Long before it declared bankruptcy, the city of Detroit had an uneasy relationship with the rest of the state of Michigan. Here Reynolds Farley, author of [*Detroit Divided*](https://www.russellsage.org/publications/detroit-divided-pb), discusses Detroit’s past and current position in state and why Detroit’s problems are different from those of other cities facing economic uncertainty.

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