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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: puborectalis who wrote (639321)12/15/2011 3:25:59 AM
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In another sign of the turnaround of the U.S. auto industry, the unemployment rate in Michigan has dropped below 10% November, the first time it's been that low in three years.

If enough people leave Detroit it makes the unemployment rate look pretty good.

Vanishing City: The Story Behind Detroit’s Shocking Population Decline
The news this week that Detroit’s population plunged more than 25% to just 714,000 in the last decade shouldn’t be surprising. The city’s collapse is as well-documented as it is astonishing – the population peaked at nearly 2 million in the 1950s, driven in part by a post-World War II auto industry boom now long gone.

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