[Zeneta]

I knew a guy that lived in a high-rise in downtown Detroit in the early 1990s.

He would hit golf balls (full swing) from his living room out the sliding glass doors over the rail (most of the time) into a city that was dead empty.

Similar to the scene in the movie “Fight Club” but from the 25 floor.

[Hotlanta Mike]

I first traveled to downtown Detroit on business in 1992 to visit a company (a tape duplicator) that was right next to the Ford HQ. I got off on the freeway and drove down the ramp and then to the company. I had never seen an American city so dilapidated and run down as I did that day.

[tennmountainman]

Yep. Decades and decades of liberal governance and union thuggery
has killed a once active city.

[fhayek]

What you call “Detroit” is really just the nose of a camel under the side of a tent.

[raptor22]

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[nascarnation]

There’s nothing wrong with Motown that a few billion Baraqqqi/Bernanke/Lew minibucks won’t fix (at least until Nov 2016).

[GOPJ]

The reason predominantly black cities are going broke is because white cities are big meanies who don’t accept them.

[GOPJ]

The reason predominantly black cities are going broke is because white cities are big meanies who don’t accept them.

(Really - it has nothing to do with corruption, skim, or bad choices. /s)

[raptor22]

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[Political Junkie Too]

Has the retiring Carl Levin said anything yet?

-PJ

[Walrus]

Ayn Rand very clearly outlined what MUST happen when the takers outnumber the producers -— the producers leave.

The productive citizens of Detroit have gone Galt.

[tumblindice]

Cue the King Kong Dirge.

[raptor22]

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[Nowhere Man]

If I needed a scene of a suburb or urban area for a post apocalyptic movie, Detroit would be it, I’ve seen pics of abandoned and destroyed homes and neighborhoods. It would be perfect for a rag-tag group of survivors driving their battered vehicles and donning AR-15’s to drive through hand fight bad guys. B-)