Devolution

Michigan, the home of the automobile, is grinding up primary roadways and turning them into gravel roads in order to save money.

Some Michigan counties have turned a few once-paved rural roads back to gravel to save money.

More than 20 of the state’s 83 counties have reverted deteriorating paved roads to gravel in the last few years, according to the County Road Association of Michigan. The counties are struggling with their budgets because tax revenues have declined in the lingering recession.

In fact, the city of Detroit is itself disintegrating, turning to ruins right before our eyes.