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[-] Lussy@hexbear.net 52 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I get the gist but those two pictures of Detroit are of completely different places.

First one is of downtown, which still looks like that (without all the people, mind you. It's either abandoned or turned into Truman Show esque prop stage) and the second is probably of some neighborhood like a couple of miles from downtown.

I know it's a meme, and it's more or less accurate, but I will say I'm not a huge of using Detroit as a comedy bit when nearly everyone in the US constantly shits on it, usually with obvious racist undertones.

[+] Chronicon@hexbear.net 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[-] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

the covered up windows, no loitering signs and security cameras are all really welcoming

yeonmi-park In the Soviet State of Michigan, it no one is allowed to stop walking when outdoors. You are constantly monitored by the police and if you stop walking, you are arrested and beaten. In order to cover up these abuses, the state has made windows illegal.

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 20 points 10 months ago

Pretty much every major downtown at this point. All American cities have been hollowed out by absurd rent and property values, leaving nothing but a veneer of shops for just the wealthiest of financers and brookers. Everything that made American cities unique and interesting is gone at this point, replaced by corporate franchises and luxury apartments that cost $5000 a month.

[-] Lussy@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago

Yeah, unless it's New York, all decently sized American cities I've been to are like this. Utterly soulless/lifeless city centers surrounded by suburbs. I haven't been out west or to Chicago, those may be different and a bit more lively and city like the way New York is, but they're almost all the same.