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Shri Thanedar: “Even in the last 10 years, if you look at the census, we…”

Featuring: Shri Thanedar, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, 13th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 53:07

And that has to change. And look what happened in Detroit. At one time we had 1.8 million people in our best days. And then that started eroding and eroding. Even in the last 10 years, if you look at the census, we have lost 100,000 people. So from 700,000 population we have come now to 600,000. So one in every seven person left Detroit in the last 10 years. Why is that? Why is that happened? (53:07–53:16)

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