Posted on 07/23/2007 4:21:37 PM PDT by goldstategop
Same can be said of the Portuguese, Brazilians, and Ecuadorians who moved into Newark's East Ward. One can whine all they want about Latin American immigration, but its what kept my dad's old nabe from becoming like the rest of Newark (which resembles Detroit).
Yeah, I’ll support Rudy for mayor of Detroit. Revitalizing Detroit would do a lot of good for the entire state.
Whatever happened with all that hype about the Renaissance Center? Did it end up being a big flop? Weren't they going to bring in a bunch of casinos to "save" the city? Did that ever even happen?
Detroit = Black Panthers= Hillary Clinton. There’s a connection that smells bad here!
Libertarianism is alive and well in Detroit. As soon as it sinks-in, the individual moves to the suburbs.
LBJ played politics with these riots. Then Gov. George Romney asked for federal troops since it was out of control of even the national guard. Since Romney was being talked up as a presidential contender, LBJ made a big deal of acting like it was not necessary but since a Governor requested troops, the President had no choice but to send them. This gave heart to the rioters (Marxist thugs) thinking LBJ was on their side (sound familiar? ala Durbin, Hillary, Kerry, Kennedy, Murtha, Pelosi, Reid et al sympathizing and giving aide and comfort to Islamofacists and the expense of our civilization - just for politics!)
Debbie has summed it up flawlessly.
The dirty secret is “racism” in Detroit is Black on White.
Survival instinct is what drove other race components out (whites included) and keeps them out.
Go Tigers!
Lions, Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings...sheesh, you'd think they never left!
Me, too. It isn’t because of the riots.
The rioters didn’t want a black mayor, etc. They wanted to loot and cause mayhem, just as the rioters did in LA after Rodne King riots.
I remember the Chaldeans (the ones who operated the gas stations and convenience stores, mostly) as being especially fearless. Their typical attitude was, “so what if you think my prices are highway robbery—someone tries to rob me two or three times a week.”
As I have said on several other threads, my father, who grew up in Newark (another casualty of the Long Hot Summer of 1967), worked in the Auto Industry as an executive for almost 40 years. He told me that, despite having grown up in Newark, and having lived in Mexico City, there was no place that reminded him more of hell on earth than Detroit. He told me that, outside of the hotels, the downtown area had ZERO restaurants for entertaining, and the Big Three always hosted their visiting clients out of the city anyway. He had three friends who took jobs there, only to move within two years, because even as nice as places like Bloomfield Hills and Troy can appear, they still have the stigma of being part of metro Detroit.
If you report a break in, you won't get any response from the local police who are understaffed, underpaid and overworked. I have had beggars come up to me and literally ask for cash to go get high, no story of being stranded, or a pledge to turn ones life around. But an honest ask for a birthday high (the man in question claimed it was his birthday and wanted money because his friend would hook him up).
If you want to go to a city that looks like a Hurricane swept through it, its Detroit.
I have a couple of cousins who ran away over there and I visited a few times. I remember that as being a very beautiful area in the '70's.
My dad speaks of times when he was dating my mother (40s/50s) where the city was the "hub" of entertainment and excitement. They drove 1.5-2hrs to enjoy it.
Whatever happened with all that hype about the Renaissance Center? Did it end up being a big flop? Weren't they going to bring in a bunch of casinos to "save" the city? Did that ever even happen?.
Families save cities. Race-war zones are not family friendly.
The Ren center is there as are the casinos and a beautiful ball park but buildings don’t really do much aside from give Detroit a nice skyline. There are a lot of empty buildings in downtown Detroit but they call it “renovation”.
“Blacks are more racist than whites.”
- Larry Elder, “The Ten things You Can’t Say In America”
The glorious BEARS always ate the Lion’s for lunch on Turkey day...
You were trying to be funny, but how true you are. Detroit is the number one Islamic city in America, and that is not by accident. They have recognized the vacuum that has been generated in one of America’s largest cities, and have filled it. When the Islamic Jihad starts in this country, it will be launched from Detroit...
It’s not just Detroit dying.
On my road in rural Michigan, there are only two households working, myself included. The remainder are on SS, retired, or on welfare SS disability. Two houses are vacant and two are for sale.
On the parallel road, three households are on welfare, three are on SS or retired and two houses are vacant and up for sale.
The largest Michigan export are graduates leaving the state looking for better opportunities. Michigan is #1 in United moving vans leaving. It’s also the only state to post a negative economic growth last year, with the exception of LA, whose economic bad luck was hurricane-induced.
Michigan has the highest unemployment in the nation. Some rural counties had 20% or better unemployment this past winter. I’m predicting 40% this winter.
You can buy a nice three bedroom, two bath home in many Michigan locales for the price of a new car.
We also have a communist governor who is doing to the state what the black socialists are doing to Detroit. If you want to see what America would look like under the female communist Hillary, Michigan is that picture.
I really don’t care about Detroit.....
but who has pics of Debbie? C’mon
Debbie is hot!
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