'The other side of Detroit' in national blog (Urbanophile)
Aaron M. Renn,, a Chicago-based urban affairs analyst whose influential blog is called The Urbanophile, yesterday [[April 11) posted a lavishly illustrated tour of Detroit's "numerous intact neighborhoods ranging from working class to upscale."
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These are seldom shown in the voluminous photo tours of the city that tend to focus exclusively on . . . 'run porn.' . . . Amid the truly legitimate and titanic struggles of Detroit there’s another side, one that’s too seldom told.
Renn credits DY regulars hudkina and LMichigan "for the ideas and picture links."
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I don’t know who they are, though I get the vague impression they work for the state of Michigan. They seems to spend most of their time engaged in quixotic message board debates about Detroit. I’d suggest they start blogging instead.
Links to his post are being widely forwarded by WDET and others via Twitter and Facebook. Check it out here.
And oh yes: Quixotic debates? I can't imagine what might make Aaron suggest that. Doesn't sound like anyone we know, does it?
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quix·ot·ic [[adj.)
1. Unrachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality.
2. Capricious; impulsive.
3. Romantic, wild-eyed, unrealistic
"as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a quixotic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state"