????最后，每個大城市都有一些值得奮斗而不是爭斗的東西。底特律藝術館（Detroit Institute of Arts）就把這樣一個破碎的區域聚合在了一起。2012年，底特律郊區的投票者同意向他們征稅來維持這座藝術館。雖然平攤在每家的錢很少，但它的象征意義卻很重大，因為它表明底特律的郊區居民也將這座藝術館視為整個地區的資產，而不僅僅是城里人的資產。就在底特律藝術館的收藏品幾乎要拿出來拍賣給城市還債的時候，底特律藝術館以及慈善機構、各大企業和密歇根州政府發起了“大談判”活動來支持該市的養老基金，由此也拯救了藝術館自己。

????面對異乎尋常的挑戰，底特律展示了一種新的精神，一種新的民間和政治文化，這是我們以前從未在這座城市看到過的。

????底特律的經驗告訴我們，一座困難重重的城市，也可以非常有創意和韌性。一年前，權威人士曾警告我們，底特律破產后，還將出現一股地方政府的“破產潮”。但美國各大城市的表現卻證明了他們的判斷是錯誤的：破產并不是傳染病，但是復蘇卻可能會傳染。

????本文作者布魯斯?凱茨是布魯金斯學會的副總裁，也是都市政策項目（Metropolitan Policy Program）的共同主任。另一名作者詹妮佛?布拉德利是都市政策項目的研究員。他二人也是《都市革命》（The Metropolitan Revolution）一書的作者。（財富中文網）

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????Finally, every metro area has something worth fighting for, rather than fighting over. The Detroit Institute of Arts brought a fractured region together. Back in 2012, suburban voters agreed to tax themselves to support the museum. The dollar amount per household was small, but the symbolic importance was huge, since it showed that suburbanites saw the DIA as a regional, not just city, asset. When it looked like the DIA’s collection would be dismantled to pay the city’s bills, the DIA itself, philanthropies, businesses, and the state of Michigan created what’s termed the “grand bargain” to shore up the city’s pension fund and thereby save the art.

????Even with its extraordinary challenges, there is a new spirit, a new civic and political culture that’s unlike what we’ve seen in the city before.

????Detroit’s experience has taught the country how a challenged cities can be creative and resilient. A year ago pundits warned darkly that there would be a cascade of municipal bankruptcies. But America’s cities proved the doubters wrong: Bankruptcy is not contagious, but revival may well be.

????Bruce Katz is a vice president at the Brookings Institution and co-director of the Metropolitan Policy Program. Follow him @bruce_katz.Jennifer Bradley is a fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program. Follow her @JBradley_DC. Both are co-authors of The Metropolitan Revolution.