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Mark Skidmore, Professor of Government Finance and Policy, Michigan State University

Knocking down abandoned buildings has a lot of benefits for Detroit − but it’s costly for cities

Detroit has knocked down more than 20,000 homes since 2014. The process continues. Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Few cities have experienced a sharper economic change of fortune than Detroit.

It was one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation between 1900 and 1950.

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