This blog post is from Greensboro, N.C., and it's about ways to avoid feeling that your city is the pits compared to top-drawer Alpha-Plus-Plus cities. Don't get me wrong, we can't ignore our problems, but I thought it was a good way to balance out some of the mornings when the city looks especially bleak.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/94371557/K...ok-Edition-1-1

Detroit has a lot in common with Greensboro in many ways. In the 1950s, urban historian Lewis Mumford dubbed Greenboro "Parking Lot City."