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It sounds like your proud of it. That should not be an icon. Detroit's trying to improve, it doesn't make sense to have a ghetto as an icon. Why not have indian village or boston edison as it's icon instead.
Can you think of something else that would be the city's most distinctive feature? Hart Plaza? The Joe Louis fist sculpture? The Ren Cen? The Spirit of the City sculpture? The Ambassador Bridge? Faygo? The giant tire (Uniroyale?) on I-94? I think that what most outsiders of think of when they think of the City of Detroit is its world famous ghetto. Maintaining a world famous ghetto and becoming renowned worldwide for its Devil's Night celebrations is hard work. It's one thing the city does well. Heck, a white woman from Farmington Hills was even kicked and beaten by a gang of about 15 inner city teenagers at a downtown fireworks festival and it was caught on film. (Trying to find a YouTube video of it.)
One alternative--a plate of coney island hot dogs. We have the nation's best coney dogs and best coney island diners! (Folks who aren't from Detroit have no idea what I'm talking about.)
Last edited by Bhaalspawn; 02-07-2008 at 08:06 AM..
But if for some reason you think they are midsized then both would definitely when the popularity contest hands down. Because that's what this really is anyways.
Is that real because I have never seen that before? Nice picture!
yes it is, but it's not like "OMG look at that star on the mountain"
But its nice to go up the mountain and view the city lights from above, I always like to look at cities from above, its so much more gratifying to see at the sparkling lights.
Off topic: I remember 2 time I was flying out of Los Angeles and I loved the view...
One time it was to Manila, the other to Cleveland.
although California from the Air in that daylight is UGLY... well sort of... very...desert-y...
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