I know the focus of this list is primarily Detroit but i just wanted to remind y'all that these concerns are not limited to the D. In other older urban centers, many of the same issues are present and continue to manifest themselves. I'm in Southern New Jersey near 2 prime examples of this. I refer to Camden and Philadelphia. Camden and Newark battle each other yearly for the "crime capital" of New Jersey and its a damned shame. People are trying, but alas as with Detroit, it seems the inner cities are still a lost cause when it comes to the concerns of our society. And i dare say this isnt just localized to the US.
thanx keeping it in perspective /home/lunarpark-1/Jim J. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh G. Blaze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 4:59 AM Subject: RE: [313] Fabulous Ruins of Detroit > > > > >I don't think the American public has any sense of what happened > >in these buildings over the last four decades. We turned away. > >And we turned away from the everyday neighborhoods of Detroit where > >the people who worked there lived, and only woke up when the headlines > >started screeching about "murder capital" and "Devil's Night". > >
