????最后，每個(gè)大城市都有一些值得奮斗而不是爭(zhēng)斗的東西。底特律藝術(shù)館（Detroit Institute of Arts）就把這樣一個(gè)破碎的區(qū)域聚合在了一起。2012年，底特律郊區(qū)的投票者同意向他們征稅來(lái)維持這座藝術(shù)館。雖然平攤在每家的錢很少，但它的象征意義卻很重大，因?yàn)樗砻鞯滋芈傻慕紖^(qū)居民也將這座藝術(shù)館視為整個(gè)地區(qū)的資產(chǎn)，而不僅僅是城里人的資產(chǎn)。就在底特律藝術(shù)館的收藏品幾乎要拿出來(lái)拍賣給城市還債的時(shí)候，底特律藝術(shù)館以及慈善機(jī)構(gòu)、各大企業(yè)和密歇根州政府發(fā)起了“大談判”活動(dòng)來(lái)支持該市的養(yǎng)老基金，由此也拯救了藝術(shù)館自己。

????面對(duì)異乎尋常的挑戰(zhàn)，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(guò)的。

????底特律的經(jīng)驗(yàn)告訴我們，一座困難重重的城市，也可以非常有創(chuàng)意和韌性。一年前，權(quán)威人士曾警告我們，底特律破產(chǎn)后，還將出現(xiàn)一股地方政府的“破產(chǎn)潮”。但美國(guó)各大城市的表現(xiàn)卻證明了他們的判斷是錯(cuò)誤的：破產(chǎn)并不是傳染病，但是復(fù)蘇卻可能會(huì)傳染。

????本文作者布魯斯?凱茨是布魯金斯學(xué)會(huì)的副總裁，也是都市政策項(xiàng)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(xiàng)目的研究員。他二人也是《都市革命》（The Metropolitan Revolution）一書的作者。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：樸成奎

????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.