tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282997.post932311394953318024..comments2023-11-02T05:58:04.603-07:00Comments on Eve's Apple: Imported From DetroitEve's Applehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098076158255292982noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282997.post-52028483546505351982011-03-24T03:48:47.830-07:002011-03-24T03:48:47.830-07:00I saw that the counted population in the city prop...I saw that the counted population in the city proper was down to about 710,000?<br /><br />That's still a huge population. Whenever I think of Detroit, I think of an empty, abandoned city. Not even close.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/04/the-other-detroit/8403/" rel="nofollow">Here is a little article</a> about a Detroit neighborhood I came across C - Loghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061984603918623697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282997.post-44982689446534555032011-03-23T09:22:05.527-07:002011-03-23T09:22:05.527-07:00And today's news about the Detroit census add...And today's news about the Detroit census adds yet another piece to the puzzle.Eve's Applehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098076158255292982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282997.post-75912713865081227392011-03-22T20:50:25.003-07:002011-03-22T20:50:25.003-07:00Good points... and although it's only present ...Good points... and although it's only present in the commercial via images of raised fists, it's interesting to think of it in the context of the current battle over organized labor and public funding. After all, the recovery of Detroit being sold in this ad was paid for by the federal payout and carried out by a unionized workforce.Eve's Applehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098076158255292982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282997.post-57408356052322303232011-03-18T02:50:37.657-07:002011-03-18T02:50:37.657-07:00I am in complete agreement.
Though I was not rais...I am in complete agreement.<br /><br />Though I was not raised in Michigan, I was fortunate enough to marry a Michigan lass, and I have adopted the whole weird two-part state as my own.<br /><br />The history and fate of Detroit and the U.S. auto industry is endlessly fascinating to me. In many ways, Detroit and its auto plants created the post-war American middle class that became the envy of C - Loghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061984603918623697noreply@blogger.com