"Detroit's Beautiful, Horrible Decline" (pictures)

Ben Lesser · #1 03-12-2009, 05:52 PM

Found this on Time's website.

http://www.time.com/time/photogaller...882089,00.html

I like Bad Brain's photos more, honestly, but these are still good, and sad.

b_carville · #2 03-12-2009, 06:24 PM

Heartbreaking!

Eerie and beautiful at the same time.

I don't hit the road as often as I used to but when I do I see more & more of this in the small cities & towns here in America.

StyleOverShow · #3 03-12-2009, 08:09 PM

Like something out of a video game....

America, what has become of us?

-richard

Kenbuntu · #4 03-12-2009, 08:19 PM

Head over to my T shirt thread and find out. Doesn't surprise me.

invisiman · #5 03-12-2009, 08:20 PM

That theater looks incredible. They should make a survival horror game based in Detroit.

Kenbuntu · #6 03-12-2009, 08:24 PM

That train station would make for a classic train level.

Kyon` · #7 03-12-2009, 09:00 PM

Grawr where's the left 4 dead map builder when you need one.

Fab_Superlative · #8 03-12-2009, 10:00 PM

Some fantastic work has been done by Talkbass's own member DetroitFunk.

Check out his Web Gallery Here.

Bad Brains · #9 03-13-2009, 12:59 AM

That last photo was sweet. I think that was that french guys photo, I have seen that one before.

KeithBMI · #10 03-13-2009, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by invisiman

That theater looks incredible. They should make a survival horror game based in Detroit.

You can come on down and get the real thing.

Linas · #11 03-13-2009, 02:23 AM

Bad brains, do you have your photos hosted somewhere? I am not sure why but this stuff fascinates me.

mothmonsterman · #12 03-13-2009, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KeithBMI

You can come on down and get the real thing.

heh, probably be pretty close around 2 or 3 in the morning too.
don't bring any change in your pockets the zombies can hear it.

burk48237 · #13 03-13-2009, 07:32 AM

The sad thing is how much potential the area has. The Detroit area is a great area to live when the economy is strong. Lots to do, excellent music scene, and a vibrant community of bass players, and a great hockey team. As an outdoors lover, the potential for some great hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking within a couple hours of the city is exceptional.

The city on the other hand may be beyond hope, it has been run by people for years who are much more concerned about who gets the credit, and who pulls the strings, and who has the "power" then actually getting things done. The anti-business bureaucracy disaster of city government is not capable of accomplishing basic services such as issuing permits, doing inspections, etc. Most small business men just get frustrated, pack up, and move out. The city has far more vacant land then occupied land. And the City Council is far more concerned about who "controls things" then if there's anything left to control. I can't say anything more without getting far to political. But a bunch of sixth graders would do a far better job running the city.

Barkless Dog · #14 03-13-2009, 07:43 AM

My brother lives in a suburb of Detroit and he drove me through some of these areas of decay near Tiger Stadium. Huge old beautiful mansions laid to decay, boarded up, some burnt out, trash everywhere, buildings crumbing. Whole neighborhoods abandoned.

It's devastating to witness first hand.

Michigan is in a depression. In Detroit 40% of kids do not graduate from High School, 40% unemployment. Has to be the worst state right now economically.

Relic · #15 03-13-2009, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by burk48237

The sad thing is how much potential the area has. The Detroit area is a great area to live when the economy is strong. Lots to do, excellent music scene, and a vibrant community of bass players, and a great hockey team. As an outdoors lover, the potential for some great hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking within a couple hours of the city is exceptional.

The city on the other hand may be beyond hope, it has been run by people for years who are much more concerned about who gets the credit, and who pulls the strings, and who has the "power" then actually getting things done. The anti-business bureaucracy disaster of city government is not capable of accomplishing basic services such as issuing permits, doing inspections, etc. Most small business men just get frustrated, pack up, and move out. The city has far more vacant land then occupied land. And the City Council is far more concerned about who "controls things" then if there's anything left to control. I can't say anything more without getting far to political. But a bunch of sixth graders would do a far better job running the city.

I have heard that very same thing from multiple sources.

MakiSupaStar · #16 03-13-2009, 09:09 AM

Good times. I think I'm gonna buy a gun.

MakiSupaStar · #17 03-13-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenneth Faria

Head over to my T shirt thread and find out. Doesn't surprise me.

Did you learn anything from that debacle?

Cerb · #18 03-13-2009, 10:54 AM

Didn't you take a photo of that dentist's office during one of your shoots, Bad Brains? The place looks familiar.

Ben Lesser · #19 03-13-2009, 12:19 PM

The pictures are really sad, but immensely captivating. It seems to encapsulate the whole "defeated" feeling of people/society. Those pictures, and those that Bad Brains has posted, really paint a burnt out, abandoned city, as if it were a bastion of the apocalypse.

If I didn't know better, it would make me think that those pictures represent all of Detroit.

Kenbuntu · #20 03-13-2009, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Did you learn anything from that debacle?

yeah, OT's definitely no place for possible science-related questions, kids not under the influence, and that you just cant win against oldies no matter how hard you try. And that i guess i should have bought the right size shirt (no ****). But i didnt need you guys to tell me that. Unfortunately, thats just about what i got out of that, and some laughs. Ill be back this weekend for some more pwnage fun.