Detroit became the largest U.S. city ever to seek bankruptcy protection on Thursday. This is what urban decay looks like.
In March, a bankruptcy expert was brought in to assess Detroit's severe financial crisis.
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The expert pointed to the city's overspending and mismanagement by officials as the main cause of the crisis.
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