Posted on 08/15/2005 3:32:16 AM PDT by TimeLord
"Let's sell Detroit to Canada. They should love that liberal hell hole. After all, Canadian liberals know how to "fix" our country...eh?"
Unfortunately as doc30 said in post 109, Detroit is held by Canadians as what's-bas-with-the-United-States. Of course little do they realize that it is an acute disease of Canadianism as applied in the US context.
I posted this on post 114 that US cities with socialism will run quicker into ruin than their non-US counterparts because of the higher degrees of local self-government. City-suburb difference is very sharp producing more incentives to move into suburbs when you get fed up with the city. By contrast with Detroit-Novi differences, here in Auckland there is no point of moving from Auckland City to Rodney District - policies are decided at Wellington and "councils coordinations" mean most local-level politics like picking up rubbish is uniform. As a result our ghetto is in the South Auckland suburbs like Mangere, Otahuhu rather than inner city.
Of course they are upset with the dead being removed from Detroit proper. That is one of the most loyal dim bases.
Actually, during the War of 1812, Detroit was occupied by the British and it was returned to the U.S. at the end of the war. Maybe Canada's forefathers saw into the future and saw Detroit as a really bad long term investment?
so asstute!
It is almost funny when you mispell on purpose instead of obvious ignorance.
This is the question that begs an answer.
My suggestion is that the black leaders don't give a rip about their brethren. The 83% that make up the city. I suspect the leaders' interest lie in lining their own pockets and blaming racism on the whitey and to get more funds from out-state.
bump for home
The smart thing for Detroit is to get rid of property taxes and implement a land-value tax. Also do some Guiliani-style policing.
Sounds like a wonderful place to have a Kwaanza celebration!
Downtown Stockton, California is a miniature of Detroit, with Fresno, California following close behind. It's really sad to see the forsaken streets and empty buildings.
I was in Grenada for a while in 1986.Blacks ran most everything except the larger businesses which were Chinese and Arab.
Wasn't a perfect place by any means but I saw no major dysfunctions there.
I used to teach next door to Desire project in New Orleans and ALL my kids were in the welfare trap.Most HATED it and wanted to escape mama's life of poverty.
Many did get out.I know some that never took a welfare check after high school.Working their behinds off.
On the downside,many of the young men are dead or in jail.Lots of the girls fell into "the baby trap"and ended up just like moms.
This story is too funny!!!God bless our government.
The nice areas in the metro are all outside Detroit proper. Even some of the suburbs are overrun with Muslims.
I laugh when I'm in places like DC or Boston, and I read about "affordable" housing starting in the 300's.
Because if they weren't racist, they wouldn't be afraid to visit the cemetery.
Or something. I'm not quite sure, myself.
And Robocop II was filmed in downtown Houston!
The abandoned hospital was our own Jeff Davis Hospital, demolished in 1999 (and now the site of a Federal Reserve building).
The auditorium where we first see the Cainbot (Robo Mark II) was our George R. Brown Convention Center.
The mayor's shouting press conference was held in front of Houston's City Hall building.
Finally, the Cainbot/Robo fight was filmed in the then-new Wortham Center downtown. (All damage is CGI.)
Wow, blast from the past. I think Detroit must be up to 15,000 abandoned homes by now.
Nick's on Thursday, anyone? :-D
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