This story was produced as part of Next City’s Local Reporting Hub, with funding from the Kresge Foundation. Once home to nearly 53,000 residents in 1930, Highland Park’s population and fortunes declined after Ford and Chrysler left, taking with them tax revenue and corresponding investments in the city’s infrastructure — including drinking water. Due to […]
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