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Shrinking Detroit has 12,000 abandoned homes
AFP ^ | Sun Aug 14, 5:03 PM ET

Posted on 08/15/2005 3:32:16 AM PDT by TimeLord

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To: kassie
My husband had to fly there this morning. He'll be there for 3 days. He'd rather go anywhere but Detroit.

Take him to Detroit!

181 posted on 08/15/2005 8:56:37 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: Acts 2:38
Mayor Kwame and his cronies

Don't let nobody talk about yo's boy.

182 posted on 08/15/2005 9:04:22 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: grellis

The military probably could use some of them for urban warfare exercises.


183 posted on 08/15/2005 9:04:45 AM PDT by bobjam
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To: NZerFromHK
If the chardonnay socialists are intent on moving back to the city, perhaps we should too eh?

I'd rather live in the ghetto than near those jokers.

184 posted on 08/15/2005 9:11:55 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Member - NRA, SAF, MGO, SAFR)
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To: babble-on
no housing bubble in Detroit at least

I can buy some houses there for $5000.

185 posted on 08/15/2005 9:14:36 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Member - NRA, SAF, MGO, SAFR)
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To: bella1

Bob Seger's from Ann Arbor. Ted Nugent grew up in Redford and lived near Concord(Jackson County).


186 posted on 08/15/2005 9:15:50 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Member - NRA, SAF, MGO, SAFR)
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To: Jacquerie
Are there any livable majority minority cities?

Southfield's still in decent shape once you get away from the Detroit border.

187 posted on 08/15/2005 9:17:16 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Member - NRA, SAF, MGO, SAFR)
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To: bobjam

I some areas there they would need live ammo to get out alive. That and air support.


188 posted on 08/15/2005 9:17:28 AM PDT by TXBSAFH (NHL legend Conn Smythe: "If you can't beat 'em in the alley, you can't beat 'em on the ice.")
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To: varon
Is it any wander folks on the west side of the state refer to it as DeToilet ;-)

What I don't get is that people in Grand Rapids consider anything east of Lansing, Detroit. I'm 60 miles from downtown.

189 posted on 08/15/2005 9:22:45 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Member - NRA, SAF, MGO, SAFR)
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To: TimeLord

Forget Tibet,

save Detroit!!


190 posted on 08/15/2005 9:23:27 AM PDT by millefleur (No KING but Jesus !)
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To: Dr.Deth

Oh my.

I have no further comment!


191 posted on 08/15/2005 9:30:01 AM PDT by Sometimes A River (Che Guevera isn't cool)
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To: softwarecreator
No kidding, we have to keep moving further and further north to get away from the "inner-city blight". Pretty soon the Upper Penninsula will be the suburbs of Detroit.

The development has already spread to Fowlerville 80 miles away.

192 posted on 08/15/2005 9:34:12 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Member - NRA, SAF, MGO, SAFR)
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To: R. Scott
I worked for a headstone company in Detroit for over 8 years - Crime in cemeteries was pretty common. Robbery in broad daylight, theft of bronze vases, urns benches and memorials. I've caught people stealing flowers for resale. My boss found a hooker in the truck when he was delivering a headstone. There was a shooting at one funeral and another where the grounds supervisor was given a broken nose punched in the face by gang members for not opening a sealed coffin (which by law, he cannot). Dead bodies were found dumped in a river at the cemetery across from us (two that I can remember). Police always looked there for missing persons.
But not only the crime problem but the upkeep of the cemeteries cause families to move their loved ones. Grass not mowed, memorials knocked over, graffiti and garbage everywhere. I was delivering a memorial to Mt. Hazel cemetery which the city had taken over two months before, the office was ransacked, cards (which contained info on where people are buried) were blowing all over the grounds. No one will ever know where anyone is buried in that cemetery unless they have a headstone (which most don't). Son House (famous blues legend) is buried there. It's a crying shame.
193 posted on 08/15/2005 9:35:14 AM PDT by intoxicat
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To: ShadowDancer
What's with all the Detroit pieces lately? It's bad enough having to live by it...

It's important for citizens of other large cities to see what happens when liberal ideas take over. And Detroit's the perfect example. It's the most liberal city in the nation, they've tried every liberal program, and they're reaping what they've sown. Disaster. Take notice.

194 posted on 08/15/2005 9:41:21 AM PDT by GOPJ (A person who will lie for you, will lie against you.)
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To: intoxicat
Crime in cemeteries was pretty common. Robbery in broad daylight, theft of bronze vases, urns benches and memorials. I've caught people stealing flowers for resale. My boss found a hooker in the truck when he was delivering a headstone. There was a shooting at one funeral and another where the grounds supervisor was given a broken nose punched in the face by gang members for not opening a sealed coffin (which by law, he cannot). Dead bodies were found dumped in a river at the cemetery across from us (two that I can remember).

Why would anyone want to open a coffin? What's the welfare/disability rate there? Are we paying for these animals?

195 posted on 08/15/2005 9:46:21 AM PDT by GOPJ (A person who will lie for you, will lie against you.)
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To: GOPJ

I assume to strip the body of any jewelry or clothing.


196 posted on 08/15/2005 9:48:16 AM PDT by LiveFree99
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To: Dan from Michigan
The development has already spread to Fowlerville 80 miles away

I know of several "suburbanites" who have moved to Alpena!

197 posted on 08/15/2005 9:49:47 AM PDT by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires)
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To: TalBlack
It wasn't racisim that forced my father out of East New York, it was VIOLENCE. I know because he raised me and neither he nor any of the men on the block were racist.

While I am sure it was true of your family (as was true of my family who were from Newark), the fact remains that there were plenty of white racists in places like East New York. There was even an organization in East New York, connected to organized crime called SPONGE (the Society for the Prevention of Niggers Getting Everything). You can look it up in any news report at the time. Lower class whites in East New York, for the most part, had no desire to live with low-class blacks, and vice versa.

Now that the yuppies are pushing out of Williamsburg into Bushwick, who knows if they'll make it to East New York in my lifetime. I doubt it (too far of a commute into Manhattan, poor housing stock), but I must say that at least the Bangladeshis and Dominicans who have moved into East New York/Cypress Hill have brought legitimate commercial activity back to the nabe.

198 posted on 08/15/2005 9:55:25 AM PDT by Clemenza (Intelligent Design Isn't Very Intelligent)
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To: kassie

YOu might suggest that he head out west on M-14 and wander around Main St., Liberty St., and State St. in downtown Ann Arbor.

That's a mostly liberal town too, but much prettier. Great bookstores (the Mother Ship for Borders is there), fantastic restaurants and fun shopping.

Pinz


199 posted on 08/15/2005 9:56:04 AM PDT by pinz-n-needlez
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To: Roccus
My husband and I are die hard Viking fans. For years we have promised ourselves that the first year they actually play in the Super Bowl, we were going.

Don't worry, your Vikes aren't going anywhere.

200 posted on 08/15/2005 9:57:52 AM PDT by BlueMondaySkipper (The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. - George Orwell)
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