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jpotts Offline
#101 Posted: Tue, Jul 23 2013, 1:43 PM EST
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And for the record: please no one advocate for bailing out Detroit. All you'll be doing at this point is flushing money down a hole.

The have building still being "repaired" after the riots in the 60s.

They have potholes with several families living in them.

The weeds have formed their own union.

No amount of free money is going to fix things.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#102 Posted: Tue, Jul 23 2013, 1:47 PM EST
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jpotts wrote:
And for the record: please no one advocate for bailing out Detroit. All you'll be doing at this point is flushing money down a hole.

The have building still being "repaired" after the riots in the 60s.

They have potholes with several families living in them.

The weeds have formed their own union.

No amount of free money is going to fix things.


I left that dump in 1999. I could see the writing on the wall. Didn't live in Detroit proper...Oakland Twp. Still, had to live around it.

Glad I left.

Leave while you can. It doesn't matter where.
teedubbya Offline
#103 Posted: Tue, Jul 23 2013, 1:49 PM EST
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jpotts wrote:
Wow, sounds like the recovery from my polinidal (sp:?) cyst surgery...except without the "swamp" attached to it...



did you apply that cream I sent you?
teedubbya Offline
#104 Posted: Tue, Jul 23 2013, 1:50 PM EST
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
I left that dump in 1999. .

did you party?
DrMaddVibe Offline
#105 Posted: Tue, Jul 23 2013, 1:52 PM EST
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teedubbya wrote:
did you party?



Let's just say that the only thing that compares to seeing Junction City disappear in your rearview mirror is seeing the "Welcome to Ohio" sign as you're leaving Michigan!
jpotts Offline
#106 Posted: Tue, Jul 23 2013, 1:56 PM EST
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teedubbya wrote:
did you apply that cream I sent you?



Yes.

it made it worse.

What does it mean when it says "active cultures"?
bloody spaniard Offline
#107 Posted: Tue, Jul 23 2013, 2:31 PM EST
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LOL

Deetroit's been run into the ground for the past 60 years mostly by Democrats. Then the Government auto sap suckers (from both sides) voted to bail out the Big 3. Now, when it's time for the little/bureaucrat guys' pension bailout, the silence is deafening.Whistle

Poor Mayor Bing- I enjoyed his lil' afro bouncing, play making skills as he scored with the Pistons. Now the poor bas tard's broke and bald.
borndead1 Offline
#108 Posted: Wed, Jul 24 2013, 6:53 AM EST
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Best idea I've heard so far: Turn a large abandoned area of Detroit into a "Zombie Apocalypse Theme Park".


YES!!!!!
jpotts Offline
#109 Posted: Wed, Jul 24 2013, 2:45 PM EST
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borndead1 wrote:
Best idea I've heard so far: Turn a large abandoned area of Detroit into a "Zombie Apocalypse Theme Park".


YES!!!!!



That'll never happen.

You'd never get zombies brave enough to go down to Detroit.
DrafterX Offline
#110 Posted: Wed, Jul 24 2013, 2:47 PM EST
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I think a Mad Max park might happen all by itself soon.... Mellow
DrafterX Offline
#111 Posted: Thu, Jul 25 2013, 3:25 PM EST
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In the same week that Detroit announced its bankruptcy, a state board unanimously approved plans for a new hockey arena for the Red Wings -- a decision that has raised a few eyebrows among critics.

The new arena will be funded in part with $284 million in tax dollars.



Film at 11..... Think Think
cacman Offline
#112 Posted: Thu, Jul 25 2013, 3:37 PM EST
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^^^ The team is probably one of the few things that does generate revenue.
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