"ellen" <epdpster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:9f6976be-a8de-45e3-9d49-9e06a2abf91a@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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.....
Oh my, this is so sad and Detroit is only one city.....
Think of what $14B a month could do.
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