Oh, the Places You'll Go!…. or wont go
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Nahbrown, Sep 18, 2024.
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Here’s a Thomas Rhett video shot inside a run down, dilapidated Detroit Bar & Theater. You’d probably recognize it and know where it is.
Back when I worked in Detroit a bunch of the abandoned houses were getting torched. -
Tide seems to be slowly coming back. Population finally increasing again and lots of investors making a killing on real estate.
Tons of road construction, roads closed etc. Tough place for truck drivers who aren’t familiar with the roads and how to get around..especially the ones who rely solely on a gps.
I kind of like the place..just have to get used to seeing a lot of bullet proof glass, like at a Post Office. -
I also left off the Stooges and Joe ####er.
The decline started in the late 50s but in the early 50's there was a union movement that forced some companies to go south or close their doors, which devastated pensions. By the mid-50s' we had four car companies close their doors, a few dozen suppliers, and a bunch of major parts suppliers (continental and other engine manufacturers) close and/or leave the city.
When the riot happened in 1967, it was the end of the city. By that time, there was so much mismanagement, so much of a dismal future, and an artificial increase in housing costs (this was the reason for the alleged white flight) that forced a lot of people to just leave. One of the problems for all, not just blacks, was Mayor Cavanagn's approach to crime-fighting had a serious imbalance, continuing the Big Four (three plainclothes cops and a uniformed driver in a heavily armed car) policing and with the strike teams that were hidden from the public, it targeted more than blacks, but they were the most vocal about it. My dad and I went to a jazz club when we left we were pulled over less than a block away by a big four-car. They pulled us out of the car, then went through the car, pulling my dad's tools out of the trunk, and dumping them on the ground. one of them was accusing him of being a burglar and had me in handcuffs sitting on the street in the rain. No reason for it, they just were harassing people as they normally did when they were bored.okiedokie, Sons Hero, Oxbow and 1 other person Thank this. -
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Filmore West in Frisco in the 60's was a wild place. But i didn't inhale.
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