Detroit's beautiful, horrible decline. [Pics]

[Shibby]

If the Oklahoma Thunder does well with getting a following (so far so good), I could see OK getting an NFL team.

[FrankTheTank55]

I live about 20 minutes from Detroit. Its bad but not as bad as everyone thinks. If you only look at one side of it, of course its going to look bad. There are alot of nice places downtown and they are working on cleaning it up. Im not saying its as nice as other major cities but its not like a warzone or anything like thaose pics portray. HBO has a new show called "Hung" it takes place in Detroit and all the places they show are real places downtown. You can see alot of nice places.

[Shibby]

I live about 20 minutes from Detroit. Its bad but not as bad as everyone thinks. If you only look at one side of it, of course its going to look bad. There are alot of nice places downtown and they are working on cleaning it up. Im not saying its as nice as other major cities but its not like a warzone or anything like thaose pics portray. HBO has a new show called "Hung" it takes place in Detroit and all the places they show are real places downtown. You can see alot of nice places.

So what about the lions?

[FrankTheTank55]

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.

Up until last year the Lions sold out every home game since moving the team back to downtown Detroit. Its the people that live in the suburbs that buy season tickets and go to the games.

[FrankTheTank55]

So what about the lions?

They will turn it around. Last year so many people quit going to games. They are having a hard time selling the season ticket plans. Lion fans have been die hard for years, we went to the games and bought the merchandise. They didnt give a shit about winning because they were making money still. So everyone had enough and we quit spending our money on them and now they are waking up.

[Bouncer]

They will turn it around.

:retard:

in which decade?

[FrankTheTank55]

:retard:

in which decade?

You a Jets fan? Lions are alot like the Jets.

[Bouncer]

You a Jets fan? Lions are alot like the Jets.

steelers fan. :rofl:

[Bouncer]

Hunger hits Detroit's middle class

DETROIT (CNNMoney.com) -- On a side street in an old industrial neighborhood, a delivery man stacks a dolly of goods outside a store. Ten feet away stands another man clad in military fatigues, combat boots and what appears to be a flak jacket. He looks straight out of Baghdad. But this isn't Iraq. It's southeast Detroit, and he's there to guard the groceries.

"No pictures, put the camera down," he yells. My companion and I, on a tour of how people in this city are using urban farms to grow their own food, speed off.

In this recession-racked town, the lack of food is a serious problem. It's a theme that comes up again and again in conversations in Detroit. There isn't a single major chain supermarket in the city, forcing residents to buy food from corner stores. Often less healthy and more expensive food.

As the area's economy worsens --unemployment was over 16% in July -- food stamp applications and pantry visits have surged.

Detroiters have responded to this crisis. Huge amounts of vacant land has led to a resurgence in urban farming. Volunteers at local food pantries have also increased.

But the food crunch is intensifying, and spreading to people not used to dealing with hunger. As middle class workers lose their jobs, the same folks that used to donate to soup kitchens and pantries have become their fastest growing set of recipients.

Full story: Hunger hits Detroit - Aug. 6, 2009

[Shibby]

I live about 20 minutes from Detroit. Its bad but not as bad as everyone thinks. If you only look at one side of it, of course its going to look bad. There are alot of nice places downtown and they are working on cleaning it up. Im not saying its as nice as other major cities but its not like a warzone or anything like thaose pics portray. HBO has a new show called "Hung" it takes place in Detroit and all the places they show are real places downtown. You can see alot of nice places.

Hunger hits Detroit's middle class

DETROIT (CNNMoney.com) -- On a side street in an old industrial neighborhood, a delivery man stacks a dolly of goods outside a store. Ten feet away stands another man clad in military fatigues, combat boots and what appears to be a flak jacket. He looks straight out of Baghdad. But this isn't Iraq. It's southeast Detroit, and he's there to guard the groceries.

"No pictures, put the camera down," he yells. My companion and I, on a tour of how people in this city are using urban farms to grow their own food, speed off.

In this recession-racked town, the lack of food is a serious problem. It's a theme that comes up again and again in conversations in Detroit. There isn't a single major chain supermarket in the city, forcing residents to buy food from corner stores. Often less healthy and more expensive food.

As the area's economy worsens --unemployment was over 16% in July -- food stamp applications and pantry visits have surged.

Detroiters have responded to this crisis. Huge amounts of vacant land has led to a resurgence in urban farming. Volunteers at local food pantries have also increased.

But the food crunch is intensifying, and spreading to people not used to dealing with hunger. As middle class workers lose their jobs, the same folks that used to donate to soup kitchens and pantries have become their fastest growing set of recipients.

Full story: Hunger hits Detroit - Aug. 6, 2009

What were you saying :D

[Bouncer]

More abandoned pictures of Detroit.

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