Ross, Mirowsky, and Pribesh (2001) developed and tested a theory of trust, which asserts that mistrust develops in neighborhoods where resources are scarce and threat is common, and among individuals with few resources and who feel powerless to avoid or manage the threat. Since deindustrialization, black residents in Detroit, Michigan have been forced to deal with poor fiscal conditions, public services, and schools. The lack of resources in Detroit has led to an influx of crime and neighborhood disorder. Pulled from a larger sample, ten interviews from black Detroit residents were analyzed to find instances of neighborhood problems such as crime, vacant houses, unsupervised youth, graffiti, rundown and abandoned buildings, lacking police protection, drug use, street crime, trouble with neighbors, and other incivilities associated with a breakdown of social control. Findings support that crime and neighborhood disorder is prevalent in disadvantaged neighborhoods with limited resources. Findings also reveal that feelings of mistrust would be in conflict with the strategies that respondents are suggesting blacks utilize to gain social mobility.