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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:29 PM Original message |
WTF is going on in Detroit? Can anyone in Detroit confirm this? |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. what he showed is a pretty fair look at Detroit...1,500 sq homes are the norm |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. She's not the only nut bag on the council. They all need to go. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
130. I was born in Detroit. I spent a half-century there. The story is not simple. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. CBC News aired some interesting pieces on Detroit a couple of weeks back. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Delete. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. How come there aren't urban scavengers taking the paneling, doors moldings, staircases |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It's illegal. But it goes on every day. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Anything worth money is already gone. nt |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Oh, they are. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. I'm betting that's what is going on in the "inside"... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is not ALL of Detroit. There are still some very nice |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Um where? |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
55. I was EXTREMELY lucky, we bought a home here last year, sight unseen |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #55 |
89. There are some gorgeous homes there |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #89 |
148. It has improved in many areas |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
73. Where? Palmer Woods, Russell Woods, University (UofD) |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #73 |
100. I mentioned many of those neighborhoods |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #100 |
127. I live in Detroit by choice |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #127 |
145. Detroit is no New York |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. You missed my point |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #100 |
129. You named Indian Village and 'neighborhood off of 8 mile.' |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #129 |
144. yeah whatever |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
77. Where are those neighborhoods? My son and in laws live in Macomb County very nice north of about |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Why? They would never believe it. |
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Irish Girl (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Absolutely astonishing |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Take a look at Cleveland while your at it... |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Look at North Philly too. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. What a fucking tool this guy is. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Yep. I agree. Wikipedia's 2000 census info for Highland Park |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. These people are making no effort to understand poverty. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I disagree. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Agreed... |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. I'm from Pontiac, too |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Hmmmm... |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:45 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Born in 1973 |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #44 |
68. My grandparents moved to, and my parents grew up, in Pontiac. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. This guy, though, blamed it on the welfare system. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #38 |
58. The "reasons" he proposed were the same bullshit reasons... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #58 |
64. At least he's taking an interest in raising awareness while all YOU do is trash someone else's |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Why should I respect someone who clearly did NO research.... |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. He lost me... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
140. That was true back in the era to which I refer. Perhaps this that is one |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
116. Very well stated |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
119. I understand what you're saying. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
81. The best part of the whole stupid ass "video" is at 5:38 |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. See "Detroit Wildlife" in HD - IMHO, the best of the videos on Detroit |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. there was a beauty in the ruins that this film captured |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
120. Florent Tillon is returning this summer to flesh out the piece into a complete documentary. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. Looks about right |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. The second pic is really quite beautiful. nt |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
92. I boarded a train at that station |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
150. I want to add to my comment |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Read this: TIME, Inc April 6 edition |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
135. Looks like a lot of tillable land there. That may be a blessing in the not-too-distant future. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. Point well made. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I know you mean well with this post |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
66. Well, at some point humans have to decide they are going to stick up for themselves and fight |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I'm getting more and more offended by your posts. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. n/a |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Reminds me of the recent book "The World Without Us" |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. None of it is that recent - someone we knew went to Detroit in the early 90s |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. So everyone's done shitting on Texas and now it's time to shit on Detroit? |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. I can believe it |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. The decay in Detroit was already in swing when I worked there |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I really think it was the riots in 68 that kicked things off |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. The Detroit riots were in 1967, not 68. |
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Theres-a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Yes |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. and I was just a little girl. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. It's not a time easily forgotten. Armored Personnel Carriers in the streets. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #48 |
67. Your story right there tells the true story of Detroit. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Given its 22% "official" unemployment rate... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. 22% Official unemployment rate is hanging in there? |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I'm surprised they're not rioting in Detroit. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. I googled "Detroit decline" and pulled up a Time article .... from 1961 |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
71. The Rouge plant is now one of Ford's most acclaimed plants. |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
39. not everthing is doom and gloom |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. The Book-Cadillac is rehabbed? Sweet! Such beautiful buildings there, |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #50 |
59. It's totally re-habbed |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #39 |
65. Thank you |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
40. Here's what's next for Detroit - at least, according to some investors |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
138. That sounds like something out of 19th Century Russia |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. It's sad to see all those houses in ruins...but... |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #41 |
62. Mos of those houses... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #62 |
74. AND the taxes ARE NOT AT 8%!!! It's 6%. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
42. Hahaha, he fell down the ladder. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. "Fabulous ruins of Detroit" - I'll plug that site. Done by someone who loves the city, |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. In the early 70's I saw a rapid decay of the city. There were a lot of |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
49. Money pulled out. The same thing happened in my town during the Reagan recession. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
54. Detroit aside, this video a combination of Jackass and Geraldo |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. This guy had clearly never been to an inner city before. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
146. I totally agree lol |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #146 |
149. "Detroit Wildlife" |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
56. That is a LOT of bullshit |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Yes. |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. I have lived in Detroit for many years... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #63 |
75. THANK YOU!!!! I mentioned up thread this guy was being |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
57. Detroit is the poorest city in America. Poorer than New Orleans. But because celebrities |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #57 |
79. Excuse me? Provide a link to your info, please? I'll wait. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Who the hell do you think you are? |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Ah, spouting bullshit. Just as I thought. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Look downthread, dullard. nt |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
76. The man who did that video is an idiot. I agree with this poster on youtube: |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
117. True |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
82. Detroit is poorest big city in U.S. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #82 |
85. This data is from TWO years ago! You DO know those stats |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Yes, they obviously fail to take into account the economic boom in Detroit since 2007 |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Without posting any link have you heard anything about |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #87 |
93. Show me stats that indicate that CA is poorer than Detroit now. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #93 |
101. That was not my purpose for siting CA in this example. LA and |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Prove your point. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Where's your link? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #103 |
108. And it better not be a TWO MASSIVE FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE YEARS OLD OBSOLETE link |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #108 |
121. I'm back! Now, for YOUR answer, ALL census information to date |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. So you don't have evidence. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Evidence will be in the 2010 census which will bear out my |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. I doubt it will. It isn't as though the mortgage crisis hasn't effected Detroit much. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Noone alluded to such as that was not the point. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #121 |
126. Did you seriously just post that as "proof"? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. Oh shit! Now a native Detroiter has been provoked. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #126 |
131. If you're going to intrude in someone else's interaction the |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. Hello, it's a fucking message board. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. You just confirmed that you did not read b/c I made no such |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. Backpeddling? |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #134 |
139. I don't think you can read. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #87 |
95. I guess we'll set aside the *minor* fact that California isn't a city for the moment. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #95 |
96. How can you be so callous in the face of CA suffering from losses in home equity... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #95 |
98. For once you're correct. The STATE does include the |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #95 |
113. You forgot Poland |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. *snarf* |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #85 |
90. You can't be this dim. You MUST be trolling. Thanks for the kick, at least. nt |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. YOU obviously are that 'dim.' |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #91 |
94. You asked for the link; you got it. You don't like what it said, so its feet stomping time! |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #94 |
97. You made a claim based on obsolete information and/or |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Still waiting for YOU to present any data to the contrary. You've had quite some time already. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #99 |
104. Detroit, Cleveland and Miami are statistically tied. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. But what about all the poverty stricken big cities in California? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #105 |
109. To be fair, I would imagine the 2007 Census does not include the foreclosure crisis. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Also to be fair, home foreclosures is not quantified in per capita income statistics. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. Ah yes, but I would imagine that the link between per capita income and foreclosure rate... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #105 |
114. or Poland |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #99 |
106. It won't take much time but you have yet to produce data for |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #106 |
107. Dude. Are you on heavy painkillers or something? It's at the top of this subthread. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
112. My response thread. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
115. "As Detroit goes so does the rest of the country" Detroit has been dying for decades |
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PM7nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
118. Detroit has looked like that for 30 years. Nothing new. nt |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #118 |
141. not true. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
136. Bureaucratic group-think is a very real problem |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
137. That guy is an ass. nt |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #137 |
142. I watched without volume... |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. Smart move. ;) |
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