In this recession, Detroit has been one of the cities that has been hit the most. With big corporations like GM & FORD going through problems, the "Motor City" has seen its share of hard times. You know when its time for a change when the youth of the city start to stand together and want a change.

According to NewsOne, several were concerned with several of the "danger zones" in the city and wants the mayors help with finding out what can be done. More than two dozen other members of "Youth Voice", a Detroit youth group, appealed Wednesday to newly elected Mayor Dave Bing not to forget them as he works to find solutions to the struggling city’s myriad ills.

“I think he should tear down the abandoned houses,” Raby said.

Bing, a businessman and former NBA star, campaigned on the need for increased safety in addition to support for Detroit’s youth.

For about an hour, he and members of his administration listened to the students’ concerns about safety, blight and lack of recreation. The group presented the mayor carefully scripted demands that included demolishing vacant buildings near schools in their neighborhoods by July 20.

They also want Bing, a Democrat, to send a letter to Robert Bobb, the school district’s emergency financial manager, urging him to meet with them before next fall.

Some were upset that their schools are among 29 that will close to help cut costs throughout the district.

Bing said he would help set up a meeting with Bobb but stopped short of making further promises.

“I’m not going to promise something that I can’t keep because I lose all my credibility,” he said. “If I promise something, I want to make sure I can follow up and get it done.”

Detroit is facing a deficit Bing’s predecessor pegged at between $250 million and $300 million, a nearly 23 percent unemployment rate and a shrinking tax base as companies go out of business and residents flee.

The city also is operating under the shadow of General Motors Corp.’s bankruptcy filing earlier this week. The automaker employs several thousand workers at its downtown headquarters.

Things are going to get worse before they get better, Bing told the teens.

“For this city, which has the highest unemployment rate in the country, if we don’t create jobs … our city is going to go down the tubes,” he said. “Now that we’ve been hit with what General Motors is going through, what Ford is going through, what Chrysler is going through, we haven’t seen the unemployment levels that we’re going to see.”