moving my detroit rants/musings/etc. here.. hope ya'll don't mind.
this clip shows glimpses of what it is like here, the vocalist speaks
to his reality. i can't verify current stats, but i'm sure i could
come up with worse. the comments to the video reflect any variety of
things. i am never sure what is most striking - the socio-economic
aspects - absolutely little/poorly understood (ie, disinvestment
happened well before the riots of the 60s, federal policies that
contributed to decentralization, etc), the political (republican, not
democratic policies), the racial. & much more - the vestiges of the
world's one time greatest concentration of industry. the evidence of
a destroyed social/civic compact, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nga2_XK3kmE
they put false fronts up on the abandoned properties downtown during
the superbowl.....
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