Detroit has filed for bankruptcy. Is this a new trend?

[San Juan Sun]

That's exactly how it felt. We went out to Belle Isle, and I don't know what I was expecting, but I seriously couldn't wait to get the hell out of there. It was like this cross between eerie and depressing that I just wanted to get away from.

Apparently the population of Detroit proper has decreased by half in the last couple decades? It's just spooky to see all these vacated buildings. Just these big, grand buildings totally empty.

But I am really glad I saw the city.

We did our home teaching and activation in the neighborhoods just across from Belle Isle. In some respects, it was hard to believe that we were still in America. Just sad.

[Indy Coug]

Sounds like they're ready for some CHUDS to fill the vacuum.

[il Padrino Ute]

You can use google images just as well as I can!

Well, yeah, but they weren't taken by some guy that I know of because of a message board on the internet. Your photos would have more credibility of sorts.

[MarkGrace]

Well, yeah, but they weren't taken by some guy that I know of because of a message board on the internet. Your photos would have more credibility of sorts.

I have no idea how to post personal photos. Only photos I've posted here have been from google images. And I'm not sure I took many other than of the ballpark.

[il Padrino Ute]

I have no idea how to post personal photos. Only photos I've posted here have been from google images. And I'm not sure I took many other than of the ballpark.

That's okay. I'll eventually get over it.

[MarkGrace]

That's okay. I'll eventually get over it.

Phew!

[SandYFan]

Grantland's Rembert Browne visits Detroit. It's a good writeup.

http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollyw...t-vs-everybody

On the whole, I don't think this country wants Detroit to make it. It sounds maniacal, but I truly believe that. We've made our peace with this still-great city firmly existing in the land of "once-great." This has been especially true since news of bankruptcy threw the city's woes on the front page of every major publication. These pieces were specific on the details of Detroit's dire economic situation, but they were operating from a distance. Highlighting the very real flaws, leaving no room for the imagination to assume positivity. They rarely acknowledged the chance of a bounce-back.

[Pelado]

“People kept leaving, but City Hall never downsized as we dropped off. Once jobs are created, they are hard to get rid of,” Rago said.

“I wouldn’t say the decline was inevitable,” said Bettie Buss, a former budget analyst who worked for the city from 1969 to 1986. “Other manufacturing cities were able to pivot to a new economic base, but the longer you let things go and don’t make the hard decisions, it became inevitable.”

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...#ixzz2gn9oZDnb