The place is absurd right now. Amid all this, a bunch of new, fancy retail shops have begun opening, including one that features $400 tennis shoes and $3000 fixed gear bicycles. It seems almost like they're making fun of the people who live around their storefronts, most of whom can't afford a $2 half pint of 5 o'clock vodka. Anyway, as for "functionally doomed", I don't think there is much chance that Detroit could be run any more poorly than it has been for the last half century. Therefore, I think it's doubtful that city services will be any worse. At the very least the trash is funded by an annual special collection fee and is not part of the general fund, so I don't think they will stop picking up trash. As long as I have that I'll not complain.