Back Home From Detroit

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko) 07/14/2019 at 17:17 • Filed to: None

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The city of Detroit has left me in awe at its combination of beauty and absolute desolation.

Saw The Raconteurs at the Masonic Temple in what was the most fun concert I’ve ever been to. Saw the glitz and glamor of downtown Detroit and the dystopian hellscape that would have made Ayn Rand wet with delight. We got chased out of the Packard plant by security company hired by people who are claiming to rehabilitate the facility, despite no noticeable progress made.

We ate delicious food, drank amazing coffee, and had a few beers. We drove the 300, walked nearly 15 miles, and rode the delightfully shit People Mover. We finished the trip at the Henry Ford Museum.

I will be back someday and I hope Detroit can get its shit together.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/14/2019 at 18:13

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It’s getting better here.  Lots of folks moving back into the city in areas.  But you really have to want to live in Detroit to do that.  Property taxes are stupid expensive and then you get doubly hit on income taxes if you’re a Detroit resident.  There is no incentive to actually move into the city proper unless you just have to have that urban feel.  But there is a lot of residential being built and rehabbed.  

Nibby > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/14/2019 at 18:33

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have you done the dearborn F150 factory t our?

CB > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/14/2019 at 18:42

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The 300 is absolutely the right call for that kind of trip.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/14/2019 at 18:43

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Ooh crap, I forgot to tell you to go Slows for ribs and sugar house for drinks :(

Milky > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/14/2019 at 19:12

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Thats no secret , thats like the first thing google will tell you.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/14/2019 at 19:13

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Got ribs at the eastern market.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Nibby 07/14/2019 at 19:14

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No, didn’t have time 

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/14/2019 at 19:28

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I went to Detroit last summer, it has changed a lot over the past decade. Keeps getting better every time I go back.

It’s so weird being in a big city, urban environment without the masses of people. It’s funny how busy it gets around Ford Field or Comerica Park and then how dead it is when no games are played.

Nibby > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/14/2019 at 20:32

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ah, next time you’re around do check it out

pip bip - choose Corrour > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/15/2019 at 06:04

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Detroit, my kind of town

i86hotdogs > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/15/2019 at 12:40

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I grew up taking Chicago’s “ L” train through the city. So when I first rode the people mover, I was confused why it was so small. But, it really takes you to every key area in town for mere pennies. I like it; especially the now defunct Joe Louis stop, prime for avoiding the awful traffic around the arena.