Ten Dead American Cities

It's another cities-in-trouble list, although this one from 24/7 Wall St declares these "desolate urbanscapes" not just dying but dead. (For the usual reasons of population loss, manufacturing exodus, crime, etc.) Here's the top 5:

1. Buffalo: "Wounded irreparably by the de-industrialization of America."
2. Flint: It's simple: "In 1960, GM employed 80,000 people in Flint and it employs fewer than 8,000 today."

3. Hartford: It used to be an insurance mecca. But, geez, even "The Hartford" is gone now.
   
4. Cleveland: It once thrived on steel, rubber, and autos. Enough said.
5. New Orleans: Katrina sped things up, but the real demise here began in the 1970s.

Click the link for the full list, which includes New York's capital and, yes, Detroit.