Detroit Residents Try to Turn Around Slow Decline

Name: Detroit Residents Try to Turn Around Slow Decline
Uploaded: 2013-08-09T21:19:19Z
Duration: P532S
Description: A lack of basic social services and abandoned blocks are just a few of the side effects Detroit citizens face due to their city's financial woes. But in some neighborhoods, Motor City residents are taking revitalization efforts into their own hands. Hari Sreenivasan reports on the resilience of the people who call Detroit home.

Clip: 08/09/2013 | 8m 52s

A lack of basic social services and abandoned blocks are just a few of the side effects Detroit citizens face due to their city's financial woes. But in some neighborhoods, Motor City residents are taking revitalization efforts into their own hands. Hari Sreenivasan reports on the resilience of the people who call Detroit home.

Aired: 08/09/13

Rating: NR

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