Then and Now
Then and Now
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If the rumours are true nk should be opening for tourism again in April. I'm going to be there in a flash
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Dickensian
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Are you saying we should bomb Detroit?
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Fake chinese propaganda. Go watch serpentza and China Insights on youtube and you will see the real China.
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I get the gist but those two pictures of Detroit are of completely different places.
First one is of downtown, which still looks like that (without all the people, mind you. It's either abandoned or turned into Truman Show esque prop stage) and the second is probably of some neighborhood like a couple of miles from downtown.
I know it's a meme, and it's more or less accurate, but I will say I'm not a huge of using Detroit as a comedy bit when nearly everyone in the US constantly shits on it, usually with obvious racist undertones.
same tbh
and yeah, the downtown is empty af but not a bombed out wreck. I believe this is the intersection circa 2007:
and more recently:
the covered up windows, no loitering signs and security cameras are all really welcoming
Pretty much every major downtown at this point. All American cities have been hollowed out by absurd rent and property values, leaving nothing but a veneer of shops for just the wealthiest of financers and brookers. Everything that made American cities unique and interesting is gone at this point, replaced by corporate franchises and luxury apartments that cost $5000 a month.
Oh and for extra fun, that part of detroit actually looks more or less fine today. idk when that pic is from (early 2000s?) but street view from 2013 to 2022 tells a different story
or 2011 on:
like that probably represents some significant gentrification as well and I have my problems with american city planning but detroit isn't really like it used to be and its not unique either, urban decay happened lots of places
The point being made about pyongyang is real though. despite incredible struggles its quite the glow up