Hey Robin, I'd have to disagree with you on that. I spent 3 years in Liverpool, just moving back to Detroit 9 months ago, and the two cities have a lot of similarities even today, actually, especially today. The growth occurring in Detroit is symbolically similar to the growth occurring in Liverpool. Growth being stimulated by funding of the arts and social programs. Hundreds of millions of dollars being invested into Detroit through the Skillman foundation and the Bank of America. Hundreds of millions of pounds being invested by the EU Capital of Culture.
Jodie On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 8:19 AM, robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 27 Mar 2008, at 17:23, Kowalsky wrote: > > I would say that Manchester looks like Detroit more than Liverpool. > > Anyone here agree with me? > > Hmmm I'm not sure Detroit is like either now. > > I think mid 80s Liverpool/Manchester/Sheffield share a lot in common > with present day Detroit in terms of the dereliction of ex-industrial > areas, abandonment of buildings and maybe even in the feeling of > despair. Things have changed in the UK now though so the comparison is > less valid these days. > > btw. to keep this on topic: One of the reasons Detroit music has been > popular in the above northern UK cities (even going back to northern > soul days) is because of the fact that they have industrial pasts. > There's also massive differences too so I'm not saying the comparison > really holds. > > robin... >
