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Open Image ModalA neighborhood stands with numerous empty lots on November 21, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. As car and truck sales have plummeted across the country, large inventories are building at dealerships and factories. The Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors (GM), Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC, failed after appearing this week in Washington to receive money after asking the government for federal funds to curb the decline of the American auto industry. The city of Detroit, home to the Big Three, would be hardest hit if the government allows these auto makers to fall into bankruptcy. (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDetroit, A View Of The Vast Ford Plant At Highland Park In Michigan In USA (credit:Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalInterior of disused and derlict Factory in Detroit (credit:Peter Van den Bossche/Flickr)
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Open Image ModalAugust 1942: Interior view of a Chrysler corporation Dodge truck plant, assembling trucks for the U.S. army, Detroit, Michigan, World War II (credit:Anthony Potter Collection/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA pedestrian walks by graffiti on a downtown street November 20, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. An estimated one in three Detroiters lives in poverty, making the city the poorest large city in America. The Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, are appearing this week in Washington to ask for federal funds to curb to decline of the American auto industry. Detroit, home to the big three, would be hardest hit if the government lets the auto makers fall into bankruptcy (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image Modalcirca 1930: Workers leaving the Ford Motor works in Detroit, USA (credit:Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA woman crosses the street in Detroit, Michigan, circa 1948 (credit:Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDetroit ghost town street scene (credit:Daviddje/Flickr)
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Open Image ModalA line of cars, predominantly Ford cars carrying downtown commuters home from work in Detroit, Michigan, on the first day of the city-wide public transport strike (credit:Keystone/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalHenry Ford, 37, US car manufacturer, pose for a photographer in his new T Ford model in front of his car plant in Detroit, in 1900 (credit:AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalShuttered businesses line a downtown street November 20, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. An estimated one in three Detroiters lives in poverty, making the city the poorest large city in America. The Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, are appearing this week in Washington to ask for federal funds to curb to decline of the American auto industry. Detroit, home to the big three, would be hardest hit if the government lets the auto makers fall into bankruptcy (credit:Getty images)
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Open Image ModalThe former Packard Plant is seen on February 24, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. The city of Detroit has faced serious economic challenges in the past decade, with a shrinking population and tax base while trying to maintain essential services. A financial review team issued a finding on February 19 identifying the city as being under a 'financial emergency.' Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has 30 days from the report's issuance to officially declare a financial emergency, which could result in the governor appointing an emergency financial manager to oversee Detroit's municipal government (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image Modalhuttered homes and businesses line a downtown street November 20, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. An estimated one in three Detroiters lives in poverty, making the city the poorest large city in America. The Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, are appearing this week in Washington to ask for federal funds to curb to decline of the American auto industry. Detroit, home to the big three, would be hardest hit if the government lets the auto makers fall into bankruptcy (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA car drives past the remains of the Packard Motor Car Company which ceased production in the late 1950`s, November 19, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. The Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, are appearing this week in Washington to ask for federal funds to curb to decline of the American auto industry. Detroit, home to the big three, would be hardest hit if the government lets the auto makers fall into bankruptcy (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalPackard Motor Plant in Detroit, 1954