Pics from a dying city

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Holy Mort

First time out of the vault
Dying Detroit

Just run into this through some link. Probably you all have seen it, but...

p.s. just a note - there is no racism involved in that graph [second from the top]. It's not the reason, it's a consequence.
 
nice and sad.

never wouldve expected to see the churches in such a state though...
 
That's pretty cool indeed. I like the downfall of the once glamorous theaters and hotels.

Also, wrong forum.
 
The Photos are biased in that they do not show the whole picture. Detroit is not dying. Image google "Detroit Skyline" and "Renaissance Center" to see for yourselves. All cities have their blighted areas, but the presentation does not reflect Detroit's modernism or its complex socioeconomic history. True, it was a rough town. I was applying for Detroit Police when looking to work in law enforcement. As part of my application package I had to sign a document affirming that I understood that as a Detroit Police Officer I was ready to risk death, see my close friends die, see people die as part of my job, and to be ready to lose friends and acquaintances because of the hectic work schdule and due to the unpopulaty of police work and the hectic work hours. While all of this applies to police work to some extent, I didn't see any other department put it in such stark terms. So, yeah, Detroit can be pretty rough and it was rougher still in the 1970's, but it's far from being a Dying City.
 
Well if you look clossly to the 8th picture, just to the right of the doorway is a yellow sign that could explain why its all like that...

 
akudin, no one is arguing that Detroit is dead, just that a lot of the old landmarks & city centers are dying.

@ Wild_qwerty: 20 euros for who gets me that sign ;)
 
Too bad there aren't any of those signs around here where I can steal them in a drunken stupor.
 
I know of a place here in Portugal that has (or had) a few radioactivity warning signs :P Not a Cathedral though xD And the are is most probably closes by now, though, but, considering the country it is... well... We never know...
 
SuAside, the photos only show buildings from the mid 20th century, the Old Glory. If I was doing it (and I have been photographing railroad tracks, power lines etc for a long time now) I would have included residential neighborohoods touched by crack epidenmic as well as a few modern skyscrapers and highways for a more balanced feel of the place. each city has its own atmosphere. Detroit different from Jacksonville, diferent from New York etc and you can actually evoke a different sense of place from each even in photos. In this case, I think that the photograoher had a slightly different idea.
 
Akudin, I believe you have missed the gist of this topic, like SuAside has previously pointed out. I don't believe many people here are particularly interested in the revival of Detroit, or of the general atmosphere in the city. Rather they find interest in decaying structures, especially grand structures, which is pertinent to a community interested in the post-apocalyptic. It has little to do with what they believe the city of Detroit to be like.
 
I am talking about the apocalyptic. I got wastelands from Florida, New York and a few other places, and they ALL have a unique feel to it. I can't post 30 photos to prove my point.
 
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Akudin said:
The Photos are biased in that they do not show the whole picture. Detroit is not dying. Image google "Detroit Skyline" and "Renaissance Center" to see for yourselves. All cities have their blighted areas, but the presentation does not reflect Detroit's modernism or its complex socioeconomic history. True, it was a rough town. I was applying for Detroit Police when looking to work in law enforcement. As part of my application package I had to sign a document affirming that I understood that as a Detroit Police Officer I was ready to risk death, see my close friends die, see people die as part of my job, and to be ready to lose friends and acquaintances because of the hectic work schdule and due to the unpopulaty of police work and the hectic work hours. While all of this applies to police work to some extent, I didn't see any other department put it in such stark terms. So, yeah, Detroit can be pretty rough and it was rougher still in the 1970's, but it's far from being a Dying City.
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I am sure that any city like Detroit, anywhere in the world would have many buildings just like these. And yes, Suaside has already made a pretty clear point, that you have so obviously missed...
 
Akudin said:
I am talking about the apocalyptic. I got wastelands from Florida, New York and a few other places, and they ALL have a unique feel to it. I can't post 30 photos to prove my point.
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Why do you insists on making completely irrelevant 'points' in every topic you post in? No one ever contested that every abandoned place has a differetn atmosphere to it, but you somehow believe that everyone is disagreeing with you. It's like you're looking for conflict even when there isn't any, and then make yourself look like an ass in the process.
 
Looking at those pics it makes me wonder who is running that city (or not running it). Dont they use their taxes to preserve landmark buildings?

That graph is interesting as well. The white population started leaving around 1948-1950. I thought the US was at the height of its economic power in the 1950's? So why would they leave a manufacturing town during an economic boom? Weird.
 
Not weird at all. The 50s was the decade of "white flight", when middle to upper class white Americans were massively moving to the newly constructed suburban areas. The American Dream is born!
 
Wild_qwerty said:
Well if you look clossly to the 8th picture, just to the right of the doorway is a yellow sign that could explain why its all like that...

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It's not radio-active, it's a fallout shelter sign, pretty common actually.

Detroit is home to the big-three automakers, so as they've fared so has Detroit.
 
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