This is how you eventually get regionalism.
I never really understood why Metro Detroit/Southeast Michigan is so addicted to their structure of inefficient fiefdoms when we could cooperate and have so much more to gain. I also was fortunate of to spend 6 years of my life at U-D Jesuit, so I guess I just thought everyone else saw it the same way.
From the Craig Fahle show on WDET:
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Southeast Michigan has long been known as one of the most segregated regions in the nation. And nowhere is this more apparent than in the school systems that dot Metro Detroit. But there is a school in Detroit that turns this idea on its head…attracting students from more than 30 communities. As part of a series about people and institutions working to bring the Metro region together, WDET’s Noah Ovshinsky reports on a school that is seeing a level of popularity it hasn’t seen in decades.
GO CUBS!
U-D Jesuit for rich kids?
Ha. My first house had 5 people sharing a 2-bdrm, 1 bath house right by Denby High School. U-D High has plenty of rich kids. But it has plenty of non-rich kids, too. WHICH IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. Geographical and socio-economic diversity.
Btw...shout out to Cristo Rey, too. Their principal spent the early 00s as principal at U-D Jesuit and another 2 decades prior to that on faculty.
U-D for the rich? You must be confusing it with Cranbrook and Country Day. Yawn.
Arithmetic, not History is what needs to be our focus
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lilpup
corktownyuppie, you are apparently also one of the many who feel they'd gain from regional cooperation. For those who gain there will be those who lose. You need to understand views on both sides of the issue and find solutions accordingly.
Secondly, you need to learn a lot more about the region's history. Many of the immigrants and Depression area laborers who settled here and defined a successful Detroit came from areas where they were oppressed by the wealthy and powerful. As a result people here tend to split into two groups - the "I, me, mine"s and those who lean more toward populist/socialist thinking. Henry Ford was a huge populist, doing things for his employees well above and beyond anything today's "elites" even *think* of doing. If we had more like Ford we'd be far better off as a nation but we don't so the divide is ever-increasing [[btw the consolidation of wealth in the US right now is the greatest it's ever been).
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
[[1) When regionalism is practiced effectively, it's not a zero-sum game with winners and losers. It's an expanding pie, and everyone will improve. Could you imagine if we had a centralized location for hotels, tourism, sports, theater? And if 40 municipalities kicked in funds to make it safe and service it right, with revenues shared with everyone?
Imagine Las Vegas, but instead of one strip with 20 great hotels, they're spread out with a 20 minute drive between them. It's not really Las Vegas, is it.
[[2) Perhaps I need to learn more about our history. I think more people need to forget about it and leave it in the past. Are we really arguing about what Henry Ford did and didn't believe?
I have a better idea. Rather than argue about who did what to who 20, 40, and 60 years ago...how about we learn about what IS and ISN'T working in various cities and various cultures in the PRESENT.
There's lots of hurt and lots of animosity on all sides, much of which is justified. And I think everyone will get a chance to tell their side of the story eventually. But in the meantime, how about we figure out how to get along, find common ground, and use resources in ways that act as force multipliers.
In a healthy, effective culture, 1+1=3
In Metro Detroit, 1+1=.5
That's what needs to change.