Bankruptcy was the best thing that ever happend to Motown
by Freight Train (2024-04-26 16:15:50)
Edited on 2024-04-26 16:18:29

In reply to: Two weekends ago, some friends and I gathered in Detroit  posted by cujays96

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That, and the mayor is effective and not corrupt. That has brought businesses, suburbanites and tourists back. It's amazing, really. It was a horrible place to be my entire childhood and most of my adult life. I'm glad my Dad got to see the rebirth.

He'd tell me stories of how great a city was when he was a kid in the 50s and 60s all the way up to the 67 riots. Looking at it through my 80s and 90s lens, I thought it was a)sentimental crap and b) even if it were true, that it would be impossible to recreate. It'll never be like it was pre-riots of course but Detroit, like Pittsburgh, has made a remarkable comeback. It was basically Beirut when I was a kid.

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