Even the dead are leaving Detroit
A link to this article was orginaly posted over at the skyscraperpage forums. The article seen here starts off discussing the number of vacant homes and racial tennsions in Detroit. Then this blurb pops out.
"Suburbanites are taking the bodies of their relatives out of cemeteries because they're afraid to come to the city," Vogel said. "There are about 400 to 500 hundred (being moved) a year which shows you the depth of racism and fear."
YIKES! I really hope this is really a bad nightmare or just bad journalism. Racism and suburban sprawl have just hit a new low.
posted by Paul @ 6:38 PM
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Unfortunately, this story is very true. Detroit's suburban population is ridiculously hostile to the city, and the hostility largely plays out in perceptions of race.
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I hope none of this is happening here that's pretty scary.
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