At least we're not Ohio. Here's how the Freep reported the news:

"Detroit and Flint have made Forbes magazine's list of what it calls the nation's 10 fastest-dying cities. Ohio led the way with four -- Youngstown, Dayton, Canton and Cleveland. Also making the list were Charleston, W.Va.; Springfield, Mass.; Scranton, Pa.; and Buffalo, N.Y. Buffalo was the only city in New York to make the list. The cities were listed alphabetically, not ranked."

* BadHowesianism: The quality displayed by the otherwise excellent Detroit News business columnist Daniel Howes when he allows himself to be schmoozed by central-planning, rent-seeking corporate and "economic development" charlatans into characterizing heavily-subsidized downtown Detroit projects as "evidence that the turnaround is upon us." GoodHowesianism is when Howes accurately describes the city's and state's monumentally destructive business climates and dysfunctional political establishments.