Honolulu could be America’s next Detroit

By Malia Zimmerman

Published July 28, 2013 4:00am ET

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Honolulu could be America’s next Detroit — A high angle twilight view of Kapiolani Beach Park and the high-rise hotels along the shoreline of Waikiki, Honolulu. (AP Photo)

HONOLULU — Honolulu is far from the rusty ruins of Detroit, literally and, in things such as aesthetics and unemployment data, figuratively as well.

But the Hawaiian capital shares some of the same dubious traits as the broken Motor City.

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