Abandoned skyscapers

[fdmts]

I got to spend some time last week in the urban catastrophe that is Detroit. While I was there, I felt the usual sadness - seeing the skinny bones of a once rich and proud city. I find that words are inadequate to convey the feeling of fallen empire that I get when I drive south on Woodward Ave - down from Seven Mile to the core.

I can

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Startling graphs and photo-graphs

[atgatg]

Photo essay:
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1882089_1850973,00.html
Demographic profile:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/oimg?key=0AqDMNINEecZvdEZWOTVTZGhNTzFkSWpqd0VGelRNT1E&oid=1&zx=zbl3sp4mcnc1
Discussion:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2360608