Author Topic: Detoit vs Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Read 4774 times)

pike · « **on:** March 20, 2011, 11:41:47 PM »

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2KvOYk/yourbadneighbor.posterous.com/two-major-cities-64-years-after-the-bomb-was

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ftw

EMAWmeister · « **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2011, 12:59:55 AM »

Oh look at these flattering angles of hiroshima and these unflattering angles of a former crackhouse in detroit.

It's like myspace angles, for cities.

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #2 on:** March 21, 2011, 08:00:35 AM »

They show a pic of old Tiger Stadium like the Tigers abandoned the place and just left town.

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #3 on:** March 21, 2011, 09:52:55 AM »

Wow, that might have been the worst blog post I have ever seen.

Mikeyis4dcats · « **Reply #4 on:** March 21, 2011, 10:09:31 AM »

well duh, everything in Nagasaki and Hiroshima is less than 64 years old. A lot of Detroit is older than that.

Dirty Sanchez · « **Reply #5 on:** March 21, 2011, 11:23:43 AM »

Quote from: Mikeyis4dcats on March 21, 2011, 10:09:31 AM

well duh, everything in Nagasaki and Hiroshima is less than 64 years old. A lot of Detroit is older than that.

Not really the case with Nagasaki. Our bomber "missed" and landed its bomb in a valley away from the center of the city. Essentially Nuked OP instead of KC.

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #6 on:** March 21, 2011, 01:29:48 PM »

Also, no street level shots of buildings were taken in Japan. All shots were overhead shots taken at nighttime, when all of the lights made everything look much better. No mention on water quality or overall health of the people in those cities, either. Sure, we could nuke Detroit, and rebuild it to be more aesthetically pleasing in 10 years than it is now, but it would still be unsafe to live there. Radiation levels have no effect on a city's ability to construct new buildings.

stunted · « **Reply #7 on:** March 21, 2011, 03:55:33 PM »

Eminem's commercial

CNS · « **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2011, 01:57:38 PM »

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@WorldofIsaac: Detroit's official census numbers: 713,777...down 25% in last decade

michigancat · « **Reply #9 on:** March 22, 2011, 06:46:09 PM »

Quote from: stunted on March 21, 2011, 03:55:33 PM

Eminem's commercial

I know!

jtksu · « **Reply #10 on:** March 22, 2011, 09:30:55 PM »

Estimates are 70k fatalities and 75k injuries. The city had a population of about 263k at the time, so it seems like the bomb landed in a pretty central location.

hemmy · « **Reply #11 on:** March 23, 2011, 12:13:04 AM »

Quote from: Nuts Kicked on March 21, 2011, 01:29:48 PM

Also, no street level shots of buildings were taken in Japan. All shots were overhead shots taken at nighttime, when all of the lights made everything look much better. No mention on water quality or overall health of the people in those cities, either. Sure, we could nuke Detroit, and rebuild it to be more aesthetically pleasing in 10 years than it is now, but it would still be unsafe to live there. Radiation levels have no effect on a city's ability to construct new buildings.

Current radiation levels in Hiroshima are 10,000,000 times lower than dangerous levels...

jtksu · « **Reply #12 on:** March 23, 2011, 12:15:49 AM »

You sure the current levels are that low?

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #13 on:** March 23, 2011, 08:19:46 AM »

Quote from: hemmy on March 23, 2011, 12:13:04 AM

Quote from: Nuts Kicked on March 21, 2011, 01:29:48 PM
Also, no street level shots of buildings were taken in Japan. All shots were overhead shots taken at nighttime, when all of the lights made everything look much better. No mention on water quality or overall health of the people in those cities, either. Sure, we could nuke Detroit, and rebuild it to be more aesthetically pleasing in 10 years than it is now, but it would still be unsafe to live there. Radiation levels have no effect on a city's ability to construct new buildings.

Current radiation levels in Hiroshima are 10,000,000 times lower than dangerous levels...

Are you considering dangerous levels as levels that will mutate your babies or levels that will give you cancer if you live there for 15 years?

Cartierfor3 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 23, 2011, 09:06:52 AM »

Ferris Wheels are the worst.

hemmy · « **Reply #15 on:** March 23, 2011, 01:40:42 PM »

Quote from: jtksu on March 23, 2011, 12:15:49 AM

You sure the current levels are that low?

Yes, current levels are equivalent to the world wide averages.

Quote from: Nuts Kicked on March 23, 2011, 08:19:46 AM

Quote from: hemmy on March 23, 2011, 12:13:04 AM
Quote from: Nuts Kicked on March 21, 2011, 01:29:48 PM
Also, no street level shots of buildings were taken in Japan. All shots were overhead shots taken at nighttime, when all of the lights made everything look much better. No mention on water quality or overall health of the people in those cities, either. Sure, we could nuke Detroit, and rebuild it to be more aesthetically pleasing in 10 years than it is now, but it would still be unsafe to live there. Radiation levels have no effect on a city's ability to construct new buildings.

Current radiation levels in Hiroshima are 10,000,000 times lower than dangerous levels...

Are you considering dangerous levels as levels that will mutate your babies or levels that will give you cancer if you live there for 15 years?

Dangerous = levels that can cause any harm.

Ghost of Stan Parrish · « **Reply #16 on:** March 23, 2011, 02:54:32 PM »

Quote from: CNS Casey on March 22, 2011, 01:57:38 PM

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@WorldofIsaac: Detroit's official census numbers: 713,777...down 25% in last decade

The original blog post was heavy-handed and one-sided, but DAMN, Detroit has infrastructure for 1,850,000 people and now only 700,000 live there. There's got to be a lot of abandoned/wrecked buildings there.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/us/23detroit.html?src=me&ref=homepage

CNS · « **Reply #17 on:** March 23, 2011, 02:59:45 PM »

Quote from: Ghost of Stan Parrish on March 23, 2011, 02:54:32 PM

Quote from: CNS Casey on March 22, 2011, 01:57:38 PM
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@WorldofIsaac: Detroit's official census numbers: 713,777...down 25% in last decade

The original blog post was heavy-handed and one-sided, but DAMN, Detroit has infrastructure for 1,850,000 people and now only 700,000 live there. There's got to be a lot of abandoned/wrecked buildings there.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/us/23detroit.html?src=me&ref=homepage

Two days before I saw that stat, I was talking with a vendor I use that lives in a Detroit suburb. She said that their neighborhood HOA has 25% delinquency(she explained this as those homes being delinquent on their dues because no one lived there).

Funny that there is a direct correlation between the foreclosures in her neighborhood and the pop decrease of the city as a whole.

Cartierfor3 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 23, 2011, 03:39:43 PM »

Hope that the population goes low enough that the Pistons move to Kansas City

Pete · « **Reply #19 on:** March 23, 2011, 08:56:33 PM »

Quote from: Dirty Sanchez on March 21, 2011, 11:23:43 AM

Quote from: Mikeyis4dcats on March 21, 2011, 10:09:31 AM
well duh, everything in Nagasaki and Hiroshima is less than 64 years old. A lot of Detroit is older than that.

Not really the case with Nagasaki. Our bomber "missed" and landed its bomb in a valley away from the center of the city. Essentially Nuked OP instead of KC.

You mean he killed the upper class instead of the proletariat? Lenin was right.

Kat Kid · « **Reply #20 on:** August 31, 2011, 10:08:46 PM »

Report from Detroit:

a legit up and coming art/music scene
hipsters EVERYWHERE
all non hipster white people are absolutely terrified of black people and even more racist than before
these same white people have extended conversations about their car and burglar alarms
these same white people tell break-in stories trying to top each other
rich white people seem to be buying up all the real estate and taking advantage of ridic tax breaks

michigancat · « **Reply #21 on:** August 31, 2011, 10:33:57 PM »

go for it, KK

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #22 on:** September 01, 2011, 12:05:14 AM »

Quote from: Tortuga on August 31, 2011, 10:08:46 PM

rich white people seem to be buying up all the real estate and taking advantage of ridic tax breaks

Who can blame them? Detroit real estate is a great investment right now.

mcmwcat · « **Reply #23 on:** September 01, 2011, 09:36:26 AM »