It all started here.
In this week’s cover story, Newsweek takes a long look into air pollution, asthma, and another MDEQ failing in another low-income minority community. This time the focus is on River Rouge, where residents struggle with asthma after a lifetime of breathing a toxic cocktail of industrial emissions.
Author Sean Proctor describes the problem.
“Flint had lead; southwest Detroit has sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and carbon dioxide—plus benzene, toluene, cadmium and mercury. A litany of carcinogens and respiratory irritants fill the air residents have no choice but to breathe. Cancer and asthma. A population sucking on a tailpipe.”
The neighborhood is “out of compliance” on sulfur dioxide emissions, meaning the amounts in the air exceed allowable levels under the Clean Air Act. But that didn’t stop the MDEQ from approving a permit to allow the nearby Marathon Refinery to increase their emissions of the chemical, which is a known contributor to asthma.
River Rouge's population peaked at 20,549 in 1950. Its 2017 estimated population is 7,482 -- a drop of 13,067 (64%).
Incorporated as a village in 1899 and a city in 1922, the City of River Rouge shares a border with the southwestern neighborhoods of Detroit.
Disappearing cities of Metro Detroit.
Detroit. (1/1/2019)
Hamtramck. (4/5/2019)
Highland Park. (4/6/2019)
Source: Georgetown Public Policy Review
Disappearing cities of the Mountain State
Other disappearing West Virginia cities:
Bluefield. (3/20/2019)
Charleston. (3/14/2019)
Clarksburg. (3/19/2019)
Fairmont. (3/18/2019)
Huntington. (3/15/2019)
Logan. (3/22/2019)
Parkersburg. (3/16/2019)
South Charleston. (3/21/2019)
Weirton. (3/17/2019)
Wheeling (1/16/2019)
Disappearing cities of the Buckeye State
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
Akron. (2/28/2019)
Brook Park (3/3/2019)
Cambridge. (2/27/2019)
Canton. (3/1/2019)
Cleveland. (1/2/2019)
Cleveland Heights. (3/5/2019)
East Cleveland. (3/2/2019)
East Liverpool. (2/18/2019)
Euclid. (3/4/2019)
Gallipolis. (2/23/2019)
Garfield Heights (3/6/2019)
Ironton. (2/24/2019)
Lakewood. (3/8/2019)
Maple Heights, 3/7/2019)
Martins Ferry. (2/21/2019)
Parma. (3/9/2019)
Pomeroy. (2/22/2019)
Portsmouth. (2/25/2019)
Steubenville. (2/20/2019)
Warren. (1/18/2019)
Youngstown. (1/9/2019)
Zanesville. (2/26/2019)
Disappearing cities and boroughs of the Keystone State
Aliquippa. (1/12/2019)
Ambridge. (1/17/2019)
Arnold. (1/18/2019)
Braddock. (1/19/2019)
Bradford, (1/20/2019)
Carbondale. (1/21/2019)
Charleroi. (1/22/2019)
Chester. (1/23/2019)
Clairton. (1/24/2019)
Coraopolis. (1/25/2019)
Dickson City. (1/26/2019)
Donora. (1/27/2019)
Duquesne. (1/28/2019)
Farrell. (1/29/2019)
Harrisburg. (2/12/2019)
Homestead. (1/30/2019)
Johnstown. (1/6/2019)
McKees Rocks. (1/31/2019)
McKeesport. (2/1/2019)
Monessen. (2/2/2019)
Nanticoke. (2/3/2019)
New Castle. (2/4/2019)
New Kensington. (2/5/2019)
Oil City. (2/6/2019)
Pittsburgh. (1/13/2019)
Pittston. (2/7/2019)
Scranton. (1/14/2019)
Shamokin. (2/8/2019)
Sharon. (2/9/2019)
Steelton. (2/11/2019)
Swissvale. (2/13/2019)
Titusville. (2/10/2019)
Uniontown. (2/14/2019)
Washington. (2/15/2019)
Willkes-Barre. (2/16/2019)
Wiklinsburg. (2/17/2018)
Other U.S. disappearing cities
Baltimore, Maryland. (12/31/2018)
Benton Harbor, Michigan. (1/15/2019)
Buffalo, New York, (1/8/2019)
Cairo, Illinois. (1/5/2019)
Detroit, Michigan. (1/1/2019)
East St. Louis, Illinois. (1/11/2019)
Flint, Michigan. (1/7/2019)
Gary, Indiana. (1/4/2019)
St. Louis, Missouri. (1/2/2019)
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