Sitting in the middle of the Detroit River is Belle Isle, one of the nation's finest urban public parks. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted of Central Park fame. Unfortunately, Belle Isle isn't in the best condition right now because Detroit is super poor. There exists a perfectly reasonable plan to make Belle Isle a state park so Michigan taxpayers can fund maintenance of this beloved landmark in the state's largest city, as they do for comparable parks across the state. Naturally, this will never happen because Detroit doesn't end up like Detroit by accident. It takes a lot of incompetence and inaction.
Oh, I know, and well into the 60's. My late aunt in Leamington on Lake Erie, born in 1911, used to reminisce about how the mayflies inundated the town in the spring, so many that the expired ones lay in heaps under the streetlights. She said that they were a major nuisance, but that she would be thrilled to see them again, because it would mean that the lake was healthy again. That was in the 80's. She's been gone for more than 20 years, but I'm sure she'd be thrilled to know that the mayflies are back, pissing people off.
"who the hell is going to empty the dumpsters or mow the lawn"
That's what the "striving immigrants" are for. With no minimum wage, they can strive until they die; meanwhile the dumpsters get emptied and the lawns get mowed.
Fun fact. Back in the day it was called Hog Island, and one of my ancestors farmed there right after the revolution. But then he decided he'd rather get free land in Canada so he got out of there.
Prosperous cities have a vibrant cultural life with artistes and whatnot. It's all so fru-fru to the greedy class. And artists* have a liberal bias because of, you know, thinking hard about the world. _________________________________ * except Jon McNaughton who is stoopid.
Oh, I know, and well into the 60's. My late aunt in Leamington on Lake Erie, born in 1911, used to reminisce about how the mayflies inundated the town in the spring, so many that the expired ones lay in heaps under the streetlights. She said that they were a major nuisance, but that she would be thrilled to see them again, because it would mean that the lake was healthy again. That was in the 80's. She's been gone for more than 20 years, but I'm sure she'd be thrilled to know that the mayflies are back, pissing people off.
They do make rum at Hiram Walker's in Windsor, so there's that.
You're too late for that. Been happening for years.
Those dicks aren't going to blow themselves.
I know for a fact that one of my ancestors swam across the Detroit River on his horse in, like, 1794.
"who the hell is going to empty the dumpsters or mow the lawn"
That's what the "striving immigrants" are for. With no minimum wage, they can strive until they die; meanwhile the dumpsters get emptied and the lawns get mowed.
Fun fact. Back in the day it was called Hog Island, and one of my ancestors farmed there right after the revolution. But then he decided he'd rather get free land in Canada so he got out of there.
So you end up with what amounts to a libertardian homeowners' association? You could sell tickets to that show.
Ayntown, USA.
Gotta keep Jay-Z out somehow.
That&#039;s an <a href="https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=iesXUFOlWC0" target="_blank">astonishingly good idea. </a>
more importantly, can they make change for a trillion dollar coin?
the island of Ross Perot...
It used to freeze, back in the day when thermometers were not liberally biased.
I&#039;m sure there are plenty of Kinkade and McNaughton wannabes who&#039;d be happy to crank out wingnutty artworks.
Prosperous cities have a vibrant cultural life with artistes and whatnot. It&#039;s all so fru-fru to the greedy class. And artists* have a liberal bias because of, you know, thinking hard about the world. _________________________________ * except Jon McNaughton who is stoopid.