Detroit's population loss likely to continue

The Detroit News reports:

Akinya Khalfani, who has run his own small planning firm since leaving the city's recreation planning department in 2002, projects Detroit's population to hit bottom at 500,000 in 2016, the same date Detroit Public Schools has projected its student population will fall to 50,617. The school system had 168,213 students in 2000.

Try getting rid of unions.