The disappearing middle class neighborhood

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Houses along Detroit streets have become derelict abandoned buildings in what was once a thriving middle class area. There are more than 12,000 abandoned homes in the Detroit area, a byproduct of decades of layoffs at the city's auto plants and people leaving for the suburbs.
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