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Detroit Ruins Draw Tourists to City
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| 27 Dec 2013
| John Semmens
Posted on 12/27/2013 8:52:40 PM PST by John Semmens
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To: John Semmens
Ah ... when all else fails ... just make it a tourist attraction. Heck ... I would go, just to see what a city looks like after it has thoroughly collapsed. Some of those abandoned buildings do have quite a photographic appeal ... :-) ...
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posted on
12/27/2013 8:59:53 PM PST
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: John Semmens
Real good John
Will the last one leaving Detroit please shoot out the streetlights?
To: Star Traveler
To: John Semmens
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posted on
12/27/2013 9:09:33 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: John Semmens
The problem is that one can't distinguish the news from the satire, simply because reality is bad enough that the situation as described is so believable (but for Mr. Bing's comments). For example, there used to be private coach buses through the more dilapidated sections of the Haight Ashbury in San Francisco for the tourists to take pictures of real hippies). I'd have to do a bunch of searching to make the determination and would then find a frustrating waste of time. It's the old, "truth is stranger than fiction" problem. Accordingly, a few links with which to make those distinctions would make the read more pleasurable.
Nicely crafted though.
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posted on
12/27/2013 9:09:44 PM PST
by
Carry_Okie
(0-Care IS Medicaid; they'll pull a sheet over your head and take everything you own to pay for it.)
To: John Semmens
That an American city could succumb to such a fate is terrifying.
This is a testament to how far we have fallen.. and yet another proof that socialism is a path to despair.
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posted on
12/27/2013 9:11:33 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics)
To: doorgunner69
LOL ... and ... I do recognize that picture (and movie) ... :-) ...
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posted on
12/27/2013 9:13:15 PM PST
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: Bobalu
Detroit didn’t fall. It was pushed.
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posted on
12/27/2013 9:15:06 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Lurker
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posted on
12/27/2013 9:27:25 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics)
To: John Semmens
If anybody believes this, I got a bridge in new York for sale.....
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posted on
12/27/2013 9:31:36 PM PST
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
To: Bobalu
I disagree. Detroit is a testament to how high the democratic party has risen. Wahoo Dems. You’re killing the nation city by city.
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posted on
12/27/2013 9:52:28 PM PST
by
healy61
To: John Semmens
Nice one, John. I like the Howard Carter reference.
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posted on
12/27/2013 9:58:30 PM PST
by
Huntress
("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
To: healy61
You’re killing the nation city by city.
They’re like locusts. Move in, consume, move on.
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posted on
12/27/2013 10:21:54 PM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: Star Traveler
It would be hilarious if they had actor gangbangers hijack the bus and rob the driver, just to add a touch of authenticity.
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posted on
12/27/2013 10:23:17 PM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: John Semmens
lol
build a big wall around it
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posted on
12/27/2013 10:41:40 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: John Semmens
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posted on
12/27/2013 10:45:04 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: John Semmens
I believe it used to be called The 2nd Paris so the buildings which are decaying are still interesting to see.
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posted on
12/27/2013 10:47:26 PM PST
by
MarMema
("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
To: John Semmens
and yes I know it is a satire but still.....sniff, sniff, I grew up there.
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posted on
12/27/2013 10:48:09 PM PST
by
MarMema
("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
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