http://www.themotorlesscity.com Rantings and photos of Metro Detroit in a post-industrial era. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:29:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [singlepic=230,250,250,left] http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2008/06/28/detroits-abandoned-house-of-the-week/ [singlepic=229,250,250,left] http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2008/06/21/belle-isle-conservatory/ "Low rates, daily, weekly"...hourly? Pretty seedy looking. But the sign is great... [singlepic=227,250,250,left] http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2008/06/07/i-like-old-motel-and-hotel-signs/ I often feel like a loner in Michigan when it comes to discussions of what's wrong with Michigan. Mainly because I don't subscribe to any particular political lines of thought. This article about the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Conference, reminds that I'm not way off base. One day when I went ... http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2008/05/30/whats-wrong-with-michigan/ [singlepic=221,200,200,left] [singlepic=222,200,200,left] [singlepic=223,200,200,left] [singlepic=224,200,200,left] http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2008/05/26/even-more-abandoned-houses/ Health Michigan: hospitals vie for affluent... Basically Michigan's putting all of its new eggs in the health care basket, and all of the large hospitals are vying for a larger piece of a shrinking pie. Too many beds, large expenditures, a declining population, and the population that's being left behind is ... http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2008/05/21/anyone-else-see-a-problem-with-this/ Only in Detroit? Maybe not, but certainly symbolic of the state of the Metro Detroit area. [singlepic=220,250,250,left] http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2008/05/19/snow-white-and-the-six-dwarves/ This is the kind of thing Detroit, and Michigan, needs to do. We need less of the status quo, and more of anything different... And typical of the commenters on the Detroit Free Press site, many state how they feel that reusing shipping containers for housing is really stupid, because: They are ... http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2008/05/14/the-direction-detroit-needs-to-go/ [singlepic=217,250,250,left] http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2008/05/14/abandoned-house-of-the-day-2/ [singlepic=216,200,200,left] [singlepic=213,200,200,left] http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2008/05/11/abandoned-house-of-the-day-week/