Detroit’s Metaphors for America
When I was little, I would visit relatives in the Detroit suburb of Wyandotte. It was just wonderful. I would go into Detroit and
get my hair cut at Hudson’s Department Store, have a wonderful tea lunch and buy lovely dresses in the children’s department. Detroit was a bustling big city and whirled with life.
Flash forward to the 90’s when I had to visit the city on business. It was really ugly. I walked down streets with abandoned manufacturing plants. Windows gone and literally wind blowing debris up and down deserted streets. It felt like a bombed out city then. I had to travel to Pontiac to visit GM and I felt downright threatened just to be there. It was eery, scary and smelled of decay.
Why has it taken so long to file bankruptcy?
The question I wonder now, is why has it taken so long for Detroit …