When I was a young boy I had 3 favorite holidays; Christmas, Independence day, and today of all days Veterans Day. Paying homage to three of my favorite ideals (getting free stuff, freedom and the men and women who fought for it) seemed to be high on my list of priorities and I always saw [...]
Somewhere along the winding course of history, our country provided the world’s perceptually weak and unwanted individuals with a place to proudly call home; where they could not only survive, but thrive at the behest of their own will. This unprecedented approach to embracing the poor, the tired, and the huddled masses longing for freedom [...]
Rust Belt beer, Rust Belt ice cream, Rust Belt diners, Rust belt-errific. In the Great Lakes area we heart our Rust Belt. But it’s the rest of the nation that seems the hard sell. Rarely does the national news use Rust Belt when announcing good news. Actually, rarely does a national news anchor seem able [...]
Every decade or so in Cleveland the headlines reappear like locusts—a Renaissance, a Rebirth. In fact the city has been remade in the visions of its leaders over and over. But today, we are still poor, still municipally cash-strapped, more vacant, and shrunk.
Today is 2011, and the reality is not what was envisioned in the late 80′s and 90′s—or that Cleveland heyday of being high on the renaissance hog. After all, the leaders had been building new stuff: the Galleria (’87), Key Tower (’91), the Rock and Roll Hall of …
Metro Detroit resident Chris Weagel sent us this video he made exploring the complete and utter vacuousness of his suburban home town St. Clair Shores.
Let’s take a look see.
Chris says: I’m 29 and have lived in Metro Detroit my whole life. I’ve about had it with the place and am saving money to flee.
The Older Generations still in control have no idea how incensed and disgusted the young people are at them for destroying Detroit and telling us to be thankful.
This video was produced by Human Dog Productions.
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