Detroit Flashcards
What are some endogenous factors of Detroit?
- Detroit river (the ambassador bridge going over the river)
- The flat relief of the area
What are some benefits of the endogenous factors?
(Flat relief, Detroit river, ambassador bridge)
- Makes trade easier (especially between the US and Canada)
- 8000 Trucks a day pass over the bridge in 1 day
What has happened to schools in Detroit?
Funding became limited after the white flight where many pupils left to live in the suburbs.
This lead to schools closing down, and the children that remained became illiterate.
How does people being illiterate affect Detroit?
People are unable to answer the census leading to incorrect census data in the area.
What is the ‘white flight’?
White people who could afford to leave left.
Often businesses were owned by white people causing them to close. Black people made up the majority of the population and when businesses closed they were left without jobs.
Why did Detroit have a higher percentage of black people than white?
Black people moved north as it was safer for them and they were seeking work.
What was the average household income in Detroit?
$26,000
What percentage of the population of the city is in poverty?
40%
How big is Detroit?
139 square miles
(3 x the size of Bristol which is 42 square miles)
What amount of people carry guns?
Everybody
100% gun ownership for protection
What is another name that Detroit is known by?
The murder capital of the US
Why are there police on the streets?
To protect kids walking to school
(There were past cases of kidnapping)
What is devil’s night?
An annual tradition where vandals set fire to properties in Detroit?
What happened on devils night 1984?
Over 800 properties were burnt
What happened on the 3rd of July 1967?
A police raid on an illegal after hours club was the tipping point for years of oppression and caused 5 days of riots.
