Comments on: In Praise Of Detroit http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/ Trash, Treasure, Oddities, Obsessions and Obligations Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:58:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Derrick Bostrom http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-937 Derrick Bostrom Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:14:39 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-937 Hi CJ! Hi CJ!

]]> By: C.J. http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-921 C.J. Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:00:39 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-921 Dang- I've been up here near the D for nearly two years and I had no idea. Guess I need to get out more. If you ever DO get tired of the WEB version of Detroit and find yourself taking a visit in physical form, drop me a note and I'll buy you dinner... Signed, A former stepbrother. Dang- I’ve been up here near the D for nearly two years and I had no idea. Guess I need to get out more. If you ever DO get tired of the WEB version of Detroit and find yourself taking a visit in physical form, drop me a note and I’ll buy you dinner…
Signed,
A former stepbrother.

]]> By: Mike http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-736 Mike Fri, 26 May 2006 00:37:59 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-736 "I submit that a business model that requires a disposable workforce creates the seeds of its own destruction." you are very correct Derrick... though the business model may not sow its own destruction... it's just destruction for the people and the neighborhoods... though I guess at some point hardly anyone will have the money to buy the crap they're selling (this is also the vicious circle of Walmart proliferation.) -from Mike in Toledo (by De-troit) and I'm from the Pittsburgh area (very familiar with this type of landscape, I grew up in something like it.) “I submit that a business model that requires a disposable workforce creates the seeds of its own destruction.”

you are very correct Derrick… though the business model may not sow its own destruction… it’s just destruction for the people and the neighborhoods… though I guess at some point hardly anyone will have the money to buy the crap they’re selling (this is also the vicious circle of Walmart proliferation.)

-from Mike in Toledo (by De-troit) and I’m from the Pittsburgh area (very familiar with this type of landscape, I grew up in something like it.)

]]> By: Derrick Bostrom http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-404 Derrick Bostrom Thu, 04 May 2006 03:45:22 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-404 I hate to sound anti-american, but durn it, if we had an economic system that valued people even remotely, we wouldn't be so "ruined." I submit that a business model that requires a disposable workforce creates the seeds of its own destruction. I hate to sound anti-american, but durn it, if we had an economic system that valued people even remotely, we wouldn’t be so “ruined.”

I submit that a business model that requires a disposable workforce creates the seeds of its own destruction.

]]> By: Darntootin' http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-402 Darntootin' Thu, 04 May 2006 03:27:45 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-402 I hate to sound anti-american, but durnit, If they just made a car even remotely as reliable as my toyota truck, they'd be not so "ruined" But maybe "ruined" is part of the charm? I owned a Chris-ler once, NEVER AGAIN. Asian guy once told me that american cars stink because Japan tells suppliers how to make what they need and sticks with same supplier year after year; while in America we say....."DUH....... JUST BUY THE CHEAPEST ONE, VERNOR". "QUALITY", AS MR PIRSIG SAYS IN HIS ZEN MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE BOOK.....(EXITS SOAPBOX). I hate to sound anti-american, but durnit, If they just made a car even remotely as reliable as my toyota truck, they’d be not so “ruined” But maybe “ruined” is part of the charm?

I owned a Chris-ler once, NEVER AGAIN.

Asian guy once told me that american cars stink because Japan tells suppliers how to make what they need and sticks with same supplier year after year; while in America we say…..”DUH……. JUST BUY THE CHEAPEST ONE, VERNOR”.

“QUALITY”, AS MR PIRSIG SAYS IN HIS ZEN MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE BOOK…..(EXITS SOAPBOX).

]]> By: Derrick Bostrom http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-361 Derrick Bostrom Mon, 01 May 2006 06:44:45 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-361 Damn! I decide to get lazy and leave just one little link out, and he nails me! Yeah, it looks like a good one. Damn! I decide to get lazy and leave just one little link out, and he nails me! Yeah, it looks like a good one.

]]> By: Gregg http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-360 Gregg Mon, 01 May 2006 05:49:35 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-360 Are you familiar with the coffeetable book "The New American Ghetto" by Camilo Jose Vergara? It contains beautiful photos of Detroit's decayed buildings, along with a serious proposal to turn what's left into a tourist attraction, as America's first true ruins. Are you familiar with the coffeetable book “The New American Ghetto” by Camilo Jose Vergara? It contains beautiful photos of Detroit’s decayed buildings, along with a serious proposal to turn what’s left into a tourist attraction, as America’s first true ruins.

]]> By: Miguel http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-284 Miguel Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:03:13 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2006/04/21/in-praise-of-detroit/#comment-284 good stuff. i followed those links and checked out a cool "ruins" page... i guess there's a lot of urban decay over here. shit, i think we all want to live out west, but for some reason... ??? MIGUEL good stuff.

i followed those links and checked out a cool “ruins” page…

i guess there’s a lot of urban decay over here. shit, i think we all want to live out west, but for some reason…

???

MIGUEL

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