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Detroit, Collapsing Before Your Eyes
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Jack Baruth
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Published: May 25th, 2014
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Detroit’s free-fall from perhaps the wealthiest city in the United States to a lawless hellhole most reminiscent of post-colonial Africa has been documented to the point that the phrase “ruin porn” now sits comfortably in the driver’s seat of our national discourse. But it isn’t just Michigan Central Station that has rapidly decayed into pathos.
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Published May 25th, 2014 11:30 AM
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The pictures look like my Grandmothers street in Brightmoor in NW Detroit. They moved there in the twenties and it was a solid blue collar area until the early 70's. The housing was inexpensive and cheaply built and as more homeowners died or moved out the low-income renters moved in and rapid decline started. While I am very familiar with Detroit's problems and past I do not feel qualified to pontificate about it since greater minds have already done so - not necessarily on this site. Downtown and Midtown will come back and some of the nicer and stronger neighborhoods will survive but these will be fortified enclaves surrounded by wilderness.
What has happened in Detroit is truly sad. What will eventually become of it is anyone's guess, but turning portions of it into cleared land is a good thing. That reduces infrastructure by reducing road maintenance and utilities. Until something better comes along, Detroit doesn't seem to have any better options.
Crime, welfare, drugs and stupidity. Does anyone honestly think the citizens of Detroit are waiting for an economic recovery? Nope, they like it this way, and their voting record proves it. Save your money and happy thoughts for people who deserve it.
"Don't forget the Motor City This was suppose to be the new world It was better before they voted for 'What's his name' This is suppose to be the new world"