There was a housing collapse, an auto industry collapse, and the population had plummeted by 25 percent between 2000 and 2010, and many people were beginning to write it off, as it had topped the list of American shrinking cities.
房地产业崩溃了， 汽车工业垮了， 人口在2000年到2010年间 下降了25%， 许多人开始放弃这座城市， 因为它已经“荣升”美国萎缩城市的榜首。