Detroit

Detriot is suffering though 12 percent unemployment. What jobs are to be had a on the outskirts of the city. That means poor people, without cars, have limited economic opportunities.

About 77 percent of jobs in Metro Detroit are more than 10 miles from the city center, the Brookings report found.

In most metro regions, the study found, about 45 percent of all jobs are at least 10 miles from their downtowns.

"Job sprawl is detrimental to employment and raises a lot of challenges," said author Elizabeth Kneebone, whose study of employment trends mapped 98 metropolitan areas, from 1998-2006.

Detroit topped Forbes list of America's Most Miserable Cities. Detroit had 340 homicides in 2008. CQ Press ranked Detroit America's third most dangerous city.

Time published a photo essay by French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre. The decades of urban decay is beautifully documented in these images.



Eminem did a spoken word tribute to the resiliency of the people of Detroit.