[Kosh]

Detroit, summed up nicely in this photo essay.


Also according to This, by next year one in four homes in Detroit will be vacant, and also the cities firefighters are only half of what they were 50 years ago, plus they are loaded with old, poor quality equipment.


Detroit at this point is just as bad, if not worse off than many third world cities. To think this city put in a serious bid for the olympics in the early 60's shows just how far the city has fallen.

[Dilmah G]

The whole place looks like a bloody ghetto...

[Dark RevenantX]

They could use it as a gigantic set for a post-apocalyptic city.  That would raise some cash...

[Polpolion]

--Note to all--

-Detroit's main industry is the Auto industry. What industry is pretty much America all worried about?
-Detroit's last Mayor was completely incompetent. (Kwame Kilpatrik)
-Michigan's government is suffering severe budget problems.
-Michigan's government is also probably incompetent.
-Riots in the 60's discouraged a lot of potential growth, and caused a lot of damage to pretty much all aspects of the city.

If anyone who was debating the future of the auto industry is surprised by this, you should go kill yourself now.

On a brighter note, the neighborhood I live in, while within 30 minutes driving distance from downtown Detroit, is doing quite well. My older brother goes to college at WSU in Detroit and hasn't been mugged once.


EDIT:

They could use it as a gigantic set for a post-apocalyptic city.  That would raise some cash...

They're trying that. Michigan is so horribly off that there's a 42% refund for anything bought by movie producers filming movies in the state.

EDIT2: Oh BTW, Detroit's football (American football) was an amazing 0 wins and 16 losses this season. Worst team in NFL history! But the Red Wings in hockey are pretty good, and the Pistons in basketball aren't too shabby. And I guess the Tigers in baseball aren't completely embarrassing anymore.

[Kosh]

They could use it as a gigantic set for a post-apocalyptic city.  That would raise some cash...

8 mile was filmed there. It looked like a total dump even in that movie.

-Detroit's last Mayor was completely incompetent. (Kwame Kilpatrik)

From what I heard he was just the latest in a long string of incompetant and corrupt mayors.

-Michigan's government is suffering severe budget problems.

Nothing new here either. Many other cities like Flint are also in major depressions.

-Michigan's government is also probably incompetent.

There's got to be a lot of incompetancy and corruption all up and down the ladder in order for Detroit to fail so spectacularly.

On a brighter note, the neighborhood I live in, while within 30 minutes driving distance from downtown Detroit, is doing quite well.

Sounds like you live in the suburbs, which is where all the money went to and totally hollowed out most of America's inner cities. Now most of them are just rotten hell holes. In many places across the country the rot is starting to spread to the inner rings of the suburbs. I heard a story a while back (again, not from anywhere in Michigan but somewhere else) about a couple who moved out of the inner suburbs to get away from the gangs to the outer parts, some 20 miles away. A year later the gangs followed and now that area also has gang problems.

[Polpolion]

Oh wow, Kosh. You've managed to agree with all of what I said and still sound rude. And then you went on to insinuate that I lived in a hell hole. Goodness; I don't believe that any of that hostility was necessary.

If my posts had offended you, then I apologize.

[Kosh]

And then you went on to insinuate that I lived in a hell hole.

I meant the inner cities were hellholes, not the suburbs.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

* Androgeos Exeunt checks Kosh's link.

...what a sight. I didn't know something like this existed in America.

[Dilmah G]

* Androgeos Exeunt checks Kosh's link.

...what a sight. I didn't know something like this existed in America.

Well after years of watching (and mimicking) American Gangsta Rap Music Videos, it wasn't really a shock, more an expectation

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I'm reminded of Escape From LA, for whatever reason.

[Scuddie]

The Michigan Theatre
Built in 1926, this glorious building functioned as a performance space until 1976, when it was converted into a parking garage.

Tragic.  That's the only word I can use to describe it.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

It can be converted back...

[Kosh]

But that would take away valuable parking spaces

[Dark Hunter]

I'm reminded of Escape From LA, for whatever reason.

I'm reminded of City 17.

[BrotherBryon]

I guess the movie ROBOCOP wasn't too far off the map after all. At least as far as the general city atmosphere goes anyway.

[ssmit132]

The Michigan Theatre
Built in 1926, this glorious building functioned as a performance space until 1976, when it was converted into a parking garage.

Tragic.  That's the only word I can use to describe it.

At least it's still being used, even though the other places have been abandoned. Still, I get your point.

[Kosh]

I guess the movie ROBOCOP wasn't too far off the map after all. At least as far as the general city atmosphere goes anyway.

They even got he SUX-2000 more or less right (ie, you're average big 3 car).

[Vertigo 7]

truth be told, most major cities in america are in the crapper and have been for years. The only ones that are some how scraping by are the ultra beach touristy cities like san diego. corruption is rampant in every facet of our government. Unfortunately theres not a damn thing any one can do about it because the american people are too damn complacent and apathetic to make a change. They expect electing a no name black president (and no i don't mean that to be racist) to fix all the problems when in fact, the problem is with the people. The only reason things are the way they are is because we let it happen.

[Nuclear1]

Detroit is a dump?

Hoosiers have been telling our retarded cousins to the north that for years.

[BengalTiger]

Who figures out which political party rules Detroit gets a cookie.