What happened to Detroit?

[WillSandLS]

I posted that video on my facebook account.

A friend of mine who was an engineer at Ford just sent me this note:

"Detroit really is a sh*thole.....
I'm lucky I didn't get shot the several times I went into the city when I lived in Michigan."

Now that I totall disagree with. Its not like that at all though. Im a suburbanite and I have no problem going downtown whether its to a Wings/Lions/Tigers game via the freeway or down Woodward Past 8 and 7 Mile. I have never felt unsafe and the misconception that 'you'll get shot in detroit' is so annoying. S#ithole? Yes. But do i trust parking my car and walking around? You bet. Its sad though that people play into the hype of a murder city and give detroit a bad rep.

 

[lincolnx2]

I posted that video on my facebook account.

A friend of mine who was an engineer at Ford just sent me this note:

"Detroit really is a sh*thole.....
I'm lucky I didn't get shot the several times I went into the city when I lived in Michigan."

really, I was raised in Detroit, I have never been shot at. , I remember when I got back from my first deployment, I had a few dollars in the bank, I was wearing 1500 Al Wissom leather coat, and I wasn't bothered. I spent 20 years of my life in Detroit, and the only fight I got into was with a girl (damn I beat her arse). I have never been shot at, robbed, or assulted in any way, so with all due respect, your friend is full of sh!t.

 

[WillSandLS]

I have a few family members out that way, Bloomfield Township, and Bloomfield Hills. and you should change your hometown to West Bloomfield, Rep your city.

Its easier for others to understand that im in the Detroit Metro area, not some BFE farmland in the U.P. lol

 

[Calabrio]

So its "liberal by association" I guess I since my neighbor is gay, I should put a rainbow on my car.

No, but if you're caught in bed with your neighbor, I think the label fits.

I think it is silly that this guys goes to the worse places in Detroit, and talks all this crap, he is a right wing version of Micheal Moore, just younger

In your misguided defense of Detroit, you're failing to understand the political point that is being made in the video. Whether there's a decent neighborhood in Detroit is besides the point. The city is in collapse. And it got that way riding the political promises of government who promised that it would be a Utopia. In the end, you simply have a broken city that is dependent upon government.

I dont need a "moat' or "castle wall" I am a preety good shot from 300 meters.

I hope that weapon is legal in within the city limits.

I can tell you I would now, no questions asked.

And you'd do what?

Good luck with Detroit.... I'm sure it'll come around any day now.

The mistake your making is thinking that "luck" will be enough to turn that city around. Right now, it'll take something greater than that.

INDIVIDUALS.... maybe individuals like yourself.
And government to simply remove the obstacles that they are larger responsible for creating that are in your way.

Right now, there's NO REASON for anyone to invest in that city.
Other than the land itself, there's nothing to invest in- and the government and unions have an adversarial relationship with the entrepreneurs.

 

[lincolnx2]

Now that I totall disagree with. Its not like that at all though. Im a suburbanite and I have no problem going downtown whether its to a Wings/Lions/Tigers game via the freeway or down Woodward Past 8 and 7 Mile. I have never felt unsafe and the misconception that 'you'll get shot in detroit' is so annoying. S#ithole? Yes. But do i trust parking my car and walking around? You bet. Its sad though that people play into the hype of a murder city and give detroit a bad rep.

Dudes in Detroit are just like "suburbanites" if you jump at them, they will run majority of the time, its all hype, Detroit is not a bad city, i am not afraid to walk anywhere in Detroit, I am not afraid to take the DOT anywhere in Detroit, it all in the individual, if you act scared, they will ake advantage of you, just like any other big city.

 

[Calabrio]

Now that I totall disagree with. Its not like that at all though. Im a suburbanite and I have no problem going downtown whether its to a Wings/Lions/Tigers game via the freeway or down Woodward Past 8 and 7 Mile. I have never felt unsafe and the misconception that 'you'll get shot in detroit' is so annoying. S#ithole? Yes. But do i trust parking my car and walking around? You bet. Its sad though that people play into the hype of a murder city and give detroit a bad rep.

Forbes named it the "Most Dangerous City in America."


It has the highest homicide rate in the country, again.

 

[lincolnx2]

No, but if you're caught in bed with your neighbor, I think the label fits.

Dont have to worry about that.


In your misguided defense of Detroit, you're failing to understand the political point that is being made in the video. Whether there's a decent neighborhood in Detroit is besides the point. The city is in collapse. And it got that way riding the political promises of government who promised that it would be a Utopia. In the end, you simply have a broken city that is dependent upon government.


I hope that weapon is legal in within the city limits.

I am in Colorado, we have really "laxed" gun laws, I have investigated.


And you'd do what?
Its called Hustle, my family is doing well, its lazy people who choose not to work who make Detroit look bad.


The mistake your making is thinking that "luck" will be enough to turn that city around. Right now, it'll take something greater than that.

cal, you dont know me personally, but I have never relied on "luck" I have always went and worked for everything, I have been given nothing, and I dont expect anything from anyone.

INDIVIDUALS.... maybe individuals like yourself.

And government to simply remove the obstacles that they are larger responsible for creating that are in your way.

Right now, there's NO REASON for anyone to invest in that city.

There are plenty of reason to invest in Detroit, when would you buy stock? when it is at it's lowest, I am investing in Detroit, if it doesnt rebound, what do I loose?

Other than the land itself, there's nothing to invest in- and the government and unions have an adversarial relationship with the entrepreneurs.

So what happens when the Unions are gone, Dave Bing, the mayor of Detroit is trying to get rid of the Unions.

 

[lincolnx2]

Forbes named it the "Most Dangerous City in America."


It has the highest homicide rate in the country, again.

I will adress this tomorrow, I have to be up at 340am, its been fun as always.

 

[Calabrio]

I am in Colorado, we have really "laxed" gun laws, I have investigated.

But can you carry it in Detroit?
I don't know the Michigan laws, more importantly, I don't know the laws within the city of Detroit.

cal, you dont know me personally, but I have never relied on "luck" I have always went and worked for everything, I have been given nothing, and I dont expect anything from anyone.

I didn't make this about you.
I didn't say that YOU were counting on luck for your success. Or for "luck" to create an opportunity for you.

I was saying that "luck" won't be enough to save DETROIT. And I then went on to explain what would be necessary- and included individuals like yourself in that solution. But things can't get better in that city until there are some fundamental, governmental, and cultural changes in that city.

to quote myself:

INDIVIDUALS.... maybe individuals like yourself.

And government to simply remove the obstacles that they are larger responsible for creating that are in your way.

There are plenty of reason to invest in Detroit, when would you buy stock? when it is at it's lowest, I am investing in Detroit, if it doesnt rebound, what do I loose?

That all depends. How much are you going to invest, could you could lose it all.

So what happens when the Unions are gone, Dave Bing, the mayor of Detroit is trying to get rid of the Unions.

Your stuck on this single point, no one is saying that unions destroyed Detroit. They did however profoundly damage the industry that was the lifeblood of the city.

The GOVERNMENT destroyed Detroit.

There are many cities that could have been showcased in that short video. Cities that have had nearly a century of uninterupted progressive liberal government in charge. Governments that have promised a utopian future, yet ultimate have destroyed the cities they represented and shackled the populations that have stayed behind in a culture of government dependence.

Detroit is just a remarkable vivid and powerful visual example. A city that showed incredible promise and energy just 60 years ago that is not crumbling upon itself, reverting back to nature. A city that was touched not just by the toxic hand of progressive liberal policy makers and the inevitable corruption that plagues centralized power, but also devastated by the economic consequences of an all too powerful union with monopolistic powers that critically wounded the industry that served as the cities life blood.

I will adress this tomorrow, I have to be up at 340am, its been fun as always.

Have a good night.

 

[fossten]

the only fight I got into was with a girl (damn I beat her arse).

You certainly like to brag about your violent tendencies towards those weaker than you. So, you beat women and kill babies. Sounds like you belong in Detroit. You definitely set the example.

 

[lincolnx2]

You certainly like to brag about your violent tendencies towards those weaker than you. So, you beat women and kill babies. Sounds like you belong in Detroit. You definitely set the example.

Actually she was a big bytch, and she hit me first, so it was self-defense, and if I kill babies, keep any kids you have away from me, I wouldn't want anything to happen.

 

[fossten]

Actually she was a big bytch, and she hit me first, so it was self-defense, and if I kill babies, keep any kids you have away from me, I wouldn't want anything to happen.

Oh. Well in that case I stand corrected: You're a manly man.