Posted on 07/22/2009 6:04:10 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
Detroits death spiral began with Coleman Youngs failed administration.
From 1974 until he left in 1994 Detroit became the quintessential liberal Democrat city. It offered nothing but high crime and low prospects and accelerated White middle class flight.
When the under skilled and overmatched Kwame Kilpatrick was carted off to prison the Motor City virtually ceased to exist. Now after 50 years of inept Democrat political hack administrations Detroit is among the worst places in live in America.
For the past three years FBI statistics have shown Detroit is the murder capital of the nation. Per capita it is more dangerous than Baghdad. Even the outgoing fired Police Chief went home to find his house ransacked by burglars. There are neighborhoods in the city so desolate the police havent patrolled [them] in years.
The situation in the city they call Motown is such that a huge section has been described as 30 square blocks of urban prairie.
Detroits poor condition and decimation is hard to imagine.
These facts paint the picture of what 50 years of Democrats has brought
There are over 16, 000 foreclosed homes in the city, many of which have been taken over by squatters much as could be expected in the old Wests ghost towns.
In January Detroits unemployment hit 22.2%!
Even before the full destructive force of Barack Obamas Marxist policies have been felt, a Detroit real estate agent reported selling a house for a single dollar. He had at least four more $1.00 homes, 1228 houses for sale at under $10,000 and 209 of them under $1,000!
The median selling price of a house in Detroit has tumbled from $66,000 to $5,800 since 2002.
Fifty years of swallowing Democrat lies has gotten Detroiters ever increasing misery. Now they must take responsibility for their votes.
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Then way hasn't it happened in Detroit?
way is why
Isn't there a contradiction in the laudable statement, "IM not going anywhere; this is my country," and your description of moving far away from North Philly? Where will you go when all the cities turn into Detroit and the Tom-Joad-Californians destroy the west in a mass exodus?
Yes. It has had the "new" McNamara terminal for, what, 10 years? Then, late last year, they opened the converted international terminal and quit using the horrible terminal you're thinking of.
Exactly.
I asked my father about it and showed him some of the HP photos I found on the web. He commented on the architecture of the buildings and said much the same. He went to the University of Detroit High School with his brother, and they remember the wave of change (and hope) that destroyed Detroit.
The new terminal is nice, but the train is horridly loud.
The good part is you don’t really have to go to DETROIT-Detroit to use it.
“...”Let the parasites leave...”
Rhetorical. I know it won’t happen. Venting.
“...Where will you go...”
We’ll cross that bridge when it comes.
Thanks for that - don’t keep up with the Detroit scene unless the mayor gets thrown into jail. Nice airport regardless...
Well, that’s good to hear they got rid of that dungeon and now have a nice airport.
I disagree that it began with Young. Just like with our fed gov now, Young was a symptom of a bigger problem called unions. I can remember a time before Young when the teachers walked out on strike, or threatened to do so, almost annually. And that was just the teachers.
Please don’t get me wrong—I’m not defending that execrable city. Heck, to get to the airport, you have to drive over pegboard roads—although there is a lot of construction. “Public”, i.e., taxpayer supported, jobs are about all that’s left.
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