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From the Sky, Detroit Looks Like Sarajevo
Gawker.com ^ | 04/18/10 | Matt Cherette

Posted on 04/19/2010 6:40:22 AM PDT by TonyInOhio

Chris Hansen traveled to Detroit, Michigan for a Dateline special that aired tonight on the state of what is probably America's most desolate city. And in aerial footage—devastation porn at its best—Detroit's grim plight was revealed.

"Today, from the air, parts of Detroit look like a war zone," Hansen said in a voiceover near the beginning of the special, before he listed some of the most shocking facts about the city's current state—the population is less than half of what it was decades ago; there are 400 liquor stores there, but only eight supermarkets—all while panning shots of the consequences of its deterioration flashed on the screen.

Describing Detroit as "a city that is virtually on life support," Hansen then introduced the audience to an ambitious plan by Mayor Dave Bing to bulldoze down more than 10,000 buildings and literally shrink the city's borders in order to save money spent on public services. Again, disturbing aerial shots were abound.

As the special's end drew nearer, depressing music played as even more aerial shots revealed Detroit's desolation—combined with shocking information, like the fact that there are 40 square miles of vacant/abandoned property within the city's limits—and Mayor Bing explained in more detail to Hansen his plan to shrink its size (something he claims will take 10 to 20 years, if it's able to be completed at all).

Will Detroit ever return to its glory days of the first half of the 20th Century? Probably not. Will it even be able to avoid going completely bankrupt and return from the brink of total destruction? Nobody really knows. What is clear, though—especially after seeing the devastation from the sky—is that the Motor City has a long, long way to go to even become a shell of its former self.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: detroit; greatsociety; liberalism; obamaism
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There are three depressing and must-see videos at the link.

We have first-hand evidence of the destruction wrought by the Great Society. If Obamaism is allowed to take root, we will see many more formerly great cities degenerate to this state in our lifetimes.

1 posted on 04/19/2010 6:40:22 AM PDT by TonyInOhio
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To: TonyInOhio

Liberalism: Exhibit A.


2 posted on 04/19/2010 6:42:11 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: TonyInOhio

a democrat, union controlled city and state.


3 posted on 04/19/2010 6:43:17 AM PDT by ken21 (i am not voting for a rino-progressive.)
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To: TonyInOhio

from the ground, too, probably.


4 posted on 04/19/2010 6:45:30 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: TonyInOhio

Well since it looks like a war zone anyway. We need to declare war on Canada, whoever loses is forced to take Detroit.


5 posted on 04/19/2010 6:46:26 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: TonyInOhio

” 400 liquor stores “?
Understandable, I’d drink lots too if I lived there.


6 posted on 04/19/2010 6:47:04 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Just say NO to RINOs. (FUBO))
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To: TonyInOhio

Detroit is the poster child for rat and union dominated government. Detroit is civilization in reverse. It is a warning to what our country is rapidly headed for.


7 posted on 04/19/2010 6:47:24 AM PDT by Jacquerie (It is happening here)
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To: dfwgator

I can see socialism from my house!.................


8 posted on 04/19/2010 6:47:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
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To: TonyInOhio

Great story, the mayor is right, bulldoze the city and make it smaller.


9 posted on 04/19/2010 6:47:40 AM PDT by TSgt (We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: TonyInOhio

but thankfully the feckless Michigan state legislature beat back a “right to work” bill, ensuring the union status quo will remain

so especially all you black folks in unions, be assured your reps are taking good care of you

sarc


10 posted on 04/19/2010 6:47:50 AM PDT by silverleaf (Karl Marx was NOT one of America's Founding Fathers)
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To: Jacquerie

It’s a liberal utopia... we ought to rename it Acornia.


11 posted on 04/19/2010 6:48:21 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: ken21

No a poster on the thread said it was “racism and classism” and his professor told him that, so it must be true.


12 posted on 04/19/2010 6:48:27 AM PDT by junta (S.C.U.M. = State Controlled Unreliable Media)
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To: TonyInOhio

It would be extremely interesting to see what would happen if they’d elect a white government.


13 posted on 04/19/2010 6:50:25 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: dfwgator

Detroit now = USA later, under Obamaism.


14 posted on 04/19/2010 6:50:36 AM PDT by OldArmy52 (Democratics' Obama Cr*pcare: the gift that stinks more and more.)
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To: OldArmy52

What is the racial makeup of Detroit?

All whites, conservatives too?

Cause and effect at work.


15 posted on 04/19/2010 6:52:38 AM PDT by OldArmy52 (Democratics' Obama Cr*pcare: the gift that stinks more and more.)
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To: TonyInOhio
Detroit now after decades of Democrat regimes
16 posted on 04/19/2010 6:53:18 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: OldArmy52

In the Scary Movie spoof of War of the Worlds, the TV reporter shows the Tom Cruise character photos of Detroit with the Martian leveling it. The she shows him what it looked like before. The only difference is the Martians aren’t in them.


17 posted on 04/19/2010 6:55:07 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: TonyInOhio
there are 400 liquor stores there, but only eight supermarkets . . .

Only a 50-1 ratio? Reminds me of a story my Dad used to tell me about four guys from Detroit out fishing. They pass a little convenience store on the side of the lake and decide to pull in nearby to set up camp for the night.

Two of the guys draw short straws and are sent to buy provisions for the night. They come back with four cases of beer and two loaves of bread. "Idiots!", shouts one of the guys who stayed behind to set up cam, "What are we supposed to do with all that bread?"

18 posted on 04/19/2010 6:57:17 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: KeyLargo

The pictures depict an effective Vandalism Prevention Program in action.

Who would attempt to further damage those buildings?


19 posted on 04/19/2010 6:58:19 AM PDT by Eaker (Pablo is very wily)
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To: KeyLargo

Looks like Warsaw at the end of WWII.


20 posted on 04/19/2010 6:58:41 AM PDT by dfwgator
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