Detroit to Demo 10,000 Homes. . .Historic & All

[waterboy]

Detroit at one time was a rather high class city, in the 1920's the city really rocked, then race roits started in the 1960's and people fled to the suburbs, the ones who could not move were stuck and crime, murders, and drugs had a perfect spot to live & grow..

Except for the mispelling of "roits" and an error in the time period (race riots started in the 1950's precipitated by the integration of schools and peaked in the 1960's coinciding with a war that disproportionately depended on blacks as recruits) AND overlooking the natural progression of suburban growth to accomodate post WWII pent up demand for housing (ever heard of Levittown?),...... that was a rather insightful remark.

[sauerkraut]

Wow, our own personal Wikipedia, right here on TNF!

Personal viewpoint at least- I grew up in Metro Detroit, born in Detroit, raised in Warren Michigan. The 1950's were not really that bad in Detroit, the city could of been saved but it was slipping,  then the big 1967 race riots started on 12th street in Detroit and people fled to the suburbs full speed, and it kept up all thru the 1970's and beyond. Business also moved to the suburbs, in the 1970's "The Detroit News" moved out of Detroit and into the suburbs. The best potato chips are from Detroit however, "Bettermade" they still have a plant on the east side of the city. The city of Detroit has a park called "BelleIsle" an island in the Detroit River and my grandmother took us kids there in the summer in the late 1950's and early 1960's and it was pretty safe-  today it's not. The island park features a famous waterfountain called the "Scott Fountain" at night the water is lit up by tons of colored lights. Most of Detroits industry revolved around the auto companies, the smaller companies made parts for the big 3, when the car companies were in a slump everything slows, when they boom everything else booms. Detroit was really a one industry town. Greenfield Village is a historic museum located in Dearborn, Michigan that place is a must-see.