and residents like benjamin buller are moving in from the suburbs. >> so i came down thinking i wouldpend two or three years having a desen job and then move out, and you get down here and notice there's so much more to the city than you really imagined. >> reporter: some here think a bankrupt detroit might help the city's revival. bankruptcy is a process that at the end of it will only improve city government and its ability to deliver services. better services will actually be more attractive to long-term investors and businesses and more importantly residents. >> reporter: while the bankruptcy judge may decide the city's largest fate, small businesses have already started rewriting detroit's future. and the labor unions and attorneys for the city they will spend the day making their case before the judge just to give you an idea on how big today is here in detroit. we have attended several of these hearings and there have been protesting but nothing this big. >> reporter: thank you, bisi onile-ere. so just how bad is the financial situation in the motor city? more than one-third of