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Detroit: A Dying City

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Mr7134, Oct 4, 2009.

  1. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Comerica, mostly. The bars around it. The entertainment district. There's an artsy corner of town that was a pleasant surprise, a playhouse nearby. You can find good things to do. It's not Beirut and it's not Arkansas. It's never going to be what it was, but that doesn't mean it can't still be an extraordinary American city, just in a different way.
     
  2. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Mitch Albom was in my dream last night. I was at temple, in the middle of a pew walking toward the aisle, and he was sitting in seat next to the aisle. He got up for me and was courteous, and I was thinking, "Why is Mitch Albom in temple with me?"
     
  3. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Oh. When you said you spent more recently in Detroit than any place except Vegas, I thought you meant you plunked down $500 and bought the downtown area.
     
  4. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Big,

    Much too harsh. At least its adjoining body of water hasn't caught afire. Yet.
     
  5. McPoyle

    McPoyle Guest

    I didn't really read it as a joke.
     
  6. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    Tstumpf, when your river catches fire, that's a punchline for eternity. Especially because in Cleveland's case, it happened multiple times.
     
  7. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    There's a red moon rising
    On the Cuyahoga River
    Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

    There's an oil barge winding
    Down the Cuyahoga River
    Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

    Cleveland, city of light, city of magic
    Cleveland, city of light, you're calling me
    Cleveland, even now I can remember
    'Cause the Cuyahoga River
    Goes smokin' through my dreams

    Burn on, big river, burn on
    Burn on, big river, burn on
    Now the Lord can make you tumble
    And the Lord can make you turn
    And the Lord can make you overflow
    But the Lord can't make you burn

    Burn on, big river, burn on
    Burn on, big river, burn on
     
  8. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Who's the fuck's joking about it.

    It's a rather dire thing.
     
  9. FileNotFound

    FileNotFound Well-Known Member

    True confession: I love Detroit, at least what Detroit should be: A city built by people who make things, rather than by simply moving money around. Every time I go there, it makes me sad.
     
  10. Elkhart doesn't know any better. Seriously.
     
  11. TwoGloves

    TwoGloves Well-Known Member

    Only problem is they don't have any table games up there. I was just there about two weeks. Place was pretty empty (except for all the people who were about 200 years old) but I prefer Turtle Creek near the Grand Traverse Resort.
     
  12. TwoGloves

    TwoGloves Well-Known Member

    The only "table" games they had were electronic. You sit at the "table" and the video dealer gives you your cards electronically. You can play for as little as $1 and I'm not sure how high the max is. The most I bet was $10 but I won $60 in about 20 minutes before quitting. They had three "table" games. Two down by the showroom (I think both were blackjack) and a poker game in the main part of the casino.
     
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