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Weren't the automakers - the people, not the companies - the ones who moved out of Detroit in the first place? "White Flight" klled the City of Detroit. The suburbs are still relatively prosperous, although the recent troubles the automakers have had are starting to cut into that success. Its entirely possible that we'll see Detroit implode in on itself in the next 20 years and be absorbed by Southfield (just to pick a random suburb).
Certain parts of the country are going to have a hard time succeeding in the next 20-50 years, Northeast Ohio among them. Other areas - Kansas City, Chicago, Las Vegas and Phoenix - are going to have a much easier time. If ethanol remains a going concern, we may even see a move back to the countryside out of some of the urban areas. It's a thought anyway.
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