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  1. noise wrote: "They would know their scene /...

    noise wrote: "They would know their scene / interests / art / hobbies would not have a place to exist otherwise. Likewise, the hundreds/thousands of people attending events in similar venues every...
  2. The student's lawsuit says that the DPS was...

    The student's lawsuit says that the DPS was negligent in putting Pugh in a place where he had mentoring access to boys; that DPS had been warned and that witnesses will testify that they had warned...
  3. Just in the last week I noticed a small new...

    Just in the last week I noticed a small new dispensary on West Vernor at Campbell Ave. and a garish green large dispensary on north side Michigan Ave. just west of Livernois.
    The one on Michigan is...
  4. Thread: Ferguson Effect?

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    From an article by Thomas Edsell in today's New...

    From an article by Thomas Edsell in today's New York Times "Whose Neighborhood Is It Anyway?":
    In the case of white suburban Detroit, Orfield, of the University of Minnesota, points out that just as...
  5. So, it doesn't look like Melensez planted drugs...

    So, it doesn't look like Melensez planted drugs on Dent, and it doesn't look like Dent such an upstanding guy with no police record. Detroit News reports on pre-trial motions in Judge Evans courtroom...
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    How exactly does the tax subsidy to build a large...

    How exactly does the tax subsidy to build a large ornate Catholic Church 100 years ago work? Were those buildings HOUSES? Please describe the schematics.
    Likewise, is there any tax subsidy for...
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    do you keep tabs on what you've sold?

    do you keep tabs on what you've sold?
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    Its pretty obvious that, even now, Detroit is...

    Its pretty obvious that, even now, Detroit is Jack White's muse.
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    And, bailey, I am confident that when you tour...

    And, bailey, I am confident that when you tour around the City and you see any operating catholic Church, the property will stand out from the neighborhood many times because it is so beautifully...
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    That I know of, the AoD did not ever "abandon" a...

    That I know of, the AoD did not ever "abandon" a church or building. However, about 20 years ago, the AoD did have an initiative to sell the churches of closed parishes to other Christian...
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    I see that this article is now one of thee top...

    I see that this article is now one of thee top ten most emailed articles from the NYT today.

    I see that the "respect the people who lived here through the 'bad times' crowd" is celebrated in the...
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    Detroit Block Parties Hosts

    I heard on the Warren Pierce show yesterday morning that the big, big "block" parties that are in the news lately are actually hosted by drug dealers.

    They say that they are providing a...
  13. I should have looked this topic up - there's a...

    I should have looked this topic up - there's a lot of comment in other cities:
    ...
  14. Question for the Urbanists About The Collection Box Portents

    In my neighborhood in SW Detroit, big steel collection boxes [[clothes and shoes) appear to be reproducing a-sexually. One from Planet Aid [[a VERY questionable operation on the charity watch list and...
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    G-DOT: FYI: The Detroit wastewater plant is...

    G-DOT: FYI:

    The Detroit wastewater plant is the largest single sewage plant in the USA.
    Click here for Detroit wastewater fact sheet.
    The location of the plant on the southeast side Detroit...
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    I have never seen that quote by Dorothy Day and...

    I have never seen that quote by Dorothy Day and it seemed so unlike her that I looked it up. This from the National Catholic Reporter 04-16-12:

    "This is Dorothy Day’s most famous quote. The...
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    I am a big proponent of private schooling and I...

    I am a big proponent of private schooling and I think I would never consider a public school personally. However, there are one of two organizations in Detroit that help parents find the best public...
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    Once again, I have to point to my being around a...

    Once again, I have to point to my being around a long time and so I am cynical of the accusation - later thrown out - that the ICE agent held a gun to his wife's head.

    You know that she was...
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    His past behavior was not found, by a jury of his...

    His past behavior was not found, by a jury of his peers, to be culpable. You referenced his history and I thought that i would give you a eye-witness review of the court proceedings.

    For today's...
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    I think that Bill Melendez' past isn't germane...

    I think that Bill Melendez' past isn't germane here. Sure, he was accused and indicted and tried [[along with 15 other cops from DPD 4th precinct) in Federal Court. But he wasn't convicted of...
  21. "One Chinese company wants to build a massive...

    "One Chinese company wants to build a massive trade center for.North American buyers of consumer goods."

    Having lived and worked in Detroit for a few decades, I can distinctly remember when Manny...
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    From today's Globe and Mail - an essay about life...

    From today's Globe and Mail - an essay about life in Baltimore

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/i-tried-to-believe-in-baltimore-but-the-despair-was-too-much/article24149659/

    Is...
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    Gannon wrote (and Sumas supported) this:...

    Gannon wrote [[and Sumas supported) this: "....shame you cannot put in an order to that serial arsonist who is conveniently doing the clearing for the Hantz Group...

    Hantz Group conspirancy fears...
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    "How do we know that the media just doesn't care...

    "How do we know that the media just doesn't care enough to investigate sometimes?"

    Are you paying for the media? At what level?

    How can you require an investigation of a crime when the...
  25. 313 wrote:" statistics in Detroit do not reflect...

    313 wrote:" statistics in Detroit do not reflect society as a whole, which is what was implied in the OP."

    But iam the OP and I wrote this - and it was specifiacall y about Detroit: here is a...
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