detr0itkid: I couldn't agree more. Speaking as a property owner, as well as a person who actively participates in renovation and revitilization efforts, I do not believe that this particular effort is doing anything good for Detroit or Detroiters. It is not creating a "culture and environment of creation", or whatever that BS was. Instead it is perpetuating a culture and environment of crime, destruction, and blight.
This is not what I want in my community, speaking as a Real Detroiter, as opposed to someone who has moved here on Daddy's dime, and will likely bail back to Bingham Farms at the first opportunity. Detroit is not a playgorund for lawlessness and destruction, even if you call it "art". Methinks that the "artist" would not ever dream of painting a vacant building in his hometown, and I think that says a lot.
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