Tag: Detroit
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How Bad Planning Reduces IQ…and Pay
Denser cities do better economically. Why? Because they bring people together, through proximity & design.
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A Sure Sign of the Apocolypse
Detroit to unleash the power of hipsterism on its streets!
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Americans Ditching Deathmobiles in Droves
Americans scrapped more cars than they bought over the past 15 years — Wooooooh-Hooooo!!!!!
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Detroit Throws in the Towel
Detroit, as a city is now untenable. One proposal: back to the land! Urban farming on a massive scale. It’s over. The city build by the deathmobile, killed by the deathmobile.
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Industrial Rote Labor Not So Great for the Intellect
How big unions & big industry colluded to keep the workforce as dumb as they could be.
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The MotorLESS City
NYT article “Bike Among the Ruins,” a re-imagining of Detroit as the MotorLESS City.
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Madison Follows Detroit’s Lead: Plenty of Cash for Highways, Goose Eggs for Neighborhoods
Madison, Wisconsin follows Michigan’s lead in abandoning older neighborhoods in favor of paving the countryside for highways & cul-de-sacs.
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Grosse Pointe Blues
Rich people hit the skids in Detroit City.
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The City Built by the Automobile, Destroyed by the Automobile
Check out this promotional film made for the City of Detroit, an unsuccessful bidder for the Olympic Games. With views of city highways, automobile manufacturing, a diverse population, and social activities, all shot prior to the city’s economic decline. A world city, the USOC’s choice to showcase all that was great about America! But even…