# Could Detroit Revive? Would This Work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 25, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-detroit-revive-would-this-work/568948 "2011-01-25T19:13:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-detroit-revive-would-this-work/568948/81 "2011-02-10T06:35:54Z")
On a Super Bowl commercial, Eminen said Detroit was a city that’s been “to hell and back”. Umm, has it come back? ---
**Author:** ![Xandroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/91b2a8/32.png) [@Xandroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xandroid)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-detroit-revive-would-this-work/568948/82 "2011-02-10T11:36:45Z")
Speaking as a Detroiter, I think a RoboCop statue could really help turn things around! [http://www.freep.com/article/20110209/NEWS01/102090352/Mayor-Bing-Detroit-won-t-build-RoboCop-statue](http://www.freep.com/article/20110209/NEWS01/102090352/Mayor-Bing-Detroit-won-t-build-RoboCop-statue) Hopefully, Mayor Bing will reconsider his stance. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-detroit-revive-would-this-work/568948/83 "2011-02-10T17:27:56Z")
According to the Free Press this morning, Bing is not anti-Robocop statue per se, just anti-using-taxpayer-money-for-Robocop statue, which is a stance I wholeheartedly support. I think the whole idea is silly. There was a letter to the editor regarding the woman who pledged to buy the statue herself and truck it up to Detroit in her 1992 Suburban - lady, that’s a 20 year old SUV; how about spending the money buying yourself a new vehicle? That would do more for the economy here and cost you less. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-detroit-revive-would-this-work/568948/84 "2011-02-10T17:51:22Z")
Nothing could better symbolize the current state of Detroit than a film that appears to have predicted it. The only really inaccurate part of the movie is that OCP appears to be the picture of robust corporate financial health. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-detroit-revive-would-this-work/568948/85 "2011-02-10T18:46:21Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > On a Super Bowl commercial, Eminen said Detroit was a city that’s been “to hell and back”. > > Umm, has it come back? I’ve often thought that if I were forced to live in Detroit, I might summer in Hell.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-detroit-revive-would-this-work/568948/86 "2011-02-14T18:02:04Z")
Dude, summer’s the best time to be here. The time to be vacationing is now. Thought this [short film](http://www.palladiumboots.com/exploration/detroit) might be of interest for those who think Robocop was a documentary. That’s…not quite accurate, to put it mildly. The whole thing is about half an hour long. It stars Johnny Knoxville, but he’s not at all Jackassy in this one. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-detroit-revive-would-this-work/568948/87 "2011-02-14T18:12:59Z")
[http://www.freep.com/article/20110209/NEWS01/102090352/Mayor-Bing-Detroit-won-t-build-RoboCop-statue](http://www.freep.com/article/20110209/NEWS01/102090352/Mayor-Bing-Detroit-won-t-build-RoboCop-statue) \m You guys are probably joking over Robocop, but it actually is a mini controversy starting up . ---
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-detroit-revive-would-this-work/568948/88 "2011-02-14T19:05:05Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > The mayors of Detroit have been involved in corruption and payoffs for a long time. It just seems to be accepted by the voters. Detroit has not had a Republican mayor since 1961. Coincidentally, Detroit was still a very nice place to live back in the 1950’s. Go figure? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-detroit-revive-would-this-work/568948/89 "2011-02-15T02:06:14Z")
> [@Susanann](#): > > Detroit has not had a Republican mayor since 1961. > > Coincidentally, Detroit was still a very nice place to live back in the 1950’s. > > Go figure? Please explain. Detroit has been on the downward slide since corporations discovered offshoring. Somebody (republicans) has made out very well. The workers have been abandoned. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-detroit-revive-would-this-work/568948/90 "2011-02-15T05:34:38Z")
> [@Susanann](#): > > Detroit has not had a Republican mayor since 1961. > > Coincidentally, Detroit was still a very nice place to live back in the 1950’s. > > Go figure? I would accuse you of confusing correlation and causation, but I’m not at all sure you even think to apply them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-detroit-revive-would-this-work/568948.md?page=4)