Detroit too broke to bury its dead

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I am so fascinated by Detroit that I have added a whole new category to my blog. Today’s dispatch from the Motor City (via CNN): “Detroit too broke to bury its dead.”

I know my obsession with this fine city’s ongoing decay is rather callous. The economic collapse of the region has been going on for a long time, and isn’t just some intriguing show for tourists to watch from afar. I apologize for my insensitivity to any Detroit citizens who read this blog.

In the interests of fairness, I’ll try to balance bad Detroit news with good Detroit news. Like this: “Detroit Zoo names its baby lemurs.” I’m sure you’ll agree, baby lemurs counterbalance a lot of unburied corpses.

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  • http://serge-lj.livejournal.com/ Serge

    Dr. Klahn: The CIA thinks they can infiltrate the Mountain of Dr. Klahn!
    CIA Agent: You can’t scare me, you slant-eyed yellow bastard.
    Dr. Klahn: Take him to… Detroit!
    CIA Agent: No! No, not Detroit! No! No, please! Anything but that! No! No!

  • http://serge-lj.livejournal.com Serge

    Dr. Klahn: The CIA thinks they can infiltrate the Mountain of Dr. Klahn!
    CIA Agent: You can’t scare me, you slant-eyed yellow bastard.
    Dr. Klahn: Take him to… Detroit!
    CIA Agent: No! No, not Detroit! No! No, please! Anything but that! No! No!

  • Deb

    Here’s a Feel Good Detroit story… Two recent Pitt graduates (twins!) started “Habitat for Hamtramck.”

    http://www.habitatforhamtramck.org/

    Buying and rehabbing houses and working with the locals to do grassroots urban renewal. Not gentrification!

  • Deb

    Here’s a Feel Good Detroit story… Two recent Pitt graduates (twins!) started “Habitat for Hamtramck.”

    http://www.habitatforhamtramck.org/

    Buying and rehabbing houses and working with the locals to do grassroots urban renewal. Not gentrification!

  • http://www.jkathleencheney.com/ J. Kathleen Cheney

    Um, don’t those two lemurs look like they’ve been caught in a compromising situation?

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      Lemurs *always* look startled and vaguely guilty, IMHO. ;-)

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      Actually, looking at it again, it looks like one is giving the other a foot rub. I like the way these marsupials operate!

  • http://www.jkathleencheney.com J. Kathleen Cheney

    Um, don’t those two lemurs look like they’ve been caught in a compromising situation?

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      Lemurs *always* look startled and vaguely guilty, IMHO. ;-)

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      Actually, looking at it again, it looks like one is giving the other a foot rub. I like the way these marsupials operate!

  • Steven

    This didn’t seem to post when I tried earlier…

    Detroitblog

    And this Mental_Floss article

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      Wow, I like Detroitblog. I wonder if I can friend it on LJ. Amazing stuff.

  • Steven

    This didn’t seem to post when I tried earlier…

    Detroitblog

    And this Mental_Floss article

    • http://www.demimonde.com M.K. Hobson

      Wow, I like Detroitblog. I wonder if I can friend it on LJ. Amazing stuff.

  • http://dampscribbler.livejournal.com/ Kristi Wallace Knight

    One of my Twitter buds declared yesterday that she had found a long-lost friend who is now a city planner in Detroit. I’m telling her to urge the LLF to !blog!!! The potential in that city is almost unlimited — just imagine the things a city can achieve if no one is paying attention!

  • http://dampscribbler.livejournal.com Kristi Wallace Knight

    One of my Twitter buds declared yesterday that she had found a long-lost friend who is now a city planner in Detroit. I’m telling her to urge the LLF to !blog!!! The potential in that city is almost unlimited — just imagine the things a city can achieve if no one is paying attention!

  • Rachel

    I think someone should start up a sister city exchange between Detroit and Albany, OR. Big brother little brother kind of thing.

  • Rachel

    I think someone should start up a sister city exchange between Detroit and Albany, OR. Big brother little brother kind of thing.