DeezerShoove » 01 Jan 2025, 12:42 pm » wrote: ↑
Detroit Metropolitan Area is like that. Only a reverse Mother Russia situation.
The suboibs (Coleman Young speak) want a buffer from Mutha Detroit.
Dearborn Heights, Redford, Oak Park, Hazel Park, Lincoln Park, Allen Park...etc
East Detroit changed their name to East Pointe 20-30 years ago. Distanced without moving.
Like Star Trek's Neutral Zone: Anything but neutral.
Klingons think they can do whatever they want cuz "home plate" is just the other side of Telegraph Rd or 8 Mile.
Welcome to the biggest city in Michigan.
Buffers are not generally unwelcome. To BE a buffer ain't so great.
Yeah, no man's land is inhospitable.
Suburbs are a funny thing. They serve the mothership by providing talent. Talent that refuses to live in the ****. But they also suck a lot of wealth from the mothership. They get all of the benefits of a major city - airport, seaport, stadium, philharmonic, world class entertainment and dining, mass transit - all at no cost to themselves. Their own towns are high dollar, so they can afford the best schools, and because their towns are denigrified, they don't have to spend much on police. So all the taxes can go to schools and parks.
It's inherently inequitable, and if the suburbs had to pay their fair share, the cities might - I stress might - not be such **** holes.
That said, if the cities had not gone **** in the first place, there might not be suburbs. The beautiful people might - I stress might - have stayed.
I go around and around on this topic in my mind. It's a riddle to me, what I might do if I were king of the world.
After I got rid of the bad elements, I mean. As king, I'd be a real "crimes against humanity" kind of despot.
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