From any of these photo montages, I never really get a feeling for how widespread this sort of thing is in Detroit. I'm sure I could go to parts of any town -- including this one -- and find similar shots of decaying abandoned buildings. I know Detroit's economy is truly in the shiatter, but these shots always give the impression that the whole goddam city is like this, and I just don't know how widespread this is.

I mean, Detroit's screwed enough without us piling on.

April 2010? How timely, subby.

jake_lex: I know Detroit's economy is truly in the shiatter, but these shots always give the impression that the whole goddam city is like this, and I just don't know how widespread this is.

Feel free to use Street View on Google Earth and visit Detroit. It ain't pretty.

jaylectricity: April 2010? How timely, subby.

This, and the first part of the headline suggests subby's seen one of the (too?) many photo essays of Detroit's blight, but then the "WHOA" shows that subby hasn't.

TFA is pretty much par for the course for "pictures of Detroit's blight".

My husband and I were on Belle Isle in 1999. It was all clearly old, but really interesting. That is really sad. The city was clearly in big trouble when we were there, but the level of decay and destruction since then is amazing.

jake_lex: I mean, Detroit's screwed enough without us piling on.

This. People live there, have good times, have bad times, make their lives work in some way. I don't think we should turn our backs on a city and at the same time, I don't think we should paint the place as some sort of unlivable hellhole. We should work towards making it better.

No, we don't need another outdated slideshow.

So in other words, Detroit is a great place for a cheap house?

Bligh?

stpauler: So in other words, Detroit is a great place for a cheap house?



If you can find one that hasn't had all the copper stripped out of it yet, yes.

jake_lex: From any of these photo montages, I never really get a feeling for how widespread this sort of thing is in Detroit. I'm sure I could go to parts of any town -- including this one -- and find similar shots of decaying abandoned buildings. I know Detroit's economy is truly in the shiatter, but these shots always give the impression that the whole goddam city is like this, and I just don't know how widespread this is.

I mean, Detroit's screwed enough without us piling on.

Thank you.

/f--king hate ruin porn
//except ruin porn of Michigan Central Station, feel free to keep publishing that shiat and putting Moroun's name right under it so no one forgets that jackass is responsible, thanks.

We could be seeing the world's biggest ghost-town form, right before our eyes

slepygryhnd: My husband and I were on Belle Isle in 1999. It was all clearly old, but really interesting. That is really sad. The city was clearly in big trouble when we were there, but the level of decay and destruction since then is amazing.

That reminds me, if anyone cares, there's a Friends of Belle Isle meeting thing on Tuesday. Mayor and City Council President is gonna be there. New join-up-the-groups-and-fix-up-the-place initiative apparently. Hope the disc golf kids show up too. 6-8, if you might want to go, EIP and I'll forward the RSVP info.

/love Belle Isle
//and the city proper
///there's still plenty of people fighting for the city, I do what I can

I really did enjoy these slideshows way back in 2007, but now they feel a little forced.

That said, I bet you could make some money selling an urban assault fantasy porn type of thing to the guys who read Soldier of Fortune. I really think hunting people for sport will be the next UFC.

If anyone would like a compare and contrast

Olden Times

Trance750: We could be seeing the world's biggest ghost-town form, right before our eyes

Not really. The outer edges, sure, they're already that way. Downtown proper and some of the defined neighborhoods are doing fine - but a radical re-imagining of what the city is is gonna be required for sure. But that said, I can see fantastic art, awesome music, eat great food, and not really worry about my safety at all if I have a modicum of intelligence about me. And friends keep moving there, opening businesses there, making art there - because they can. Like the whole damn state, if you're still here you're gonna fight til the bitter end. Don't count Detroit out yet.

i wish the locations were listed.

Jayzbo: Looks like Chernobyl.

Ohh, it really does.

Penobscot



Guardian



Hart Plaza from the water



Woodbridge Neighborhood

YodaBlues: [content6.flixster.com image 288x270]
Splendid.

Wasen't that from Halloween III?

Try Saginaw, my hometown. There are parts the Google Street View car flat out refused to go. Anything east of the river ought to be lulz. West side near the river is getting hinky too.

And my parents wondered why I was in such a hurry to leave (new window)

/my grandma was robbed in her house in broad daylight by two teenage girls there

MrEricSir: LMark: Funny, the progressive cities on the west coast seem to be doing fine. See San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, etc, etc. And parts of DC and Jersey are doing well, also. Baltiwhore, well, that's another story, but still.

No need to feed the paid trolls.

Shouldn't you be saying your daily prayers to Saint George or Saint Karl, right about now?