I've been reading up a lot on Detroit and the rust belt in general and it seems like Detroit may have had some kind of perfect storm situation going on in terms of 'reasons it all went pear shaped'. No? Does anyone think there's some kind of Irish potato famine equivalence as well? All the eggs in one [[manufacturing - auto industry) basket so when the bottom falls out of that one industry it just screws over so many people the city can't absorb the losses in terms of $ and people? I don't know. Detroit is written about and thought of, as far as I can tell, as some kind of unique and extreme disaster area. I wish I had some time on the ground there, all anyone outside the city has is this image of everything being ruined, forever and ever, the end.

Also, Detroitnerd and Shollin, are you two in love? The bickering feels like the beginning stages of a romcom.