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The Dead Zone: Detroit Becomes Urban Wasteland
CBN News Middle East Bureau ^ | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 | Chuck Holton

Posted on 04/09/2013 1:59:31 PM PDT by robowombat

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To: ConradofMontferrat

If I was rich I’d love to buy up huge tracts of land there...rebuild nice planned communities...sadly it wouldn’t work because I’d have to put up huge fences to keep the ferals out and that would be racist of me...


61 posted on 04/09/2013 8:13:05 PM PDT by cherry
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To: cripplecreek
very optimistic CC..its good to read....I loved the old ethnic neighborhoods with all the neatly crafted houses, many of the occupants were immigrants from Poland,Germany,Italy, etc.....

they brought their work ethic and their churches, their foods, their music....

America became too successful, for all those immigrants that built the great cities have moved to the suburbs, and the subsequent generations have diluted their religion, their food, their music...iows....lost their culture...

the big cities are suffering because there is very little good culture, despite what Farakan or Jesse says....what they call "culture" is just another excuse for not working, not educating, not obeying the law, not marrying...

62 posted on 04/09/2013 8:24:31 PM PDT by cherry
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To: cherry

I don’t love cities but I think America’s future depends on their survival. There is good moral news coming out of Detroit as well.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3006080/posts


63 posted on 04/09/2013 8:30:23 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: robowombat

I think I was there. Drove through Wayne State, then NE of downtown, and made a big loop through Hamtramck, and then west to Highland Park, Livernois, and further west. It was only one visit, so wasn’t sure if I “missed” anything

The only difference vs. other NE cities i know of, is the scale of the blight - Detroit’s blight covers an absolutely huge area.

It’s not a typical tourist destination, but I am glad I saw it.


64 posted on 04/09/2013 8:40:06 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: GOPsterinMA
I was thinking about the fixtures (staircases, wainscoting, etc.) that’s there for the taking.

It is there for the taking. There is such a salvage company doing just that in Buffalo. There is some beautiful old wood-working, lead-glass, and light fixtures available

65 posted on 04/09/2013 8:46:21 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: robowombat

About 40 years ago I was a child there. This is so sad.


66 posted on 04/09/2013 8:49:30 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: robowombat
Yes, I remember the Detroit of 40 years ago, I grew up in Flint, a smaller version of the same.

What we are dealing with is really 60 years of Democrat leadership and union corruption.

The truth of Detroit is largely ignored by the media.

67 posted on 04/10/2013 12:54:10 AM PDT by exnavy (Fish or cut bait ...Got ammo, Godspeed!)
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To: PGR88

That’s great!!! I look at those salvage operations as keepers of history and American craftsmanship.


68 posted on 04/10/2013 4:58:29 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Time to musk up.)
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To: MinuteGal
***the MSM propaganda machine which covers for DC's communist administration is directly responsible***

The MSM is guilty of TREASON and I stand on those charges until they come to kill ME!!!

69 posted on 04/10/2013 11:54:43 AM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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