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Modern Ruins of Abandoned Detroit (photos at site) (What Obama wants to bring to America)
The Weather Channel ^
| July 27, 2013
| Matthew Neugeboren and Stephanie Valera
Posted on 07/27/2013 7:02:47 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople
Symbolizing the dramatic decline of Motor City, many buildings and structures in the former manufacturing mecca of Detroit, Mich. lay in crumbling and weather-beaten ruins. In his bestselling book, "The World Without Us," Alan Weisman (who has reported from abandoned cities such as Chernobyl, Ukraine and Varosha, Cyprus) wrote that structures crumble as weather does unrepaired damage and other life forms create new habitats. A common structure would begin to fall apart as water eventually leaks into the roof, erodes the wood and rusts the nail, he wrote. Without intervention, many of Detroit's abandoned structures would eventually succumb to nature's elements.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Politics
KEYWORDS: chapter9; detroit; michigan; rosemaryaquillina; ruins
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Detroit has been run by Democrats since 1957. It was the ultimate laboratory for modern liberalism. This is what America looks forward to with more Obamaism.
To: MuttTheHoople
>Detroit has been run by Democrats since 1957.<
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Who voted for these democrats?
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posted on
07/27/2013 7:12:04 PM PDT
by
353FMG
( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
To: MuttTheHoople
Why is a report like this on “Weather” channel?
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posted on
07/27/2013 7:13:48 PM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: MuttTheHoople
Liberal Utopia should announce a free home give away to any leftist who wants to live in paradise. They have to actually live in them for as long as it takes to build the walls and sniper towers around the city.
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posted on
07/27/2013 7:14:27 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: MuttTheHoople
But the pravda tells everyone it was conservatives who ran it into the ground......and at LEAST 50% of the “low information voters”—who make up the majority of the country—BUY it!!
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posted on
07/27/2013 7:24:17 PM PDT
by
Rca2000
To: GeronL
Reminds me of Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Burned out city structures and this wasn’t even done by a military action. Only the actions of the liberal left and those that applauded it.
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posted on
07/27/2013 7:26:45 PM PDT
by
Busko
(The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
To: MuttTheHoople
Detroit has been run by Democrats since 1957. It was the ultimate laboratory for modern liberalism. This is what America looks forward to with more Obamaism. If only the rich could have been forced to pay their fair share.../s
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posted on
07/27/2013 7:29:27 PM PDT
by
broken_clock
(Do it Sarah! Cut the ties that bind.)
To: Busko
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posted on
07/27/2013 7:33:21 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: MuttTheHoople
Although I had seen the photos previously they were well worth a second look particularly when viewed through the filter of obamumism.
Thanks
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posted on
07/27/2013 7:42:59 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
(Macabre Crumpet of Caucasian Ethnicity)
To: 353FMG
If I had had a Ballroom, it would have been this One In Detroit..[ in its current condition] .Barack Obama Jluy 27 2013
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posted on
07/27/2013 7:50:03 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
(Macabre Crumpet of Caucasian Ethnicity)
To: MuttTheHoople
Interestingly, there are a lot of books at the abandoned library. Looters must not have been interested in them.
To: GeronL
They have to actually live in them for as long as it takes to build the walls and sniper towers around the city.Escape From New York - 1981
Escape From L.A. - 1996
Escape From Detroit - 2013...The Death of Snake Pliskin
To: Busko
Reminds me of the "Gears of War" video game series.
I think they call it "beauty ruined". d:^)
To: C210N
Because the subject is how the weather is distroying the structures.
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posted on
07/27/2013 8:35:40 PM PDT
by
Excellence
(All your database are belong to us.)
To: MeshugeMikey
And every realtor in Detroit says the same thing.
“Yeah, it’s a fixer-upper.”
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posted on
07/27/2013 8:43:31 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: blueunicorn6
Location...Location... Location
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posted on
07/27/2013 8:46:52 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
(Macabre Crumpet of Caucasian Ethnicity)
To: MuttTheHoople
What a depressing testament to the decay of our country.
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posted on
07/27/2013 8:55:44 PM PDT
by
Duchess47
("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
To: MuttTheHoople
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posted on
07/27/2013 9:02:27 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
To: MuttTheHoople
Those photos are so creepy that they’re downright inspirational. You can almost see the demonic entities lurking in those vast, crumbling interiors.
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posted on
07/27/2013 9:03:59 PM PDT
by
jespasinthru
(Proud member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.)
To: MeshugeMikey
I just googled Detroit, zoomed in to street view, and took a *cruise* around town. Very depressing...abandoned buildings, hardly any cars...freeways all but empty. Sad.
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posted on
07/27/2013 9:13:34 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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