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Peggy said:
heheh I will gladly brave it with you. Mmmmm mmmm yummmm!
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The rules of thumb for driving through the part of Detroit to get to Mexicantown:
  • Keep the vehicle moving at all times;
  • If it lunges at the car or shoots at it, run it over;
  • Cell phone dialed to 911 with thumb over the "Send" button;
  • Yes, there really are this many burned out buildings and houses;
  • Put gas in the tank before you hit the Detroit border;
  • No, you don't want your windows cleaned for $5--I have the same bottle of Windex at home;
  • Yes, please leave those hubcaps on the car--it's still moving;
  • Pothole dodging is an Olympic-worthy event.
Ready? Let's go.
 
Rudy said:
The rules of thumb for driving through the part of Detroit to get to Mexicantown:
  • Keep the vehicle moving at all times;
  • If it lunges at the car or shoots at it, run it over;
  • Cell phone dialed to 911 with thumb over the "Send" button;
  • Yes, there really are this many burned out buildings and houses;
  • Put gas in the tank before you hit the Detroit border;
  • No, you don't want your windows cleaned for $5--I have the same bottle of Windex at home;
  • Yes, please leave those hubcaps on the car--it's still moving;
  • Pothole dodging is an Olympic-worthy event.
Ready? Let's go.
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LOL :p poor old Detroit, it looks like it was once a very nice city.... mind you my experience of it is limited to documentaries, and the movie Gran Turino - which I loved, but did paint a scary picture.
 
Peggy said:
Seriously I've been to Detroit. I know you speak the truth.
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I usually drive right near the Mexicantown area once a week when I pick up the kidlets. Straight down Michigan Ave. into downtown, then head out Gratiot Ave. to pick up the Interstate. Traffic is too bad through the interchanges on the freeways at that hour. I've wanted to stop at the "Supermercado" on the way home, but nobody ever seems keen on the idea.

Better be handy with a Smith & Wesson--we take the term "riding shotgun" literally around here. :D

EQnoble said:
Unfortunately it sounds like a lot of places around here and in the US.
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True. At least Detroit finally has a mayor who's done a lot of good. But there is a long way to go...there are huge buildings (like a couple of long-deserted manufacturing plants, and the Michigan Central Station) that have sat vacant for decades and have all the windows busted out.

Quite a difference compared to Chicago, which actually has a downtown area that's something to be proud of.
 
Kim said:
LOL :p poor old Detroit, it looks like it was once a very nice city.... mind you my experience of it is limited to documentaries, and the movie Gran Turino - which I loved, but did paint a scary picture.
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Detroit might have been considered "nice" maybe 40 or 50 years ago, before the suburbs really boomed. Having the shopping malls out in the suburbs essentially killed the downtown shopping. Our favorite department store (Hudson's) had its main location downtown; it was sad when they imploded that building quite a few years ago. There are still a few pockets of activity down there (around the casinos, the stadiums, Greektown, the area around Comerica Park and Ford Field (baseball and football), and things are turning around, but it will probably take a couple of decades to really make a difference. Detroit had two really corrupt mayors for awhile (Coleman Young in the 70s and 80s, and the infamous Kwame Kilpatrick who got ousted a couple of years ago), which set things back.
 
Rudy said:
Better be handy with a Smith & Wesson--we take the term "riding shotgun" literally around here. :D
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I am handy with my little pearl handle thingamajigger. Does that count?

Quite a difference compared to Chicago, which actually has a downtown area that's something to be proud of.
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I hear ya. Youngstown used to have a downtown to be proud of too. It's gone downhill so badly for years, and now that we have a good mayor who actually wants to revitalize the city, he's meeting with so many obstacles - like budget and complacency - its really hard to build it back up once they've let it fall to pieces.

Now about that Mexican food. Have gun, will travel! :D
 
Peggy said:
I am handy with my little pearl handle thingamajigger. Does that count?
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If it keeps the car safe, it's all good!

Peggy said:
I hear ya. Youngstown used to have a downtown to be proud of too. It's gone downhill so badly for years, and now that we have a good mayor who actually wants to revitalize the city, he's meeting with so many obstacles - like budget and complacency - its really hard to build it back up once they've let it fall to pieces.
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Toledo has taken a hit also. They keep trying to revitalize the area, but it always seems to fail. Downtown had a nice shopping area on the water. That closed up, and then COSI Toledo was in there until late 2007. It's now reopened as the Imagination Station. For years they also had a skating rink downtown. Not sure if that is still there.
 
Rudy said:
Toledo has taken a hit also. They keep trying to revitalize the area, but it always seems to fail. Downtown had a nice shopping area on the water. That closed up, and then COSI Toledo was in there until late 2007. It's now reopened as the Imagination Station. For years they also had a skating rink downtown. Not sure if that is still there.
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Sad to see once-booming areas go down like that. Makes me wish for the "good ol' days".

I need some kawfee....
 
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Kim said:
LOL :p poor old Detroit, it looks like it was once a very nice city.... mind you my experience of it is limited to documentaries, and the movie Gran Turino - which I loved, but did paint a scary picture.
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Detroit has been scary for more than 100 years. If the population density any place gets above 6 people per square mile it is a scary thing. Heck 6 people per square mile is too crowded but at least it's not scary :)
 
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