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Skidmore

(37,364 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2014, 06:46 PM Jun 2014

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The death of a city.

Detroit

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The death of a city. (Original Post) Skidmore Jun 2014 OP

Oh the horror ... returning to nature. GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #1

Funny, my first thought was of all the lives disrupted by Skidmore Jun 2014 #3

What a shame. Texasgal Jun 2014 #2

GeorgeGist

(25,311 posts)

1. Oh the horror ... returning to nature.

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 07:18 PM

Jun 2014

... the Chernobyl region has returned to nature. Sadly, Detroit is going through the same transformation owing to it's shrinking population.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)

3. Funny, my first thought was of all the lives disrupted by

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 07:51 PM

Jun 2014

many bad decision made at high levels. Those houses represent families displaced.

Texasgal

(17,038 posts)

2. What a shame.

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 07:22 PM

Jun 2014

The houses are old and beautiful.

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