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Festivito

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64. Not too far off.

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 10:09 PM

Jul 2012

That looked like pockets of Detroit, larger homes for the era, built close to each other, two stories plus another attic level.

We're big enough that a few industries still exist. But, if one works for the auto companies, there is no need to buy a house in Detroit, the suburbs offer(ed) better living and better investment.

So, Detroit languishes with old unkept homes. Good expressways though. Good water supply. And, GM didn't die.

I have watched it slowly empty.

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Ever watched your city turned into a ghost town after the manufacturing jobs were outsourced? [View all] NNN0LHI Jul 2012 OP

Look for the next boomtown doohnibor Jul 2012 #1

there's no reason ordinary people should have to move from 'boomtown' to 'boomtown, destroying HiPointDem Jul 2012 #18

Fuck yes n/t agent46 Jul 2012 #26

The "reason", for the last 40,000 years, has been the same. boppers Jul 2012 #29

Lol, funny. You just made that up, didn't you? sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #31

Tell that to my grandparents. meaculpa2011 Jul 2012 #33

What a strange thing to say. There is nothing more comforting than to go back home sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #50

Maybe you come from landed gentry. I do not. boppers Jul 2012 #34

I have family in Europe in more than one country. They were not 'landed gentry' ever sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #48

Good grief have you taken a look at the European banking system? dkf Jul 2012 #40

"Our bank catastrophies all started in the UK" brentspeak Jul 2012 #42

They overleverage in the UK. dkf Jul 2012 #43

Most of those things occurred after the 2008 financial crisis brentspeak Jul 2012 #45

Yes, I've been watching it since the collapse of Lehmann Bros. sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #47

bs HiPointDem Jul 2012 #32

Not to mention the environment that is destroyed along the way - TBF Jul 2012 #54

Typical right wing nonsense - profit above all else. nt TBF Jul 2012 #53

I'm from the same town in NJ as Springsteen (Freehold) and when the rug mill shut down and moved monmouth Jul 2012 #2

Flint, Pontiac, Detroit notadmblnd Jul 2012 #3

Albion. knitter4democracy Jul 2012 #6

How is Champion Labs doing? exboyfil Jul 2012 #37

Albion, MI knitter4democracy Jul 2012 #61

I grew up in PA. It's kind of hard not to notice it there. It's been more than 25 years since Billy Douglas Carpenter Jul 2012 #4

This is a story written all over the northeast and midwest. Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #5

I don't believe in ghosts and spirits don't frighten me but.... Walk away Jul 2012 #7

Was that the Green Island, New York Ford Plant that closed? NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #8

I honestly don't know. I never saw the plant. Walk away Jul 2012 #36

Green Island is the only plant in NY that Ford closed that I am aware of NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #38

No, it turns out it was the Ford plant in Mahwah. It was literally on the border.... Walk away Jul 2012 #46

The Mahwah New Jersey plant closed in 1982 NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #49

According to the Mahwah Museseum the plant finally shut down in 1980 (split hairs much?) Walk away Jul 2012 #60

Wow, that just sent chills up my spine. smirkymonkey Jul 2012 #10

My "Mayberry" is slowly becoming a ghost town. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #24

Malls & Walmarts did the same to many downtowns SoCalDem Jul 2012 #9

Buffalo, NY Retrograde Jul 2012 #11

And don't forget the "American Standard" plant on Rano st. Dragonfli Jul 2012 #14

Yes. Igel Jul 2012 #12

Terre Haute, IN. Brigid Jul 2012 #13

Has everyone watched "When Mitt Romney Came to Town?" on youtube, and shared it online? progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #15

And what did we replace those manufacturing jobs with? Zalatix Jul 2012 #16

Manufacturing Big Macs NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #22

yes. and watching it a second time today. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #17

Is the big Ford stamping plant still there? former9thward Jul 2012 #19

Yes, the plant population went from about 4800 to about 500 NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #21

I recommend this video to people who want to understand the process better. It's a bit wonky HiPointDem Jul 2012 #20

Yup nichomachus Jul 2012 #23

now that reminds me of a song Douglas Carpenter Jul 2012 #25

I'm from Flint, Michigan Pithlet Jul 2012 #27

My Hometown Lynchburg VA Heather MC Jul 2012 #28

Yes. Detroit, MI. susanna Jul 2012 #30

What about "Gran Torino?" Brigid Jul 2012 #39

You know, I have not seen Gran Torino yet. susanna Jul 2012 #59

Not too far off. Festivito Jul 2012 #64

Reading Pennsylvania onethatcares Jul 2012 #35

We went to visit my mother's hometown and it was just one street...the town had died off. dkf Jul 2012 #41

And how would your mom's generation do today brentspeak Jul 2012 #44

no, but this should be an interesting thread. thanks for starting it. Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #51

In Los Angeles, former manufacturing plants are turned into large outdoor malls themed Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #52

some here have criticized michael moore newspeak Jul 2012 #58

Have you seen "Roger and Me?" Brigid Jul 2012 #62

I live in a suburb of Cleveland ... liberal N proud Jul 2012 #55

seen it all over the country datasuspect Jul 2012 #56

Drive the New York State Thruway (I-90) from Syracuse to Albany hedgehog Jul 2012 #57

And empty of people too, right? Brigid Jul 2012 #63