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Old 08-20-2015, 10:33 AM
 
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Sure, but we have a hard time letting go of the past in Detroit, and Henry Ford didn't want public transit. He wanted every family to have a car and use it to go everywhere. For all I know, the Ford family may still have their collective thumb on the scale to make sure that never changes. Not that we have the money to fix anything right now anyhow.
The urban legend that won't die.
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Old 12-08-2015, 07:31 AM
 
Location: Duluth, GA
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I knew somebody was going to answer da question LOL.
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Old 12-13-2015, 04:54 PM
 
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The urban legend that won't die.

It's an urban legend that Detroit has lousy public transportation, or that the city is strapped for cash at the moment and can't fix it? Because those are both pretty much true.
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