Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Haɗe da ƙarfin suburbanization da tashin hankali na launin fata, birnin ya fuskanci matsaloli irin na sauran manyan biranen masana'antu na Arewa da Midwest a cikin shekarun 1960 - ƙaruwar talauci da rashin aiki ga iyalai da aka bari ba tare da aiki ba. Birnin yana cike da tashin hankali na launin fata
a 1967, shekaru uku kafin Gibson ya hau mulki. Yawancin 'yan kasuwa da mazauna da za su iya, sun bar garin bayan tashin hankali.