Detroit in Ruins. America crumbling, one city at a time.

[Peter Lemkin]

The one thing that I will never forget about from my visit to Detroit a few years ago is the facade of prosperity that is visible from the Canadian side of the border. What were visible were tall, modern buildings; it portrayed an image of prosperity and success. What we saw in downtown Detroit was the exact opposite. The business area, where in most cities a tourist would expect to find bustling crowds, businesses, coffee shops and restaurants, was for the most part abandoned. Few people were on the streets. A large building, about twenty stories high stood empty, it's windows covered with boards. A film company could have used this part of Detroit as a backdrop for a movie about post-apocalyptic America. A sequel to Mad Max could have been shot there. I managed to find someone walking on the street and asked him about public transportation and he told me that the system sometimes worked and sometimes did not. I was shocked that in a major city of the US that the transportation system functioned on such an irregular basis. This is something you would expect in a poor third world country. I will never forget hat facade that I saw and I hope that it is not a precursor of what is to come.

John

Sadly, I think that IS the future look of American cities. It is far from the only one like that now. Try the Bronx, Camden, Philly, parts of L.A, Gary, and so many, many others. America burned its candle at more than both ends. It was all a Potemkin Village to fleece the average worker for the benefit of the 'captains of finance and industry'.........It is the Enronization of America.