Detroit files for Bankruptcy

[lifetimefan]

I've been to Detroit. It's like God took a dump on a parking lot.

[Thor]

Its a symptom of globalization, and what the US has become.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by valo403

Not sure what part you went through, but Buffalo is actually home to "some of the greatest American architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries".

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/ar...anted=all&_r=0

Make sure you have quarters to tip the cab drivers.

That link sure isn't helping your argument. hehe.

Hey look! a big Hudson Bay store



The Cdn Pavillion at Epcot!

[bigtmac19]

There are very few areas downtown Detroit that are decent, the area around Comerica, Ford Field, Greek Town and the Casinos. It is a huge shame because it was once a truly beautiful, vibrant city. I never feel truly safe there, which sucks because living in the Windsor area, Detroit is the only choice for music and sports entertainment.

[Rubicant]

Originally Posted by valo403

Hamilton is nearby, so I guess the region is like Hamilton, but Detroit is on the river so it's a bit different.

Hamilton isn't nearby Detroit. It is nearby Buffalo.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by T@T

Yipe, between Detroit,Buffalo and Cincinnati I'm not sure what is the biggest crap hole.

OK Detroit is the biggest but it's beyond me how a large city with tax payers can't keep it looking decent.

This is the problem. The tax base moved away.

[Acey]

Detroit police take almost an hour to respond to calls, compared to a national average of 11 minutes, and that 40% of street lights in the city are turned off.

Murica.

[valo403]

Originally Posted by Rubicant

Hamilton isn't nearby Detroit. It is nearby Buffalo.

I guess it depends on what you mean by nearby. It's a couple of hours away, but I'd consider it the same region.

[Brannigans Law]

I'm a little surprised to see people taking a dump all over Buffalo. It's actually a really quick way to spot people who've actually visited the city and those who've passed thru it. Buffalo isn't exactly London or Paris but it's hardly Edmonton either.

[Regulator75]

Originally Posted by TSXCman

i went 2 years ago for the first time and was stunned. 95% of businesses were lihhts off and boarddd up. Houses walls were caved in. Only a couple bars were open and joe louis.

I saw the stars and wings play in an amazing hockey atmosphere, cheap seats, good view, good neighbors. The people were getting bussed in frok subburbs

Whhaat?

[Mccree]

Didn't the city just announce a new plan to redeveloped joe Louis arena?

[bigtmac19]

Yes a new arena is being built across the corner from Comerica.

[Northendzone]

So I am thinking that there is no new arena announcement coming in the next week or so?

[SebC]

Originally Posted by nik-

Another example of the need to incorporate your suburbs into the city proper to maintain taxes going towards the infrastructure used.

I'm sure everything would be peachy if they were just amalgamated.

[Northendzone]

perhaps calgary should amke a note of this and just take over okotoks, langdon and airdrie sooner rather than later

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

perhaps calgary should amke a note of this and just take over okotoks, langdon and airdrie sooner rather than later

Easier said than done.

I mean, we don't even technically border any of those towns/cities. Edmonton on the other hand shares a border with St Albert, Fort Saskatchewan and Sherwood Park (and almost Nisku/Leduc) and still can't manage to annex them.

[valo403]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

perhaps calgary should amke a note of this and just take over okotoks, langdon and airdrie sooner rather than later

With a blitzkrieg or something? You don't just "take over" other municipalities. I'm sure Detroit would have loved to have amalgamated the cities to its north and west, but it's not that simple.

[valo403]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

So I am thinking that there is no new arena announcement coming in the next week or so?

There's already been one

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

perhaps calgary should amke a note of this and just take over okotoks, langdon and airdrie sooner rather than later

Why would Calgary want those cities?

[para transit fellow]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

perhaps calgary should amke a note of this and just take over okotoks, langdon and airdrie sooner rather than later

Not necessary because Calgary is not losing population to the neighboring communities.

Besides, the operating cost of such a larger city would be pretty horrific on the available property tax base. You wouldn't be simply annexing those communities, you also have to annex all the area in between.