The 10 Worst US Cities to Live In
3. Detroit, Michigan
Detroit suffered a significant population decline from 2000 to 2010, falling nearly 25%. Today, Detroit has around 700,000 residents, but the drastic population decline lead to a number of abandoned households and commercial buildings. The city and the nearby Dearborn and Flint are all suffering from urban decay. Although Detroit is home to major companies including General Motors, Ally Financial, and DTE Energy, the unemployment rate stands at 14.5%. The median household income in the city is only $25,787, with 32.3% living below the national poverty line. Detroit has the highest rate of violent crime of any city over 200,000. Years of bad governance and mismanagement did a lot of damage, but recently the city has been going through a period of revitalization. JPMorgan Chase is planning to invest $100 million over five years into the Detroit economy to kick-start projects and provide development funding for employment, residential development and other community-related programs. Hopefully this and other development projects will remove it from the list of worst places to live in the US in the future.
