# Detroit **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit/560938 "2010-11-17T02:24:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit/560938/1 "2010-11-17T02:24:07Z")
Driving to Detroit always makes me sad Getting paid to turn off the lights Close up shop In Motown. On Motown The old economy like a city’s bone cancer A community on life support but they filed the DNR Some suburbs not so bad, maybe pockets of hope Or maybe just nowhere else to go You can afford to live there But you cannot make a life Better than Beirut, apparently Like being valedictorian in summer-school ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit/560938/2 "2010-11-17T03:18:27Z")
Pittsburgh was once quite a wreck too. I think that even though it may take a very long time, Detroit will find its way again. I moved away from there last summer. I actually do miss it. It had a lot of problems but it definitely wasn’t all bad. You might find this site interesting: [http://michagone.com](http://michagone.com) ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit/560938/3 "2010-11-17T03:25:53Z")
In some ways Detroit might be a bit lucky that it is the worst of the worst(Or at least is widely believed to be such) A fair number of people from Hippie do-gooders to captains of industry seem to be starting to take an interest in fixing the place. Sort of an 'If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere" attitude. And I have some confidence in Dave Bing as a mayor. I’m not sure how great of an administrator he’ll turn out to be, but I think he is actively trying to help the place rather than line his own and friends pockets, first in a long damn time, and seems to be a decent coalition builder. I’m too damn cynical to predict any miracles, But I do finally think it has hit bottom, and may start improving a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Phatlewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Phatlewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phatlewt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit/560938/4 "2010-11-17T03:57:27Z")
I can’t read that without hearing the bongos of a beat poetry session. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit/560938/5 "2010-11-17T06:57:38Z")
Actually, there was a story on Yahoo just recently about how Detroit has a thriving Arab population, and they’re sprucing the place up. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit/560938/6 "2010-11-17T13:16:44Z")
We used to say we were from Detroit, even when it wasn’t true, because everyone knew what Detroit was, and could place it on a map just as well as Chicago or New York City. Now, it’s just “southeast Michigan.” It’s better that way. ---
**Author:** ![Terra1041](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Terra1041](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terra1041)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit/560938/7 "2010-11-17T16:25:38Z")
I used to live just outside of Detroit, and I’m so glad that I moved out of there. It looks like some kind of post-apocalyptic setting.