Posted on 02/28/2010 7:55:15 PM PST by lowbridge
The ruins of Detroit
At the beginning of the 20th Century, the city of Detroit developed rapidly thanks to the automobile industry.
Until the 50's, its population rose to almost 2 million people. Detroit was the 4th most important city in the United States.
It was the dazzling symbol of the American Dream City with its monumental skyscrapers and fancy neighborhoods.
Increasing segregation and deindustrialization caused violent riots in 1967. The white middle-class exodus from the city accelerated and the suburbs grew. Firms and factories began to close or move to lower-wage states. Slowly, but inexorably downtown high-rise buildings emptied.
Since the 50's, "Motor City" lost more than half of its population.
Nowadays, its splendid decaying monuments are, no less than the Pyramids of Egypt, the Coliseum of Rome, or the Acropolis in Athens, remnants of the passing of a great civilization.
(Excerpt) Read more at marchandmeffre.com ...
LA isn’t too far behind Detroit.
I had aunts and uncles who lived in Detroit (they are now deceased). I rode the bus to downtown and watched movies and shopped as a teenager. It seems like a different world there now and a frightening one at that. I'm glad my relatives never saw the degradation of this once great city.
What was done is nothing short of a crime.
The democrat welfare state is an endorsed lifestyle, one that Pelosi and company are attempting to increase with each day's higher jobless numbers. Putting healthcare ahead of American jobs IS intended at all costs. It's not a priority, it's an agenda - think China and the peasants.
I was thinking the same thing.
They call themselves “progressives”.
Some progress.
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Actually the same is true in many of the nicest “old neighborhoods” across the country. Its invariably the same tired old welfare crowd that does it.
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I wish I could find the site with the photos from the guy who grew up in detroit.
I agree that what has been done to Detroit is a crime. Looking at the abandoned/rotting buildings makes me want to weep.
Who is John Galt?
This is stunning.
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