, declining population, and an erosion of…

— Ron Dellums

I think of what's happening in Detroit as part of something that's much bigger. Most people think of the decline of the city as…

— Grace Lee Boggs

Remember Motown? Not just the driving music that swept the nation and the world, but the vibrant energy of the Motor City itself, symbolizing…

— Gerald Celente

Cities like Detroit exist because they occupy important sites. In the case of Detroit, it sits on a river between two great lakes -…

— James Howard Kunstler

Detroit is a fascinating place, because things are so bad there that the dystopia has almost become utopian. People know they can't rely on…

— Sasha Abramsky

“As clear as it is important, the death of Detroit is still mostly ignored. Generally, the slow destruction of a major city would get…

— Daniel Greenup