Detroit's historic bankruptcy has shed light on the city's troubled finances and high public-sector labor costs. However, equally responsible for the Motor City's woes has been its failure to keep its citizens safe.
While it will take years for Detroit to regain its financial footing, the city can move quickly to turn the corner on crime. It must look to lessons from New York City in the 1990s, leverage its gains from the renaissance in its urban core, and, most importantly, work closely with the residents of high-crime neighborhoods.
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