When’s the last time you visited Detroit?
Is that required?
Do I need to visit Russia, Ukraine and the UK to comment on those threads too?
And leftists say we need a vagina to have an opinion on abortion, should we take those things seriously?
Sadly there seems to be a running competition at FR to see who can say the dumbest most ill informed thing possible.
At least Michigan is dealing with Detroit while nearly every other state in the country is just kicking the can down the road.
The last time I visited Detroit was last summer. We drove through some blighted areas, but then there are areas which seem to be untouched by any sort of problem.
Detroit is not one vast war zone. The downtown area is rather nice and safe enough to walk around. The area surrounding Hitsville seems vibrant.
The problem is that mayor Coleman Young for 20 years set the stage for a funkified infrastructure where whites were unable to open businesses within the Detroit city limits. So, when they left they took their businesses to the burbs where their businesses are thriving.
What Detroit needs is a Jack Kemp-styled Republican mayor and posse for 20 years. Then, Detroit will have a chance to resemble Grand Rapids.
My photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/23441454@N03/sets/72157627278854858/
July 10 and he’s right. Unless you’re talking about Gilbertville.
You go.
We have a lot of work ahead of us to update the map.