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[Veloise]

d8alterego, on Sep 4 2008, 06:07 PM, said:

I see the reality of the situation Veloise and I agree with you. I've been to Detroit plenty of times when I lived in Michigan, but I still feel a bit upset that that is the only response, by a national paper, to the city's situation. When image is everything (to the point that during the superbowl they painted and hid abandoned buildings from tourists), it's disappointing to hear continuing mayoral and urban news down here in Florida. It just reinforces that negative perception to those that have never visited downtown Detroit. I'm curious though, is Detroit the only major US city that is still continuing this practice of bulldozing down whole communities because of blight? Does this still happen in NYC and Chicago? We should probably discuss this in another topic so as not to go   , but as far as I know, it only happens in Detroit. A proud Michiganian and Dtown supporter would love to know.

The Time piece uses the word "dot." It's not that "whole communities" are being bulldozed, it's the block's crack house or abandoned empty shell.

Look again at Heidelberg; probably half the structures are gone, but half still stand (and they are not all decorated).