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National Geographic : 1979 Jun
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Digging in, neighborhood groups have organized to fight crime and decay in De troit. Two thousand of the city's 13,000 blocks now cooperate in vigilance against burglaries through the Neighborhood Watch program. Coached by police, citi zens learn how to safeguard their homes and to recognize and report potential crimes. In one target area, losses from break-ins dropped nearly 50 percent, compared with 11 percent citywide. To combat urban mess, platoons of young people have been recruited to paint murals over wall graffiti, pick up trash, and clean gutters (right). Despite their efforts, much work remains: Eight blocks from where the 1967 riots began, a rusting car hulk stands at streetside (be low), and vacant lots mark a once active neighborhood. More critical are the vacant lives of Detroit's disadvantaged. A Michigan economist has estimated that half the young black men growing up in Detroit will have had no job experience by the time they reach the age of 25. The Two Worlds of Michigan 823
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