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When you say, “Detroit looks like it was hit by a nuclear bomb.” What are you referring to? I’d love if you could share a link. Out of curiosity I searched ima

by tyleo 6y ago

When you say, “Detroit looks like it was hit by a nuclear bomb.” What are you referring to? I’d love if you could share a link. Out of curiosity I searched images of Detroit after reading your comment but couldn’t find anything like what you describe.

u678u 6y ago
I think they mean like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/7h0770/view_of_a_detroit_suburb_from_google_maps/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/7h077... At 70k, the median house price is still very cheap. https://www.redfin.com/city/5665/MI/Detroit/housing-market https://www.redfin.com/city/5665/MI/Detroit/housing-market
- ndiscussion 6y ago
  Yes, like that... but that's only after the "blight removal". Imagine those green spaces looking a bit more like this (pardon the crass title, it's the first one I could find): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWEdjiEJg0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWEdjiEJg0U edit: this article also has some really nice aerial shots https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/07/opinion/sunday/exposures-detroit-by-air-alex-maclean.html?_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/07/opinion/sunda...
redis_mlc 6y ago
I'm from there. It's worse than Hiroshima. Look for flat areas that are 1 sq. mile in size near the Detroit River. One of the largest truck parking lots in the world combined the lots of thousands of homes.
benjohnson 6y ago
Theres also the snarky meme that Hiroshima is in better shape now 70 years after having a nuclear bomb dropped on it than Detroit is after 70 years of bad governance. https://www.reddit.com/r/libertarianmeme/comments/3qv79l/hiroshima_vs_detroit/ https://www.reddit.com/r/libertarianmeme/comments/3qv79l/hir...
- babesh 6y ago
  Have been to Hiroshima. It is a pretty city by Japanese standards. Green paths along the river unlike Tokyo’s concrete. Much more laid back than Tokyo.
Simulacra 6y ago
Growing up in Mississippi I often heard of the phrase "bombed out building" to describe old buildings and infrastructure that had decayed so much it looked like it had been bombed.
gilbetron 6y ago
It's slowly getting better, but a lot of it can be real bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTKEx0N0DCY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTKEx0N0DCY

by tyleo 6y ago

u678u 6y ago

I think they mean like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/7h0770/view_of_a_detroit_suburb_from_google_maps/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/7h077... At 70k, the median house price is still very cheap. https://www.redfin.com/city/5665/MI/Detroit/housing-market https://www.redfin.com/city/5665/MI/Detroit/housing-market

ndiscussion 6y ago
Yes, like that... but that's only after the "blight removal". Imagine those green spaces looking a bit more like this (pardon the crass title, it's the first one I could find): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWEdjiEJg0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWEdjiEJg0U edit: this article also has some really nice aerial shots https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/07/opinion/sunday/exposures-detroit-by-air-alex-maclean.html?_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/07/opinion/sunda...

redis_mlc 6y ago

I'm from there. It's worse than Hiroshima. Look for flat areas that are 1 sq. mile in size near the Detroit River. One of the largest truck parking lots in the world combined the lots of thousands of homes.

benjohnson 6y ago

Theres also the snarky meme that Hiroshima is in better shape now 70 years after having a nuclear bomb dropped on it than Detroit is after 70 years of bad governance. https://www.reddit.com/r/libertarianmeme/comments/3qv79l/hiroshima_vs_detroit/ https://www.reddit.com/r/libertarianmeme/comments/3qv79l/hir...

babesh 6y ago
Have been to Hiroshima. It is a pretty city by Japanese standards. Green paths along the river unlike Tokyo’s concrete. Much more laid back than Tokyo.

Simulacra 6y ago

Growing up in Mississippi I often heard of the phrase "bombed out building" to describe old buildings and infrastructure that had decayed so much it looked like it had been bombed.

gilbetron 6y ago

It's slowly getting better, but a lot of it can be real bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTKEx0N0DCY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTKEx0N0DCY