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If you want to read even more there's a good, quick book on the subject by local author Karen Dybis: https://www.amazon.com/Witch-Delray-Detroits-Infamous-Mystery/dp/1467137545

This is basically a big urban legend. In many cities the trolley system was basically part of an unsustainable real estate pyramid. In other instances governments incentivized different behaviors and didn't invest in the system.

In some instances GM and/or Standard Oil put the final nail in the coffin, but to say they "killed off" trolleys is pretty far from the whole story. The trolley system was already declining/dying before they got involved.

Haven't seen a great monograph on Detroit, but if you want a good academic book on what happened in LA this is a great option. Published by UC Press so it has a lot of credibility vs. Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which is a great movie, but gets a lot of the actual historical stuff wrong.

i've picked up hundreds of these things with magnets, pretty sure they are steel for the most part. sometimes they won't catch if they're very dirty.

https://www.amazon.com/Whip-Pack-Whipped-Cream-Chargers/dp/B001MUJHKG - "100% recyclable steel"

The book American City is a great guide to architecture in Detroit. Really opened my eyes to some of the lesser known buildings in the city.

songkick detroit is my preferred method, has all the big shows, tons of medium and small shows, definitely a few every day. Be advised some super tiny shows won't make it on there, but any band that obscure you probably know when they're coming. go see live music! http://www.songkick.com/metro_areas/18073-us-detroit edit:sp

The US govt has a new method using a laser that can detect your heartbeat and identify you, supposedly...

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https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2019/07/05/the-pentagons-new-heartbeat-detection-laser-could-save-us-from-our-surveillance-horror/

Tim Taylor (TV- Home Improvement)

Count Scary (TV- B Movie Host)

Wolfman Mac and Boney Bob (TV- B Movie Host)

The Ghoul (TV- B Movie Host)

Zombo the Clown (Underground Clown)

Green Lantern (Comic Books - moved to Detroit)

Steel (Comic Books)

Amazing Man (Comic Books)

Firestorm (Comic Books)

Firebrand (Comic Books)

Dr. Detroit (Dan Akroyd Movie)

Swoop (Transformers)

Grimlock (Transformers)

Soundwave (Transformers)

Crowbar (Comic Books)

Martin (Martin Lawrence, TV show)

Christine (Stephen King Book/Movie)

Billy Young and Alex (Disney Movie, Tiger Town)

Jimmy Smith Jr. (B Rabbit) (8 Mile Movie)

Adam (Tom Hiddleston) (Only Lovers Left Alive Movie)

https://archive.org/stream/legendsofledtr00hamluoft#page/n0/mode/2up

Nain Rouge (Folklore, Legends of Detroit)

The Phantom Priest (Folklore, Legends of Detroit)

The Nun of St. Claire (Folklore, Legends of Detroit)

The Vernor's Man / Gnome / Troll

Milky the Clown (TV, Twin Pines salesperson)

The Crow (Movie)

Lex, Trip, Hawk, and Jam (Detroit Rock City, Movie)

Walk Kowalski (Gran Torino, Movie)

Ruby Smith (Travelling Husbands, Movie 1931)

Billy Chapel (For Love of The Game, Movie)

Orin Boyd (Exit Wounds, Movie)

Martin Q. Blank (Grosse Pointe Blank, Movie)

Uggh, I was on this flight. Let me tell you, not the ideal way to finish up a really great trip out west. One of the SWAT sort of people had a MP5 with an ACOG sort of scope, which I thought was "neat," especially the less he pointed it at the floor of the plane. And the FBI team lead told the police to buy us passengers pizza to eat while we waited to be questioned. LOVELY.

Let me tell you, I saw all three of the people who were arrested prior to arrest, both before and after they figured out shit was real, and they must have been freaking out. But who is really THAT dumb? It's the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

Here's verification:

https://imgur.com/SQhs2

Taken from the bus as they took us to the police station to be interviewed.

What a debacle. I would love to give more detail, but I have slept 3 hours in the last 48.

Here's an article I posted about two weeks ago.

In short it's a parade where we chase out to the red dwarf responsible for all things bad in the city. Also plenty of after parties taking place.

Did I get in before a "Sources?" question?

For the state number, I used the MiEconomy app. For the regional number I used the Detroit Chamber State of the Region report.

Tesla has preorders for a car that will be delivered at some uncertain point in the future. Lots of things could cause those preorders to become refunds - production delays, price changes, quality issues, cheap gas, new competition, etc.

There is so much hype surrounding Tesla, it reminds me a little of the stock market in the '90s. Tesla, like that market, can do no wrong and can only go up, up, up! What happens, though, when cracks form in the bubble? What happens if the Model 3 has reliability issues or if Tesla has a major recall?

The big companies, for all their faults, all have long histories of mass production. This isn't their first rodeo. Tesla, on the other hand, just broke 50k cars in a single year. To put that in perspective, that barely puts it in the global top 50 by production volume. Companies unfamiliar to most Westerners, such as Mahindra and Geely, outsold Tesla by many times. Subaru sold more Legacies last year than Tesla did cars. Tesla is a tiny player that has everyone's attention, but also a serious cash flow problem and no experience with high volume production.

Seeing as demand for EVs, hybrids, and plug-in hybrids is relatively low industry-wide compared to the demand for traditional ICE vehicles, the more established car makers are not going to devote too much to EVs until they're proven to consistently sell in significant numbers. Hybrids were treated similarly until reliable demand was demonstrated.

Huh?

A quick google search finds this no problem.

I was trying to remember a site I found but this came up in my google search anyway.

Did I miss something?

And to be fair, comparing Detroit's music scene to Austin's as lesser is a bit odd. Austin is the live music capital of the world. That's what this article is about, live music.

Detroit isn't a musical step-child by any means but it isn't the "live music capital of the world" as Austin promotes itself as.

Personally, I think Detroit has a vibrant music scene but the author can't belittle the likes of Austin.

I don't even want to talk about NOLA.

Photo was used in an NPR feature a few days ago. Link to the story, for those interested.

Not cool, man. We're trying to keep that shit off of our streets.

(Ha. Just kidding. Maybe check with Vault of Midnight downtown to see if they know of any local groups? meetup.com didn't turn up anything.)

There's a new police station to the east of the market. Opened earlier this month. 7th Precinct. Great outlook for this part of the city.

Just hopping into this thread to recommend a book by Carol Anderson (Chair of African American studies at Emory University) - I picked this up on a weekend trip a few years ago and it provided a lot of context about the history and present state of voter suppression: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1635571391/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_fXBgFbJ5DP63Y

Sugrue's "Origin of the Urban Crisis" if you are interested in an in depth look at why this is so: https://www.amazon.com/Origins-Urban-Crisis-Inequality-Princeton/dp/0691162557/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=origins+of+the+urban+crisis&qid=1594856796&sr=8-1

You will get a lot of 2 sentence answers blaming Young, blaming the riots, blaming the auto companies, etc. But its not a simple answer

Yep, roads close to the tunnel at 6pm so its an absolute shit show the hour(s) before that trying to queue up and cross. Leave as early as possible and plan to stay the night. Definitely way more fun on that side IMO they have the carnival activated and a lot more room to spread out.

Tech start-ups are great for Detroit; it brings young, talented, and educated minds to the city to pursue their particular endeavor. The Madison Building truly is an awesome example of contemporary 'fun' office design (the roof top bar is the best part imo).

Here's an article highlighting Stik and its creator's decision to move the company to Detroit from San Francisco. http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/10/detroit-two-point-oh/

Anyone's idea could be the next Facebook, Twitter, or Reddit. These incubators are about fostering these ideas in their infancy in the hope that they will become great successes.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/temporary

You're naive if you don't think climate change will play a factor in the future of American cities. Miami, Phoenix, Los Angeles, others, they all have huge challenges ahead that make Detroit's higher-than-average crime and subpar schools look like a cakewalk.

This is all decades away still, but it will happen.

This response is mostly assuming you will spend a couple days being a tourist. So, are you familiar at all with Detroit? Are you with a group? What's your budget? Most importantly, are you actually in Detroit and not a surrounding Metro-Detroit?

The DIA is a definite must if you have the time.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g42139-Activities-Detroit_Michigan.html

http://www.10best.com/destinations/michigan/detroit/

I'd recommend spending a day in Ann Arbor if you haven't been. Lots of cool shops, like the Vault of Midnight comic book store, and great food. It might be at least 40-45 minutes from where you're staying.

https://stackoverflow.com/insights/survey/2017/?utm_source=so-owned&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=dev-survey-2017&utm_content=blog-link#job-priorities

Office environment is a huge factor for a lot of people working in software development. This is going to be huge in helping Ford attract better talent.

I'm also interested in this- have been considering building a small home in city proper on some of the cheap lots with utility hookups intact. Seems like instead of rehabbing many of the burnt out derelicts, a demolish-to-foundation and prefab building might make better use.

The real estate pup Darin McClesky(https://www.linkedin.com/in/darinm) controls this property, if I recall http://tinyhousetalk.com/wp-content/uploads/small-house-in-detroit.jpg

I believe it was originally constructed by a team at Cranbrook for a woman who later abandoned it. Might be an interesting lead, between Darin and Cranbrook.

Maybe your experience was different, but it seemed to me like they just wanted to maximize Democratic turnout for their favor. I lived in Ann Arbor at the time and they had me exclusively go door-to-door at registered Democrat's homes, which seemed like we were just preaching to the choir.

I don't know much about campaigns, but it seemed to me that hitting areas that were somewhat on the fence (Novi, Plymouth, Grosse Pointe, Michigan Ave communities) would have been far more effective than talking to liberals in Ann Arbor.

The fact that a lot of areas along Gratiot and Michigan were "eh" in their support tells me that they did a bad job of explaining the benefits to the people that would receive the most of them.

The IndieGogo page specifically mentions security updates a bit. I didn't see an actual update how security updates were implemented, though.

Compuware/Quicken Loans moving downtown. That's a few thousand jobs coming to Detroit. The federal government is opening its first patent office outside of Washington DC here. There are a lot of small businesses starting up here and there, not only in the Cass Corridor but around Eastern Market. Detroit currently has over 800 IT positions that are unfilled. There are jobs here.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/service-oriented/detroit-midwest-lead-in-it-job-growth/6617

Thanks! I used a free LEGO building program called Stud.io. In addition to having the entire LEGO brick library at your disposal, you can also click to buy the bricks to build it (via Bricklink), and export realistic renders like this one. It is a fun program for LEGO enthusiasts.

Edit: https://studio.bricklink.com/v2/build/studio.page

Is your phone an Android?

If it is still locked in the glovebox, you may be able to do some fancy detective work with This

EDIT: I should point out that even if it is no longer in the glovebox, you could probably add the app without the thief noticing.

> is that they limit the GPS radius to 20mi so you have to drive around

Or spoof GPS. Enable mock locations, yadda yadda.

The FBI has a Detroit Area Public Corruption Task Force and describes the local corruption as being a “generational, systematic part of the culture” of Southeast Michigan.”

Your first example all applies to cars in Sweden too - i didn't compare cost-per-mile as that's relatively the same across the board, so it's a moot point. I was referring to the ADDITIONAL cost that Sweeds pay over U.S. drivers.

As for the measures to go electric - i get that; but it doesn't really fit in with the U.S. motto. Also, commutes and travels by car in Scandinavia are typically less than in the US. Sweeds drive an average of 7,524 miles a year, compared to America's 13,474 miles per year.

I know several people (myself included) that have been on trips that an electric car would not entertain. I just did a business trip from Denver to Aspen last week (150 miles each way) which would exceed a full charge on a $35,000 model S (I only have a $14,000 civic). My parents live on a farm and my mom is a nurse in Ann Arbor - she drives 31 miles each way to work (16k miles a year). Very few people in Scandinavia do that and it's the norm in the US.

My current band covers Detroit City. This was recorded after my 3rd or 4th week with the band. Our backing vocals have gotten much better, hehe. Funniest thing about the song for me is that the sentiment is wanting to leave Detroit.

Urban Development Corp is a non-profit in Detroit seeking volunteer social media setup services. That might be a great experience/resume builder:

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/47122453?trk=eml-jymbii-organic-job-viewjob-link&refId=ba5e763b-346c-4368-b68b-dddff2c8eaf4&midToken=AQEnvYbzsWAQIg

Help is get it back!

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Hey everyone! I posted a while back about the Snapchat geofilters in Metro Detroit. Since then I've seen a few posts about them and figured I'd give you all an update!

So currently that map shows where all of the geofilters are in Metro Detroit. (Click here to learn more about what they are and how to access them.)

There's a lot of them and I have more planned soon! If you have any suggestions feel free to post a comment. You can also make your own here.

I use photoshop and Adobe illustrator. You can use any design program you like as long as it fits into their requirements.

You can submit them here as well as read up on the requirements/download templates.

https://www.snapchat.com/geofilters/

Good call on testing them as size, color or pattern are not reliable indicators of asbestos in floor tiles. What I recommend you do is wear a P100 respirator and collect a 2" x 2" sample of the flooring with mastic on the back. Double bag the sample and prepare it for shipping. I highly recommend using SAI labs in Greensboro, NC over other mail in services. Keep in mind there could be multiple layers of the floor tile and mastic which amounts to increased costs. Contacting the lab for chain of custody instructions and pricing information will prevent any surprises.

If you are looking to complete any potential removal work yourself, please read my ebook it has helpful infographics for small DIY asbestos removal projects. It's free for Amazon Kindle Unlimited members or a low cost educational guide for non-members.

https://www.amazon.com/Asbestos-Exposed-definitive-identification-including/dp/B08H566HPS

Between fancy like Muer's and low key like Crazy Crab (in strip malls) is Sindbads(.com) near the Detroit River. Their online menu says "market price" and I've had it there before but I bet it's half or less than the Muer's $100.

Really though, the best deal is Costco as others have said. Boil it for just long enough to get it hot through, you'll probably want a tall pot. You can even bake it but it adds a little 'browned' kind of flavor as some of the shell gets brown. And don't forget: https://www.amazon.com/Prepworks-Progressive-Ceramic-Butter-Warmer/dp/B00004RDF3 or https://www.amazon.com/Seafood-Crackers-Nutcrackers-Ceramic-Heavy-Duty/dp/B07MC7FW57

Squirrels for the most part are not afraid of humans. I've trapped several with ease. And just relocated them, i.e. not kill them.

The trap below works like a charm. Put some bread with peanut butter in it. They'll get trapped. Drive them to an open area with fewer squirrels and open the trap.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Havahart-2-Door-Animal-Trap-Non-Lethal/1084937

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BQQMJQ/ref=redir_mobile_desktop

I'm not coming in here weighing in on a side or the other, but I've lived here all my life, and lived through Coleman, and my relative got me this book for Christmas years ago that is a parody of the book of Chairman Mao quotes, but its Coleman, and it is a hilarious good read and I recommend to any lifelong resident.

https://www.amazon.com/Quotations-Mayor-Coleman-African-American/dp/0814332609

Then go read The Creature From Jekyll Island if you want to understand which bankers from the wealthiest families conspired in secret to create and benefit from our current monetary system. It will change how you view the world!

https://www.amazon.com/Detroit-Shirt-Company-Mile-Road/dp/B07CX5SL3T/ref=asc_df_B07CX5SL3T/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=481694138089&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18025104869656468379&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev...

Young Professionals of Metro Detroit Meetup.com group

https://www.meetup.com/young-pros/events/264668865/?rv=cr1&\_xtd=gatlbWFpbF9jbGlja9oAJGY2M2Y1MzcxLWE2YzItNGFkNi1iM2JiLTU4NjFmMzI3MjQ0NA

They are doing a Cranbrook Hike tomorrow morning.

If you want some cool history, motor city mafia. It's a history of the Purple gang, who used to run booze for capone from canada. Really interesting read.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/mobile/p/motor-city-mafia-scott-m-burnstein/1111975038/2680828352895?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+greatbookprices_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP24104

Shut off outside spigots where the inside shutoff is. I open and let drain, then I cover with an insulated cover. The sprinkler will need to be drained/blown out.

Do you have a basement, crawl space, slab?

Earplugs are life if you live in a downtown area. I can't sleep without them. Cheap foam ones like you'd use in a factory on Amazon are the only way I survive when I'm in my city spot.

it is possible to automatically sync your bank transactions from any bank or credit card provider into google sheets for free, using an add on called moneylogz

it works for bank of America, chase and many others in north America.

here is the link to install the add on from google marketplace https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/search/moneylogz

https://www.amazon.com/Allen-Sports-2-Child-Bicycle-Stroller/dp/B079YGFDPY/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?adgrpid=52930426501&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIo5zf1Ibl9wIVSMmUCR1N6QEiEAAYASAAEgJ49fD_BwE&hvadid=580770683193&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9016859&hvnetw=g&a...

I believe Jefferson’s bike lanes are still scheduled for a more permanent alignment when it’s rebuilt.

Also, have you really never seen one of these before?

I appreciate the citations! > In diverse Universities Our observations indicate that students most frequently choose to organise themselves in groups where members share age / ethnicity / religion

Cool paper that resonated with me having attended mixed race schools that left me grappling with a lot of "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" type questions.

I think our definitions of segregation in this thread are different. I agree that humans inherently self-segregate in the way this paper describes, but "all the muslim employees want to hang out" is not the type of segregation I think needs policy fixes, it's the type of segregation that is the result of redlining and other institutional racially-motivated policies and practices.

As far as the other two papers: to use these as evidence of "it's human nature to divide ourselves" is fair, but I'd argue cynical and doesn't take into account the influence of profit-seeking. Both the political machine and charter schools are examples of extreme amounts of money being used by the powerful to purposefully divide us for profit. I guess one could argue that this is also human nature, but then... I mean, isn't the whole point of humanity to overcome these darker impulses?

But anyway the point is, if we're sharing white papers: regional public transit is obviously good

I haven't seen it recommended here but The Detroit Almanac may be for what you're looking for. It's way less boring than the title suggests, and covers basically anything/everything you would want to know about Detroit and it's people.

It's super easy to grow yourself. I bought seeds from Amazon. I put potting soil in a planter like this one. About 5" of soil is good. Then sprinkle seeds in a layer; cover with a shallow layer of more soil. Water in until soil is moist; put in a sunny spot. I put a cover of plastic wrap over the planter with soil/seeds until they sprouted. They grow fast. You will have pretty long blades of grass in a couple of weeks or so.

I recommend reading The Color of Law. Gives a good summary on the history of single-family zoning, and its origins as a form of a segregation.

Everyone I talked to locally was sold out, so I went online:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TDCZHG1?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details

Oh shit my bad. Well, kid, you're probably fucked. You might try Amazon or something?

All I'll say is that I received plenty of fist pumps and honking of horns yesterday for displaying my Guy Fieri flag downtown

This place is in an amazing location and includes parking. Would work if there are just two of you.

As has been mentioned, Fort Wayne is currently closed to the public. I do suspect the Army CoE still has essential personnel using the boatyard though.

When it does open again, there is a good-sized parking lot just north of the old fort (see OpenStreetMap). I'd also check out the Tuskegee Museum and the burial mound across Gibbs Street from the parade grounds. It's especially nice when there are historians present and reenactments going on, you learn so much more than just wondering through it on your own.

bill burr podcast link is through the Google podcast app not sure if it will work if you don't have it

Yes, the '90s had top selling divas and country acts, and also plenty of hip hop. Even the Dead were the top grossing act on tour. But punk fashion was far more influential than any other movement in '90s pop culture.

Look at the top selling albums:

Metallica, Morissette, Creed, RHCP, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Sublime, No Doubt, Green Day, Pumpkins, Beck, Live, STP, Oasis, Cranberries, GNR, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Bush, Offspring... every single one of them dressed like punk rockers, no?

The punk music subgenre itself was consumed by the industry and became a strictly defined production. This happened in opposition to the original DIY, anti-conformist punk ethos, but the ethos was what made punk relevant in the late '70s and '80s. The classic skate punk music of SST Records (EDIT: and Alternative Tentacles) was more sonically diverse than anything promoted as "punk subgenre" in the '90s or later. And so a lot of punk musicians rejected being pigeonholed by the fashion industry and they morphed into post-punk and other directions. Meanwhile, punk fashion as a spin off product was a huge success and dominated the airwaves.

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I think Audacity is your best bet, but if that doesn't work try here. There are a number of applications that can record the playing audio. The Mac one I used to use is no longer available, but Blackhole might be worth a shot when combined with QuickTime Player's audio recording feature.

I still have a Betamax (!) video tape of the 1989 Michigan Rose Bowl victory where I dubbed Bob Ufer's radio broadcast over the video. I should probably get that digitized at some point and post it on the internet.

Weather during this week looks good to reset the ice to flat. I'm in again for next Sunday at noon. https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/ca/detroit/KMIDETRO6?cm_ven=localwx_10day

>I'm in for hockey. Saturday sometime between 10am-1pm? This forecast says things are staying frozen through that time (but maybe Snowing Saturday): https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/ca/detroit/KMIDETRO6?cm\_ven=localwx\_10day

Unfortunately I'm out of town this weekend (and next, now that I think about it) , but people should still get out there and play. What do you think is the best way to organize?

Let's start by saying Sunday at 12pm to get the ball rolling?

I'm in for hockey. Saturday sometime between 10am-1pm? This forecast says things are staying frozen through that time (but maybe Snowing Saturday): https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/ca/detroit/KMIDETRO6?cm_ven=localwx_10day

If we picked an evening for hockey, does anyone know which ice would have the most lights?

Also interesting to note that total revenues were $3,670,314,796 in 2009-2010.

This means that the $120M in pensions accounted for 3.26% of all expenses. Add in health care for retirees, and you're near 4-5%.

We aren't given projections, but my guess is that the percentage of total revenues dedicated to retirees is rising rapidly.

What I would like to see is if the pension funds for these retirees were handled properly, because given the number of former Detroit politicians fired after questionable dealings or serving jail terms, I have concerns. If anyone stole from firefighters or police, then should be required to give up their ill gotten gains.

The sedan market only took a dip in the last two years, as gas prices are cheap and the economy is bouncing back. Pretending the market for sedans is “gone” is simply false, and ignoring recent history.

Could you elaborate on your claim that metro Detroit is a non-cosmopolitan area?

Because when I read the definition I'm left with the complete opposite impression. Dictionary.com defines "cosmopolitan" as: &quot;<em>belonging to all the world; not limited to just one part of the world.</em>&quot;

Isn't it fair to say that Detoit has an international influence?

• Founded by French settlers

• Mexicantown

• Italian neighborhoods (Sterling Heights)

• German part suppliers (everywhere - I've hosted several exchange students myself)

• Jewish neighborhoods like Huntington Woods & Pleasant Ridge

• Chaldeans (Dearborn)

• Arabs (Dearborn)

• Macedonian migrants everywhere (Mike Illich)

• Polish immigrants (Hamtramck)

• Greek (coney Islands everywhere in Detroit)

• Indian Engineers (everywhere)

• Hungarians (downriver)

• African Americans (everywhere)

• Irish (everywhere)

The only ethnicity (I'm aware of) that seems under represented is Asian, and even that is changing with Toyota, Nissan, and Hyundai located between Ann Arbor and Livonia.

Am I missing something? What would metro Detroit need to do in order to fit your definition of the word "Cosmopolitan"?

Udacity.com I believe it was created by one of the founders of Google. There are a number of free courses. If you get more serious, they have paid courses with "micro degrees" that are recognized by a number of tech companies.

Median household income in Macomb is below the national average.

Macomb wants to be Kentucky because they’re idiots that vote for Trump and oppose basic facets of civilization like public transit and they support openly racist inbreds like James Fouts.

I’m guessing you’re confusing the definition of neoliberalism (a conservative right-wing economic model based on small government and increased corporate power) with political liberals, aka contemporary Democrats.

Neoliberalism was promoted by folks like Milton Friedman, and is based on ideas including economic liberalization policies such as privatization, austerity, deregulation, free trade[5] and reductions in government spending in order to increase the role of the private sector in the economy and society.

Neoliberalism is an economic term, and it does not refer to American political liberals. It’s worth noting that the US is one of the only countries that uses the word “liberal” to refer to political progressives - which makes discussing these terms confusing in the American context.

Pure ignorance. Learn to read. You fail at basic history and civics. You have no formal education in political economy.

Organized labor built the middle class, plain and simple.

First of all, the Battle of the Overpass did consist of Ford thugs beating union organizers demanding strengthened wages and conditions.

> The Detroit middle class was born in the 1900's before the depression.

Wrong. Detroit’s middle class was rose between the Depression and post-WWII, not pre-depression. You fail at history.

> The AFL-CIO did not have anything to do with it. The AFL-CIO didn't exist until 1955.

AFL existed in 1886, it only merged with CIO in the 1950s.

> Unions being needed isn't the issue.

You’re illiterate of basic labor history. Organized labor is what progressed laborers nationwide into the middle class to gain shares of the productive wealth they generated for the industrialists. See the FLSA.

She still hasn't cut the grass, and now she's starting to piss off neighbors...

https://nextdoor.com/p/R7PH58_gfpBK?utm_content=b&amp;utm_source=share&amp;extras=NjAzNDc3NTg%3D?init_source=copy_link_share

Biased, but I'm friends with Tamela Ekstrom, who owns a company called Haven. She's lovely and a lot of fun.

For the love of god, please take a basic urban history class. Highways, as opposed to most rivers, are entirely man made and are thus influenced by human decision making and policies. One of those policies, you ask? Route them through lower-income neighborhoods (most often minority), further declining property values, making it easier to acquire additional right-of-way for expansion. Rinse...repeat.

Ever heard of exclusionary zoning? Zoning polices that LITERALLY divided neighborhoods on racial lines. So yes, race and income absolutely drove, and continued to drive, urban development policies.

I recommend reading The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein.

Found this book to be very informative:

Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit (Images of America) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738540846/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_glt_fabc_PZH0MFHQZ06TFDER0MA8

You might try and grab a copy of Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies

Why not consult a guidebook? This one is great: Belle Isle to 8 Mile: An Insider’s Guide to Detroit, Second Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578422697/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_QKV57EGAS4M0PPC38WEN

The average cost is $10K, which has been cited more times than I could count. However, that swings about $3K either way depending on the type of property. It's on the high side if it's a proper demolition including the basement. Private groups, e.g. the Detroit Blight Authority, could do it for about half, but we're talking about what it costs the City of Detroit. Estimates will almost always favor the high side to ensure there's enough funding.

Again, if you have some secret inside knowledge that would allow for a less costly demolition and improved efficiency, I strongly encourage you to approach the Blight Removal Task Force with your idea. I'm sure they could utilize your expertise and experience. Then again, you seem to believe that people don't mind living next to burned-out homes, so I doubt we're in the same ballpark here.

There are roads named Telegraph Road all over the place. Telegraph lines were run connecting population centers, in as straight of lines as possible.

Often they followed railroad tracks, which also tend to connect population centers with straight lines. And the railroad easement meant the right-of-way negotiations were already handled. This pattern still holds today, by the way -- major fiber-optic trunks often follow railroads. Look up the history of US Sprint for more!

But in cases where there wasn't existing rail, the telegraph lines would be run anyway, either following existing paved roads, or paving a new one, as a service road for the lines. In the latter case, it was often named Telegraph Road.

Check out this OpenStreetMap query for examples.

here?

Darren Revell hosted Big Sonic Heaven. He started a weekly podcast of the show 5-6 years go mixing old standbys with new music in that fit the show's genre. Unfortunately, he hasn't done one in a couple of years. He's started a few things like this only to move on shortly after. The podcasts used to be available for download at bigsonicheaven.com, but unfortunately the links are now gone. You can find 20 of them here:

I too would kill for some playlists from the shows from the 90s.

>Welcome to puritanical society. Where we let 20% of people who think we should live by their rules write the laws and control the government.
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>Vote people!

That's it! VOTE! I watched this unfold on nextdoor.com here in Royal Oak. Conservatives are paranoid and fearful so they participate...and because many of US don't we have to live by THEIR rules...I'm guilty too....VOTE

VOTE

VOTE

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you have an incredibly inflated view of the time savings you get with freeways.

64oz organic valley delivered in Detroit: 4.49

64oz organic valley delivered in NYC: 4.59

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COVID friendly af

I have zero idea if this is legit or not, but this site is giving away coupon codes for free Sears Optical eye exams:

http://www.retailmenot.com/coupons/eyeexams?c=5654646

Um...you probably wanna read that fine print. Worth checking out though.

Also maybe check some of these options out for free exams:

http://www.allaboutvision.com/eye-exam/free-exam.htm

I always like this view because it shows inches predicted and recent inches that fell:

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/detroit-mi/48226/month/348755?view=table

One of the more disturbing things I’ve ever seen was when riding my bike with a friend through Delray in about 2011 and a bunch of dead dogs were piled next to a vacant home. Same thing happened in River Rouge Park.

https://www.mapquest.com/us/michigan/cloverleaf-pizza-6305665

they have had a spot on Harper so long I can't recall it not being there.

There is a bike rack across the street from the Royal Music Theater, on 4th street, see here.

(You missed Pleasant Ridge and Dearborn)

The University District has 4 streets that run 1 mile long each (from 6 to 7 Mile) that consist entirely of 3,500 sq foot ornate tudors and colonials from the 1920-30's on 50-foot wide lots that look like this. No other area of the metro area has aesthetics like that. Yes, there are plenty of areas with bigger, grander houses, but the houses are set back far from the street, or those areas have a large # of bland or ugly sprawling houses from the 1950's-1980s houses on them that can't match the quality of craftmanship seen in the above link. Only GP blocks can match it.

Royal Oak's Hendrie and Vinsetta Blvds are tiny, tiny portions of Royal Oak.

I drive by this one in Huntington Woods all the time, and it's free :)

11 mile and Coolidge, on the south side of 11 just east of Coolidge.

http://www.skateboardpark.com/skateboardpark/viewpark.asp?ID=2867

and here's a google street view

Macomb county is about three things:

https://yarn.co/yarn-clip/b5ac4eed-4e14-4e48-be8c-1b29ddabfcfe

But seriously, generalizing the nearly 900k people living in Macomb county and calling the 135k people in Warren gross is really wrong. There are a lot of hardworking, good people who are just trying to live their lives and raise their families and Macomb county offers low housing prices to make that possible.

No. The statistics show that SUVs and light trucks are far deadlier than smaller cars and sedans.

> Because light trucks are heavier, stiffer, and geometrically more blunt than passenger cars, they pose a dramatically different type of threat to pedestrians... Pedestrians are found to have a two to three times greater likelihood of dying when struck by an LTV than when struck by a car.

Below you can see that pit bulls (#25) are actually lower than average in aggressiveness towards people (strangers). If you're going to ban pit bulls then you should also be banning australian sheperds, pinschers, mastiffs, great danes, poodles, akitas, boxers, german shepherd, etc.

You see, the problem here isn't the dogs, as many people have been trying to say. It's the dog owners. Want to solve the problem? Work on keeping bigger dogs out of the hands of bad owners. I'm all for more stringent pet licensing and possibly even check ins for big dog breeds, but I'm suspicious of reactionary breed bans. What's to stop violent pet owners from buying any of the above dogs be the next dog fighting breed in 20 years? Are we just going to ban them all?

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Breed-differences-in-canine-aggression-Duffy-Hsu/e1b20b0d492cf94dc00b4f130dbe69a030fac9e8/figure/8

My family's all from Dickson/Vanleer area, you'll fit in fine here, just make sure when you go back to visit, tell them you were in Détroit , (properly pronounced of course) https://translate.yandex.com/?lang=fr-en&amp;text=d%C3%A9troit I love messing with my hillbilly brethren whenever I go back.

I guess that technically makes sense. You'd think that you'd be able to change the subnet masks and get everything all on one LAN.

I'm hoping to switch to WoW and when I do, I'll probably just patch it right over to a router running Tomato then run everything off that.

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Great job!

A constructive criticism, would recommend to choose color blind friendly colors if possible. (https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2016/4/examining-data-viz-rules-dont-use-red-green-together-53463)

I would recommend a portable tire inflator, portable jumper cables, & a car first aid kit. Maybe some emergency blankets as well. Never had to use any of these items but I always keep them on hand! Links for examples :)

& welcome to Michigan!

FORTEM Tire Inflator Portable Air Compressor, Bike Tire Pump, 12V Electric Air Pump for Car Tires and Bicycles w/LED Light, Digital Tire Pressure Gauge w/Auto Pump/Shut Off, Carrying Case (Red) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073VB41W3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_QZM5438RV25CCTTVT5DX?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1

Swiss Safe Emergency Mylar Thermal Blankets (Bulk 10pk/25pk/75pk) - Designed for NASA, Outdoors, Hiking, Survival, Marathons or First Aid (Silver Color) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MHGKMBH/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_2388Q02Z7WB5QK18JWCG?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1