A number of cities across the country are in dire straits. Detroit, Michigan – once the “wealthiest city in America,” according to Economy in Crisis – was called “an example of everything that is wrong with the American economy” by the same site. Flint, Michigan is currently at the center of a massive water crisis. Aliso Canyon in Orange County California was the center of a major environmental crisis when a gas leak blasted 100,000 metric tons of greenhouse gasses into the air before it was plugged.
Crises like these are highly publicized because the effects are visible and felt by many. Not all cities receive the same treatment, though.
