Detroit's beautiful, horrible decline. [Pics]

[Bouncer]

I was thinking about this thread as I was driving to the zoo today (Pittsburgh) and there are a lot of old steel places that look like some of those pics.

your already back? its only 11am. lol

[Turbo3000]

your already back? its only 11am. lol

Short zoo trip for sure.

Zoo's suck anyway.

[Bouncer]

Zoo's suck anyway.

dont hate on the zoo because your dad never took you.

sad abused loser now lashing out at society. :retard: :hibb:

[Shibby]

your already back? its only 11am. lol

No, I posted that during our break to eat :weights:

[Konitz]

yea, im a scardy cat.

not to many people i know that would be cool with sitting in that place at night by themselves.

Were I live there was an old abandoned insane asylum, (the tore it down now) But when I around 14 people always used to sneak in there at nite, tt felt like house on haunted hill. I have a over-active imgaination, and when I made it inside there, after about 10 min I ran the fuck out lol. That place was creepy as fuck.

[hitmansb]

somehow i doubt that. nobody wants to live in Detroit. i dont care if you buy a house for a dollar and make it look like a million dollar house... its still in Detroit. its a dead city with no jobs. that city wont be turned around for 30+ years..

This is right on the money. Detroit will have to re-invent itself, and that will mean finding the right niches to cater to and attracting business with massive incentives (tax free for 20yrs, ect). Those new businesses will take years to grow to the point where they make a big enough economic impact on Detroit to turn things around. That photo essay is the perfect cautionary tale for cities that rely too heavily on any one industry; you have to diversify.

[Mr I]

This is right on the money. Detroit will have to re-invent itself, and that will mean finding the right niches to cater to and attracting business with massive incentives (tax free for 20yrs, ect). Those new businesses will take years to grow to the point where they make a big enough economic impact on Detroit to turn things around. That photo essay is the perfect cautionary tale for cities that rely too heavily on any one industry; you have to diversify.

Gaming?

[Shibby]

This is right on the money. Detroit will have to re-invent itself, and that will mean finding the right niches to cater to and attracting business with massive incentives (tax free for 20yrs, ect). Those new businesses will take years to grow to the point where they make a big enough economic impact on Detroit to turn things around. That photo essay is the perfect cautionary tale for cities that rely too heavily on any one industry; you have to diversify.

That reminds me of this article I read a while back Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - Can Pittsburgh save Detroit? « - Blogs from CNN.com

[Shibby]

Gaming?

They're working on it, but there is a lot of public resistance. For the most part it seems people feel there is gaming close enough but not too close.

[Mr I]

They're working on it, but there is a lot of public resistance. For the most part it seems people feel there is gaming close enough but not too close.

Public resistence lolz, they seem to fight hard for their right to be outa work and poor round there like its in the constitution or something !:noo::noo:

[Bouncer]

Public resistence lolz, they seem to fight hard for their right to be outa work and poor round there like its in the constitution or something !:noo::noo:

exactly, they have the mindset of "we just want it back the way it used to be". most are poor and uneducated and don't understand what is really going on. they just go by the stories told to them by the elders. they lack the education and understanding to turn the city around.

[Shibby]

I don't understand how the Lions are still there. A city with no people, no money and the team is the worst in the league.

[Bouncer]

I don't understand how the Lions are still there. A city with no people, no money and the team is the worst in the league.

who else would want those stinkers. they would get killed by college teams.

[Shibby]

who else would want those stinkers. they would get killed by college teams.

L.A. :dunno:

[Bouncer]

L.A. :dunno:

wouldnt it be embarrassing when USC is better then your pro team? lol