The Ruins of Detroit
Diane Ellis, Ed. ·
Jan 6, 2011 at 4:54pm
Click here for an incredibly eerie slide show of the ruins of a once-great American city.
(h/t Tyler Cowen)
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Jul '10
Re: The Ruins of Detroit
Then only thing missing are pictures of the people.
Jun '10
Re: The Ruins of Detroit
Another ruin: The last Republican Mayor of Detroit, who served from September 12, 1957 to January 2, 1962, and died at the ripe age of 90, in 1987. Every mayor since then, a Democrat. Am I implying a connection? Yes.
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Jimmy Carter: Then only thing missing are pictures of the people. · Jan 6 at 5:07pm
I think that's what makes it especially spooky. I've never been to Detroit, but the slide show makes it look like an abandoned ghost town.
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etoiledunord: Another ruin: The last Republican Mayor of Detroit, who served from September 12, 1957 to January 2, 1962, and died at the ripe age of 90, in 1987. Every mayor since then, a Democrat. Am I implying a connection? Yes. · Jan 6 at 5:08pm
Exactly. What would it take for all of America to look like that? I shudder to think what would happen if Detroit's politics and policies were adopted across the nation.
May '10
Re: The Ruins of Detroit
Is that library abandoned or just closed? I find it hard to believe nobody's accepted or simply taken all those books.
Nov '10
Re: The Ruins of Detroit
The abandoned libraries, with books still on the shelves, are especially eerie. It is like looking at the Death of Civilization. Disturbing in a very poignant way.
Edited on Jan 6, 2011 at 6:22pmJul '10
Re: The Ruins of Detroit
Diane Ellis, Ed.
I think that's what makes it especially spooky. I've never been to Detroit, but the slide show makes it look like an abandoned ghost town. · Jan 6 at 5:09pm
I understand Yer reference to "spooky," but I was referring to ruined Lives.... which may be higher up on the "ruins" level.
Jul '10
Re: The Ruins of Detroit
Um, Diane? I put this up about two months ago....
Nov '10
Re: The Ruins of Detroit
Diane Ellis, Ed.
I think that's what makes it especially spooky. I've never been to Detroit, but the slide show makes it look like an abandoned ghost town.
Detroit is an abandoned ghost town.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld05-5OOLRg
This is what happens when a city is run by brain-dead liberal idiots. Pay special attention to Democratic State Representative Marie Donigan, a fiscal dunce who seems to believe that money falls from the sky. She honestly sees no reason why bankrupt Detroit cannot conjure up $500 million for a useless light rail system.
Nov '10
Re: The Ruins of Detroit
It is worth another look. This is a harbinger for the future of many American cities.
Dec '10
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Really? That's nice. I've been here less than three weeks.
Did you have a point to make?
Jun '10
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Now I know how all the Russians felt when I looked with disgust at their cities. Shame... but this time the shoe is on the other foot. How can people in our own country be so blind and even continue to drive it further into the ground?
Lady Kurobara
Detroit is an abandoned ghost town.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld05-5OOLRg
This is what happens when a city is run by brain-dead liberal idiots. Pay special attention to Democratic State Representative Marie Donigan, a fiscal dunce who seems to believe that money falls from the sky. She honestly sees no reason why bankrupt Detroit cannot conjure up $500 million for a useless light rail system. · Jan 6 at 6:11pm
May '10
Re: The Ruins of Detroit
Notice it's run by a UK newspaper.
Re: The Ruins of Detroit
Kenneth: Um, Diane? I put this up about two months ago.... · Jan 6 at 5:52pm
Apologies. I'd thought the images looked strangely familiar, but was fooled into thinking they were new since they appeared in the Guardian this week.
Aug '10
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Of course. The genius of the Democratic Party is that it deals political junk. Junkies seldom vote against their dealers. There will always be a Democratic Party, manufacturing Detroits.
Dec '10
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But I hadn't registered to comment yet, so I'm glad she did!
I'm a resident of a suburb near Detroit & have lived here for over 14 winters. I go to Detroit as little as possible.
When my company transferred me here and I brought my wife up to do some house hunting, I made the tactical error of driving through Detroit on the way north to the suburbs. 14 years ago it was depressing, dangerous, and scary at night and it is beyond obvious to say it's now worse. Once grand neighborhoods are either vacant or should be. The entire government apparatus is corrupt. While the photos of once glorious but now empty structures are haunting, the reality of what is happening to this city is disgusting.
It doesn't have to be this way. It has nothing to do with the automotive companies, economics, or even politics. It's incompetence, compounded, with interest!
Sep '10
Re: The Ruins of Detroit
Lady Kurobara
The abandoned libraries, with books still on the shelves, are especially eerie. It is like looking at the Death of Civilization. Disturbing in a very poignant way. · Jan 6 at 5:37pm
Edited on Jan 06 at 06:22 pm
Yes, the photos look like scenes from a sci-fi flick where all the people were either mysteriously wiped out or had to leave suddenly.
Isn't there some salvage value in some of what is left there? The buildings themselves obviously need to be razed, but to just leave everything in that suspended animation state is too weird.
Jul '10
Re: The Ruins of Detroit
Diane Ellis, Ed.
Kenneth: Um, Diane? I put this up about two months ago.... · Jan 6 at 5:52pm
Apologies. I'd thought the images looked strangely familiar, but was fooled into thinking they were new since they appeared in the Guardian this week. · Jan 6 at 7:26pm
Well, folks didn't pay much attention when I put it up, so you've shared it more widely.
May '10
Re: The Ruins of Detroit
Lady Kurobara
The abandoned libraries, with books still on the shelves, are especially eerie. It is like looking at the Death of Civilization. Disturbing in a very poignant way. · Jan 6 at 5:37pm
Edited on Jan 06 at 06:22 pm
The abandoned police station with all of the strewn files and photographs is, also, symbolic of the Death of Civilization.
Jul '10
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Nickolas
Really? That's nice. I've been here less than three weeks.
Did you have a point to make? · Jan 6 at 6:58pm
Yeah, we try not step on each others posts here without attribution.
And when I want to make a point to you, you'll know about it.
Edited on Jan 6, 2011 at 8:50pm