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Detroit Represent!

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Crossposted to the_recession hereDo you remember when W told the country to go shopping to fight the terrorists after 9/11? It sounded silly, but my guess is that W wasn't worried about the terrorists at all; he was worried about the recession. What I found interesting was that people listened and the call worked ( Read more... )

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Wayne State University: Purchasing Managers Index suggests SE Michigan economy is experiencing steady, healthy expansion

The local economy continued to improve during the month of April according to the latest Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index released by Wayne State University's business school and the local ( Read more... )

I personally prefer the Detroit Free Press, but the Detroit News has articles that excerpt better. Sigh.

Submitted as part of Overnight News Digest on Daily Kos for tonight. Crossposted to the_recession.


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Last installment of the closing of excess tabs and windows for today--two links that are about Detroit, or rather what the city means to the rest of the country.

First, the Good.

For more than 24 hours, 2010 Detroit Auto Show: The ladies of NAIAS was the most popular story on the Detroit edition of the Examiner.com. Gee, I wonder why.


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New Geography: Detroit: Urban Laboratory and the New American Frontier
by Aaron M. Renn

The troubles of Detroit are well-publicized. Its economy is in free fall, people are streaming for the exits, it has the worst racial polarization and city-suburb divide in America, its government is feckless and corrupt (though I ( Read more... )

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Michigan News

Detroit Free Press: Exodus fueled by job losses bedevils Michigan
BY RON DZWONKOWSKI
FREE PRESS COLUMNIST

I expect the 2010 census will show just how severely Michigan is in the grip of "demonics."

That's my word for when your demographics are affected by your economics, or when money and jobs start figuring in people ( Read more... )

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First, a word from His Honor, The Mayor.

Detroit Free Press: The delusions that Detroiters can no longer afford to indulge
BY DAVE BING

It is both amazing and unfortunate that many fail or refuse to understand a reality that is staring us all in the face. We are in a modern day recession. The lines at resource and assistance ( Read more... )