the Motor City, again

[momusfire]

Somewhat to my surprise, I realized today that I’ve missed Detroit in more ways than I had imagined. Of course, the city is easier to love when it’s not covered in ice and dirty snow. And the thought that one needs one’s winter wardrobe through May remains a daunting fact of life here. Given that I’ve spent more of my life (13 years) here than

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[miz_landry]

oh wow, I have never been to Detroit but that city fascinates me in that it is like this ruin of the Gilden Age! There's a great website that started in the early web days called the Fabulous Ruins of Detroit that I still visit. Check it out. My husband is never into taking a vacation there, but I really want to go because they are ripping down all the old buildings.

Fabulous

[momusfire]

Yes, the Fabulous Ruins site is definitely worth a visit, even though some bemoan the falling-down image the site’s popularity promotes. By design, the site does not, of course, highlight the good news about the city. Two years ago, with a world premiere opera, baseball game, and some other big event downtown, I was actually caught in a traffic jam on a Saturday night in Detroit. It was unexpected and in retrospect, refreshing.

With its French colonial heritage, poisonous racial politics (past and present) and acres of desolation as a result of an unnatural disaster, Detroit has more than a little in common with New Orleans

Detroit and New Orleans

[miz_landry]

Yes; I've made that same comparison myself, although, never having been to New Orleans, I was never sure if it held any element of truth

that was me

[miz_landry]

Randy, that was me up there, in the previous post . . . I meant to sign it.

Marcy