Detroit: The Splendour of a Scrap-Iron City
Detroit, once the motoring capital of the Land of the Stars and Stripes, filed for bankruptcy on 18 July 2013 with debts reaching $20 billion and a roster of 100,000 creditors. At the time, with a population of 700,000, unemployment stood at 18 per cent, alongside a 50 per cent functional illiteracy rate, 60 per cent of…
Patricia Peláez