Detroit in Ruins

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[jaydeecarr]

So Sad, It is the result of a handout nation, no initiative that our citizens had as this country was founded. People are content to sit around and whine "

Take care of me '. The members of my family came here and worked hard never expecting a handout. They helped to build what the current inhabitants tore down. The Unions contributed to this and the future will be under a socialist Marxist

regime

[rdolivaw]

@jaydeecarr Yes, indeed. Totally agree.

[B3NN10N]

so do people live in detroit??

[rdolivaw]

@B3NN10N About half the number that lived there when I was growing up in southeast Michigan sixty-some years ago. A quarter of its area is abandoned and turning back into prairie (with ruins among the weeds and grass). I hear the Chinese are buying up large tracts of the abandoned property from the city and state.

[bruceduece1]

The suburbanization of America also contributed in a large way. The Interstate Highway System made life outside the city possible for millions, causing urban neglect. Those left behind were mostly black and poor, unwelcome and ill equipped for the new destination. The irony is that now, as decay hits the burbs, we see the problem being repeated. Apparently, we are doomed to repeat our mistakes, content to retreat into the scapegoat of racism. Who's to blame but ourselves?

[manchester2000ful]

@jaydeecarr I can tell these bldgs., were very majestic back in the day. I live in Canada and we tear down nothing. We have a new city hall standing by its side is the old city hall. Nothing 100 yrs or older is not torn down. If a bldg., is run down, it is fixed up and sold. Old abandoned factories are made into lofts or condos. Tragic that no-one cares about restoring these once beautiful bldgs., they have a lot of history. On the other hand the economy is so bad right now it wd cost a fortune.

[Arondeus]

@jaydeecarr

If you really care about this country, then you should take the time to study. Welfare states are not Communist. At all. You clearly have no idea what Socialism/Communism really is. So, rather than wasting time ranting about something that isn't actually part of the problem, why not learn something, read something, and then focus your efforts on solving the problems that really are the cause of this tragedy.

[handymandan100]

Eh, it's tragic and all... but we just can't maintain the decadence of yesteryear. Some might argue that that's social evolution, I might agree. it's the hanging on to such things that drags us down as well. Urban decay is part of change, you could postulate that it's "karma" for greed and avarice of the motor city, "Motors runnin' on Tucker's Blood" as Jack White of the White Stripes once said in "The Big Three Killed my Baby"

[pipersmitty87]

@pipersmitty87 the unions, not so much.

[pipersmitty87]

@jaydeecarr I agree we now have a "take care of me" society started a few generations ago. 50% of all US citizens are receiving some kind of aid from the gov't. I have read of such people calling themselves entrepreneurs for making babies. Look it up.

[jjames3469]

@jaydeecarr You're spot on. I couldn't agree with you more.

[Connected2U2]

Detroit,Flint and Toledo, Akin to gold rush towns who's gold dried up.

By the late 30s/early 40s all these places were failing,because the market was changing.

If it wasn't for WW2 giving new life to old manufacturing plants, they would of been history.

As it stands now Detroit is too over populated for its infrastructure,nothing can ever replace the auto/war manufacturing industry.

Another HUGE issue is the more people leave the more human trash is left behind,no one will invest in them

[Budrosis]

@eleutheromaniac I believe they call it "white flight". Its what happens when all the productive people move out of a city and leave it to the degenerates.

[lazygorillas]

They didn't even try to give away or sell the books in the library? What a waste and shame.