Detroit

8 thoughts on “Detroit”

1. Ta-Nehisi Coates had a great article on Detroit recently; lots of good perspective.

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2. Speaking of bacon and links, you know about the time John Scalzi taped bacon to his cat, right?

   Clearly You People Thought I Was Kidding

   The Canonical Bacon Page

   
   Somewhere he’s also got a posting about how that bit of randomness will someday be the thing he is most famous for, despite numerous published novels, Hugo award, etc etc.

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3. Wow. That house looks like something out of a Tim Burton movie.

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4. Wow. Just wow. My aunt and uncle and their 4 kids used to live in St. Clair Shores, kind of a tonier suburb. We used to drive through Detroit to get there. None of them live there now…and that slideshow makes me sad.

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5. Laura, have you read Sweet Juniper? He’s done a fantastic job of chronicling Detroit’s decline, as well as the signs of hope and life that exist there too.
   Baltimore is a city with a lot (too much) in common with Detroit.

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6. I don’t have a link, but I have a thought. I hope Michele Bachmann runs for president with Kathleen Turner as a running mate.

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7. “Baltimore is a city with a lot (too much) in common with Detroit.”
   But with much more favorable geography.

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8. Here’s TNC on Detroit:
   http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/03/detroit-was-like-cheers-everyone-knew-your-name/72226/

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