"but the lead creeping out of crumbling bricks and peeling paint drifts in through her windows."
Lead in bricks?
Detroit the most liberal city in America:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463364/posts
Yeah, you never heard the expression, "went over like a lead brick"? Or something like that.
>>Lead in bricks?<<
Creeping in through windows?
yes, a lot of people, that rather than take the time to fix things, they paint over it. so if they were selling the home or changing renters it would have gotten a new coat of paint. and since alot of the house are old, there's sometimes multiple layers of lead paint. the brick falls, paint chips and the lead gets airborne.
however the amount of lead in the air is nominal, usualy still much better than the air around a gun range.
Let me venture a guess and say someone will eventually declair Detroit a "Federal Disaster Area" and we will have another Katrina-like evac at taxpayers expense. Watch closely, and see who picks up the debts in the future.
Yup, so Superman can't peek thru 'em