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Can Detroit win its fight against blight?

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Charlie Le Duff on the challenges of dealing with Detroit's dilapidated neighbourhoods.

Jian speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Charlie Leduff about the financial, spiritual and cultural cost of abandoned and dilapidated neighbourhoods across Detroit, and whether that city's "fight against blight" can be addressed while competing problems, like inadequate police and fire protection, also require investment. 

How many cities are so empty you can take a full swing? 

Leduff, a colourful character, has tried to tell the story of Detroit in an inventive way. Watch him golf from 8 Mile Road to Belle Island, and get a street-level view of a struggling city along the way.