DETROIT DOES NOT NEED TO BE SAVED. This crusade for the magic cure for
the city's woes are misguided at best. Every answer is the insertion of some kind
of external catalyst. "Casinos work in Las Vegas, Why not Detroit?" The city is
littered with the поп-critical remnants of failed retooling efforts that all mimic
distant contemporaries. If the movie industry takes a liking to Detroit, then that
is great. But do not hand the keys to the city over. Their participation will layer
into the quilted identity of Detroit, not imprison it. The quick fix and that which is
different always looks so appetizing, but more times then not the answer sprouts
from within. Detroit will never be what it was, but why is that what we are asking
of it?
TOO FOCUSED
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