Posted on 01/02/2010 1:12:36 PM PST by Twotone
Video of the state of affairs in Detroit.
I can show you Democrat city neighborhoods that are still functional. What element is missing in those neighborhoods? Hmmm.
Back in the 50's, the Dems were more like todays Republicans. In the 60's, they started turning too liberal.
As a kid, we lived next door to Sol Whittenburg on W Delaware. I went to the Lucas County website and checked the house on their tax database, AREIS. It's been torn down. They have pictures of houses. Sad. We moved out of that house in 56. We went back in 66 to see the house and urban renewal hadn't helped any. A white face in that neighborhood was not welcome. They shot out the windshield of Mom's car. I didn't know she could drive that fast. We were covered in glass. They never caught who shot at us.
Tiedtkes always had the neatest stuff. Not like Lion store, Lasalles or Lamsons. It truly was a different kind of store. Lasalles is an apartment building now. The parking lot is the first floor of the store. I didn’t enjoy our visit “home”.
Do you remember Farrells Ice Cream Parlour at Franklin Park? It closed a long time ago. They rang that siren when anybody ordered a pig trough. lol
Yes, I do remember Farrells.
Another favorite was the White Hut for their onion rings, and then you could go over to the other side and get doughnuts for dessert.
Which Hut? Sylvania or Secor? I used to love their fish sandwich! We used to go to Don’s at the Miracle Mile for onion rings. Did you ever cruise the Sylvania Hut? Those were some nice cars!
I think Secor, but not sure. For a lot of those trips, it was before I was driving, so I’m a little vague on what is where. And I never lived there, just visited fairly frequently over many years.
Secor was the big one out in the “boonies”. Sylvania was the one in town.
Secor. Definitely the big one back then. And the grandparents lived well out from town, beyond the “boonies”.
As an aside, Dad went to DeVilbiss H.S. back in the late 40s. Boy, did that neighborhood ever change.
My Mom went to DeVilbiss. It would have been 1940 to 44. And a LOT of neighborhoods have changed. It was kinda scary not knowing which ones were safe now. It’s changed so much.
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“I can show you Democrat city neighborhoods that are still functional. What element is missing in those neighborhoods? Hmmm.+
Actually, you are right.
The safe havens that I come to mind would be Little Italy in Baltimore and South Philly.
Private law enforcement, maybe?
Of interest is that into the suburb of this void rushes; In the 2000 census, Arab Americans comprised 30% of Dearborn's population. More Iraqi immigrants have been arriving since the continued war in their country. The majority of more recent Arab immigrants are Muslims, in contrast to the predominately Christian Arabs who immigrated to Metro Detroit in the first half of the twentieth century.
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