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So true. But look at the reaction to me on the Corktown thread, it's the usual small, but vocal, group of Detroit cheerleaders/deniers who say, "If you don't like it, move to the suburbs!" As if...

Wait until your house gets broken into a few times or you have to clean up after one of the "guests" a few times.

http://metrotimes.com/news/looking-for-real-justice-1.1074246

In case people hadn't already seen this article by the pastor of St. Peter's. Needless to say, he and I don't see eye-to-eye on much.

I feel the same way as hamtown mike. You said it perfectly and in so few words.

I moved here to Corktown thinking that things would get "better" and that I could be a part of making things...

Guests? Are you kidding me? I can hardly wait for this discussion.

Did you ever figure it out?

Wow, I was wondering what took so long.

I'm glad that you and others love living here in Corktown. But face the facts. To an average, middle class American this is not a nice place to live. Maybe...

Don't let Rev. Bill and Jeff DeBruyn know about that. I can only dream that would happen here someday.

No, not really. I know of few, if any, "upper income" people that live in Corktown. It's not like this is some up and coming neighborhood in Brooklyn that is attracting the UMC. My neighbors are...

Are you f*cking kidding me? Redemptive investment? Propertied residents?

To cut through the BS, the good reverend's philosophy is to attract people from miles around to Corktown, feed them and...

It's not that bad - if you are ok with people smoking crack and drinking in public or on your neighbor's front porch uninvited, garbage strewn everywhere, drug dealing in public, people breaking into...

Uhh, maybe because they're not complete? Maybe because they are abandoned eyesores?


And we've got all the crack vials, heroin needles, broken alcohol bottles, piles of crap in the alleys,...

As a Corktown resident, I'd like to respond to the foolishness above.

First of all, there is no excuse for anyone to be sleeping anywhere outside in this neighborhood. There is plenty of room...