How Detroit became America's Warzone

[geefloyd46]

[Heather MC]

1. This is sad

My hometown is not much different from this on a smaller scale but the inner city is devasted and the the rest of the town doesn't seem concerned by the problem.

In the 1990's my home town lost four major industries to Mexico. And it never recovered the loss. the Factory my Father use to work in, got knocked down and turned into a soccor field.

my fathers block use to have 12 houses one now only 6 houses are livable the rest are abandoned or torn down. Actually now it's 5, my father recently left his home for assisted living housing. I am sure his home will begin to show signs of being abandoned soon. but it's not like he can sell it. You can drive 10 blocks and not see a for sell sign on any property.

however, one year the house next door to my dads burnt to the ground. And much to our surprise after the lot was cleared. perfect rows of corn grew. I think it's is the last organic corn patch in America. Anyway. my father bought he land and started keeping the grass cut. but what if letting it be a farm again is the best thing for it?? I bet alot of the abondoned houses in his block are sitting on a gold mine of Organic corn

[BodieTown]

2. So Accurate

This brief documentary accurately captures what it feels like to be in downtown Detroit.

I especially appreciated the focus on the casinos, which a lot of people don't know about: Palatial displays of garish corporate wealth in the middle of massive disintegration.

It's too bad the documentary didn't show the drive coming up from Toledo and into Detroit, with the horrific industrial "parks" of smokestacks and brown wasteland as far as the eye can see. This is what Corporate America did to Detroit: It built these fearsome eyesores and abandoned them, a display of rampant, unhinged, corporate psychosis that a lot of people seem to admire.

Racism has always been brutal in the Detroit area. I have no idea why this is the case, but growing up, "those" people were usually referred to as n-words. There is no question that racism and corporate pillaging went hand-in-hand in destroying this once great city.

[StoneCarver]

3. Detroit will survive and thrive just fine

It may be bad now but it's a huge opportunity. Detroit will survive and reinvent itself. Just listen to Warren, go the opposite direction of the herd when investing.
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-warren-buffett-detroit-investment-20131127,0,6398283.story#axzz2s6wwNUpk
Stonecarver

[navarth]

4. Like all ruin porn, this is a very distorted view of Detroit

There are plenty of good things happening there. Midtown has a 90% occupancy rate. Woodbridge prices are going through the roof. For crissakes, actual gentrification is becoming an issue.

Don't believe everything you hear.