WHY ARE SOME COMMUNITIES STILL STRUGGLING? TAX RATES, CLIMATE GENTRIFICATION AND AFFORDABILITY

摘要

In the two previous articles in this series we discussed how environmental justice is geographically driven and how redlining established some of these disparities. In this article we will conclude with a look at three different communities across the U.S. to see how these issues are still prevalent. A city that has received significant negative attention has been Detroit, Michigan. Long gone are the glory days of the industrial Rust Belt of the Upper Midwest. The heyday of car manufacturing has led to many decaying and abandoned cities and towns. Lack of employment opportunities and the temptation to move South and Southwest have been major factors in a substantial decrease in population and economic and urban decay.