Detroit is not the dystopian wasteland of Brooks Patterson’s nightmares

[LuckyTheDog]

My latest Detroit News blog post. I discuss one of DU's "wingnuts of the week."

Newsflash: People from the suburbs can and do go into Detroit all the time without being attacked. That’s true even for people bold and daring enough to go into a chain pharmacy in the city or stop to buy gas before crossing the border into another town.

Anybody who thinks otherwise doesn't know Detroit.

Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson made a lot of people mad this week when he made some harsh comments about Detroit to The New Yorker magazine. Among his more colorful quotes was this bizarre gem:

“I made a prediction a long time ago, and it’s come to pass. I said, ‘What we’re gonna do is turn Detroit into an Indian reservation, where we herd all the Indians into the city, build a fence around it, and then throw in the blankets and corn.’”

MORE HERE:http://blogs.detroitnews.com/politics/2014/01/24/detroit-dystopian-wasteland-brooks-pattersons-nightmares/

[upaloopa]

1. I've been going to Detroit for years ever since I was a kid in the 50's.

We would go to Dearborn mostly to the Henry Ford Museum and to Greenfield Village. Then we would spend time driving around Detroit.
I grew up a son of a factory worker and we had lot's of respect for factory workers and the auto industry. It interested me a lot.

[LuckyTheDog]

2. I don't know why I love Detroit

I just do.