You can take it further than that..in the 80's Belleville was considered the country around here. Growing up in Detroit the suburbs were places like Southfield, Troy, the Grosse Pointes, Dearborn, etc.
The removal of manufacturing plants from this area, as well as the onset of crack in the late 70's onwards was a huge culprit to the problems faced today. Many blame the riots, but the industrial sector continued to thrive into the 70's from what I saw. All of our neighbors worked at a plant and drove new rides. If you could afford to live in suburban areas like Belleville, your family was doing pretty good financially. There is no way this area is ever going to amount to sh*t if an educational base cannot be established. Who would move their family to an area of such unstable education institutions? While I know that many of you have done so, take a drive around Detroit next time you come for the DEMF, etc. Some areas could be classified as living time capsules. There hasn't been ANY improvements in some areas since the 60's or later. I'm still trying to figure out what good casinos are doing in the city if THEY can't use that money to stop something like the elimination of teachers from happening. a shame.. Peace, Alex Kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/05/2004 12:02 PM To 313 list <313@hyperreal.org> cc Subject Re: RE: (313) Detroit schools to cut 3,200 jobs Keep in mind that the 'big 3' in techno met up in high school out in Belleville, which is pretty suburban. Life in inner city Detroit is pretty desparate, and despite the positive changes to the city in the past few years, life is NOT getting better for a lot of Detroit residents. The cuts to the school are draconian, and criminal. They further degrade one of the very few positive things the government does to help poor people improve their lot. On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hmmm ... I should have been more explicit ... what I was thinking about > was the idea of creative & beautiful things emerging from crappy, > disadvantaged or difficult situations. why that is, I'm not sure. > but it seems to be a theme. >
