The City of Detroit is facing a severe fiscal crisis. It has been forced to lay off a large number of employees, and the public schools may have to close as much as two months early this year. The zoo, which is forbidden by a city ordinance to charge an admission fee, has sought private donations in order to remain open and retain all its employees. The city is dependent upon the auto industry which, in turn, relies upon the health of the na- tion’s economy. What is good for The Setting Ford and General Motors is good for Uncle Sam and the City of Detroit — at least financially. The entire city is designed for cars and boasts an extensive free- way system. It is a sprawling, low density city with long wide streets. The streets themselves are laid out in a mile road system and if they seem to go on forever, it is because they do. Cities as distant as Pontiac and Ann Arbor are practically part of the ever- expanding metropolitan area al- ready. All the cars and freeways create an enormous amount of ear and air pollution. The noise level is deafening, but the air pol- lution is surprisingly low for a city of its size with so many cars. A great number of smaller cities have pollution levels higher than that of Detroit. The city is strangely divided. There are many heavily ethnic areas — Jewish, Italian, Chinese — even Belgian. Extremely hand- some residential areas are lo- cated, like tree-lined oases, be- side blank commercial avenues. Although Detroit’s government isn’t as victimized by corruption and political graft as other cities of its size, the city is crime infest- ed. It has the dubious distinction of the highest homicide rate in the country, but the incidence of other crimes is beginning to drop — slightly. ; On the brighter side, Detroit has the most popular art museum in the country. The Art Institute is a beautiful, moderately sized museum. It has the advantage of not being so huge as to be incom- prehensible. A visitor can discov- er the relationship of the wings to one another in a few hours, even if he cannot see everything in them. Despite the Art Institute, the city is notable for its lack of ‘cul- ture’ and night life. There are few good restaurants or night clubs and many a Detroiter’s notion of a night on the town is a trip to a bowling alley followed by a beer or two in a local joint. Drive-ins are also big in Detroit.
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