Detroit is here to remind us that sometimes things also get better. Writing this after Lord Vader ie The Dumb Duck and his sidekick Musty Musk have dismantled most of government for no other reason than because they can. Things that were fragile are now broken, things fragile nowadays destroyed while inflation spikes to 3% (I fear you will read this years or maybe just a couple of months from now and think “if only he knew how bad it would get.”)
A small part of me though still believes that things can get better. Like Detroit. It will likely never again be 1.8 million strong (America’s 4th largest city in 1920). But it’s a decade now past being bankrupt and where once there were abandoned, burned out buildings there now exist destination restaurants, art galleries, distilleries and coffee shops. People are moving back too causing a rise in rents (bad) but also a sense of community and pride (good). We love Detroit! Their pizza though not so much.
Met so many cool people it’s hard to sort who said what. But nobody said they remembered a better Detroit. We were there less than ten years ago and still couldn’t believe the changes. Read below to see what we wrote then.
Hennacornoeli Days 