Someone from Europe posed the following question on Reddit a few days ago… “Americans: What exactly happened to Detroit? I regularly see photos on Reddit of abandoned areas of the city and read stories of high unemployment and dereliction, but as a European have never heard the full story.” Here, because I think some of […]
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What exactly happened to Detroit?
Posted in Detroit, Uncategorized Also tagged Albert Kahn, anti-union, automotive industry, Belle Isle, Brush Park, Chicago, city income tax, Coleman Young, Comerica Park, Corktown, corruption, crack cocaine, Dave Bing, Detroit '67 riots, Detroit City Council, Detroit corruption, Detroit Riot, Detroit River, factories, Ford Field, Ford Motor Company, forestry, General Motors, GM, Henry Ford, housing bubble, housing crisis, industrialization, Joe Louis Arena, Kevyn Orr, Kwame Kilpatrick, logging, lumber, maquiladora, Mexico, NAFTA, North American Free Trade Act, northern migration, outsourcing, People Mover, Poletown Plant, prohibition, public transportation, Pulte, racism, Rail, Renaissance Center, Rick Snyder, rightsizing of Detroit, Ross Perot, the parable of Detroit, union busting, unions, westward expansion 9 Comments
The moral of the story: stay away from Detroit gas stations
I was just perusing Reddit, and happened across an interesting conversation about Detroit. The original post, which was entitled, “Just drove through Detroit and mistakenly got off the highway to get gas. How does a city like this exist in the western world?,” wasn’t terribly insightful, but I’m enjoying the bizarre comments that the subject […]
Posted in Detroit Also tagged 8 Mile, AWOL, Bikkstah, Detroit, Detroit gas stations, Detroit tourism, men in uniform, mugged, National Guard, Reddit, zombie apocalypse 52 Comments
The leftist paradise of Detroit
I’d told myself that I was going to take a break from posting videos here, as it seems like it’s all I’ve been doing this past week, but a relative sent this video clip to me today and I couldn’t resist sharing it. To be honest, as it came with a note stating – “If […]
Posted in Detroit, Media, Michigan Also tagged Detroit, free market, Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart wannabe, Kwame Kilpatrick, leftist utopia, Murder Capital, Obama, Pajamas Media, ruin porn, Steven Crowder 35 Comments