Explore & Discuss The Ruins Of Detroit

Although this isn't really Detroit related, but Flint is close enough. Does anyone remember the game "Dort Highway Hos"? I recall playing this game online about 10 years ago. I don't know why I thought of it this afternoon, but curiosity finally got the best of me and I decided to look it up and post it here. It's nothing special, but mildly entertaining to anyone who has ever been to Flint, or "little Detroit". Basically, you're a pimp on Dort Highway, and you start out with $200. The wh...
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Taken from the Detroit News: The purported owner of the Packard Plant says he is days away from starting to barricade and fence off the 3.5-million-square-foot eyesore as a part of his plan to demolish one of the city's most iconic ruins. Dominic Cristini said Thursday he has hired a demolition firm and plans on applying for permits in the next several days to secure the sprawling, dilapidated plant on East Grand Boulevard near Concord. Cristini, who claims he's the sole owner through h...
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I watched a good video about Detroit today and wanted to post it up here for all to see. The creator of the video put some commentary over the video, giving lots of good facts and statistics about the city. Facts and statements about Detroit,taken from the author's youtube video description: 1. Detroit is the 3rd most dangerous city to live in in the united states and flint a near by city is the 4th most dangerous criminal city in the usa. 2. 7 out of 10 murders go unsolved in t...
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LaWanda Flake, a 36-year-old, disabled mother of six traded in her four-bedroom, three-bath house, located in one of the city's better neighborhoods and valued at $96,000 for a 2006 Chevrolet Uplander with 85,000 miles, valued at between $5000 and $8,500. "I had a lot of good offers, some from out of state. It turned out I took one of the first offers I got because I felt like it helped us both," Flake told the Detroit News. "They needed the house more than anyone I spoke with. They kept t...
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The city of Detroit has found itself in a $200M+ hole. The city has reported that it will literally "run out of money" in 2012. Watch the video to see mayor Bing's plan to save the city, which essentially is to cut wages and raise taxes. Not really giving the people more reason to stay, huh?
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