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Detroit, a powerhouse of American industry, has for bankruptcy. It has gone , to become the biggest city to declare in U.S. history. Detroit's emergency financial manager Kevyn Orr said the city could no longer afford to pay its bills, and was a $20 billion in . He has requested the court's help in restructuring city finances to enable it to continue to . He named over 100,000 creditors, including the city's pension funds and its 10,000 plus public employees. Detroit's pension system is by over $3.5 billion, leaving many current and past police officers, firefighters and public service workers with big question marks over their .

Half a century ago, Detroit was held up as a example of American enterprise. Its extensive automobile industry it the nickname "Motor City". However, the middle-class city has degenerated into a sprawl of run-down with abandoned, boarded-up houses and high unemployment. The car factories that its success have all but disappeared. The city said services would continue, but street lighting had been off. The city mayor explained: "Detroit simply was not on a sustainable , continuing to borrow, continuing to pension payments, continuing not to pay its bills on time - continuing a insolvency."

 
 

 

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