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Detroit- Grand Boulevard used to be one of the most stately streets in the motor city, a sweeping thoroughfare that circled what was once a thriving part of the inner city. This road  was sometimes known where General Motors  opened its first headquarters, along with Detroit's most beautiful neighborhoods. Decades later a drive down Grand Boulevard is a different story, especially at night. While the homes are still there some are divided up into apartments and others are just empty. The city planners installed streetlights to light what they viewed as a major gateway in central Detroit are mostly dark. Most of the lights have been this way for years. Now most of the light comes from either  car using there high beams to light up the empty roads or the glowing porch lights. Some residents are afraid to go out and see what they might run into in the dark. The city estimates that of the 88,000 streetlights at least half of them are out. As Detroit went into bankruptcy for and estimated 18 billion in debt the city could not afford to turn the lights back on let alone keep them on. the lighting department use to have 500 employees but now have only 85 with only 10 fixing the problems on the streets.