Conquer Detroit for Rome?

[M. Demetrius]

ad: On whose bankroll, Evan? When a city loses over 50% of its population in 40 years, the effect is dire. Infrastructure still needs repair, but the tax base decreases. I'm in Texas, where the economy is doing pretty well, but in Michigan, the situation is very scary. Detroit was one of the largest cities in Michigan.

I repeat, friends, this is not a laughing matter. This is a harbinger of urban decline tied to top heavy government outlay that is not sustainable. Add in that the auto industry completely deserted the area, and you can't escape the conclusion that continual outsourcing has led to a situation that simply can not go on. As this malaise spreads to other cities and states (btw, California, a state with 38,000,000 is near bankruptcy) the financial ruin of the US can not be far down the road.

This is how it must have been, albeit for some different reasons.in Western Rome around AD 420 or so. And those fifty dollar houses? The homeowners are the big losers. I guarantee that they paid hundreds or thousands a month for years on those buildings they used to live in, and paid a whole lot more than they can sell them for now. Their lives are ruined: they have to start over somewhere else. No surprise that they're on the government dole.
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The grasshoppers are now feeling the winter; the ants are all in the government...except these ants get their sustenance from the meager labor of the grasshoppers. It's a mess. Not a game. Take it seriously.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio...y/2552819/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/02/vac...-for-dead/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...years.html
https://www.google.com/search?q=detroit+...93&bih=513