FWD: Detroit wants to save itself by Shrinking

Some quotes from the AP piece, published on Yahoo News March 8 2010:

"Detroit, the very symbol of American industrial might for most of the 20th century, is drawing up a radical renewal plan that calls for turning large swaths of this now-blighted, rusted-out city back into the fields and farmland that existed before the automobile."

"Near downtown, fruit trees and vegetable farms would replace neighborhoods that are an eerie landscape of empty buildings and vacant lots. Suburban commuters heading into the city center might pass through what looks like the countryside to get there. Surviving neighborhoods in the birthplace of the auto industry would become pockets in expanses of green."

"Mayor Dave Bing, who took office last year, is expected to unveil some details in his state-of-the-city address this month."

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