In the old core we had this ongoing thread about how bad Detroit is.  Here's a video of a woman waiting for the police to show up after her house was broken into.
http://youtu.be/n1KmTAY67zA

http://money.cnn.com/gallery/real_estate/2013/01/23/dangerous-cities/index.html

Most are run by DEMS.

SO SAD

Fox News! Holy shit, they ham everything up, not a real news station.

Quote from: ukgimp on July 08, 2013, 01:35:32 PM
Fox News! Holy sh##, they ham everything up, not a real news station.

pssst, that's a local fox network affiliate. ;-)

haha :-)

It just drove me a little mad as the guy I stayed with prior to the hurricane and election was a mad Fox News fan. All I can remember is Benghazi news and other relentless repetition of election stuff.  Some of them were fit, others just got on my wick.

Yeah, they all have a slant of some type. For the least biased reporting we watch bbc news. ;-)

broadcast news:

Classic, RC 

Man Arrested for Driving Antique Combat Vehicle Around Detroit

RC - if this forum had a +1 button, I'd use it on that one.

Detroit files for bankruptcy

http://www.freep.com/article/20130718/NEWS01/307180107/City-Detroit-has-filed-Chapter-9-bankruptcy

YEP

Caution, time warp.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/drewphilp/why-i-bought-a-house-in-detroit-for-500

When you read, it's hard to keep in mind that this is within a city. It sounds more like the coal fields of Appalachia in the 60s.

Some GREAT photos !! (Y)

This is a 3 part series:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfuBc7Y7dDU

And I think sort of worth watching. Part 1 and 2 are sort of inspiring and the 3rd part will punch you gut.

Part of me wants to open a satellite office there.