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Peptic Ulcer
Location: Katy, TX Gender: Male Total Likes: 839 likes
"Isn't it fun - being bad?"
| | | | Re: What do you guys think of DetroitUrbex? < Reply # 1 on 2/24/2017 2:58 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I've read about and studied the situation in Detroit for quite some time and its a fascinating study in economics, politics and sociology. The city is in deep shit and has been for quite a while. In the 70's and 80's imports from cars and cheap Japanese steel really hit the auto industry hard. Then NAFTA came along and the "Giant Sucking Sound" that Ross Perot (as batshit crazy as he was...) predicted came to fruition. As the city lost jobs, people left to find work elsewhere (at least those that could afford to do so). Social services were overwhelmed and with a dwindling tax base and increased demand for those services taxes were raised, just exacerbating the economic situation as more business now had an incentive to relocate. Things were/are in a death spiral. Now you have the problem of the pensions. The people that are still there are either fairly well off or dirt poor. The middle class is dwindling rapidly. As a result of people leaving schools, fire and police stations had to be closed so service and response times have skyrocketed and are stretched to the limit. Now you have a blighted city full of abandonments that are getting scrapped for whatever monetary value people can steal out of them. What Detroit Urbex does is the least of this city's problems. Having a location tagged, scrapped, or burned down isn't the result of something they may publish. In all honesty, they are probably going to get that way anyway. Highlighting abandoned buildings, historic or not, is not something the city is going to put on the top of it's list. They are overwhelmed by legal proceedings to condemn and demolish the thousands of houses that litter entire city blocks. I keep hearing that the city is "coming back" but for every one of those stories I read, I see 10 more about all the problems. In the meantime, its a great opportunity for people like us to enjoy what we enjoy the most!
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| cdevon
Location: west county Gender: Male Total Likes: 909 likes
| | | | Re: What do you guys think of DetroitUrbex? < Reply # 9 on 3/1/2017 4:59 PM > | Reply with Quote
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| kenfagerdotcom
Location: Madison, WI Gender: Male Total Likes: 458 likes
American Urbex... yeah. That was me.
| | | | Re: What do you guys think of DetroitUrbex? < Reply # 10 on 3/1/2017 7:33 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by the kip They seem to have done a good job of exposing the truly blighted state of Detroit and its suburbs, but at the same time they seem to be rather big and public, especially for an urbex group.
| This was a frequent critique of my American Urbex website, though my focus wasn't limited to Detroit. While I was fairly new when I started the site over time I came to learn that the level of disclosure that people are comfortable with varies quite a bit on the spectrum. I even received a fair deal of negative criticism from fellow members of this site. (Yes MSP, I acknowledge you. ) Then again, I also received a lot of positivity and support. The thing to remember is not everyone shares the same common values or norms regarding urbex. DetroitUrbex is free to explore on their own terms and share as they see fit. You can disagree with what they do, but at the end of the day are you the arbiter who gets to decide for them if they can do it? I honestly kinda like them because of the comprehensiveness, however it does tick me off a bit that they don't conceal locations and therefore open stuff up for vandalism/arson/to.
| A valid point and your feelings are justified. But one could also argue that those locations are already open to vandalism/arson/etcetera even without internet exposure. If any of the member(s) of DetroitUrbex are on this forum, and I suspect they might be, it may be worth engaging them in a dialogue. That's just me though.
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| tombombadom
Location: Northern Illinois Gender: Male Total Likes: 37 likes
"Its O'Neill, with two L's"
| | | Re: What do you guys think of DetroitUrbex? < Reply # 12 on 4/25/2017 5:07 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | The first time I layed eyes on DetroitUrbex I was amazed. First let me back up, I heard on a morning show on the radio, they were talking about the then and now pictures of the Cass Technical School. Of course I wanted to know more, so I searched until I found the site. I remember spending that whole Christmas day pouring through the website and just hooked on the decay. I was still relatively new to photography, and was curious of the gear they used. I used it as an excuse to reach out to them via their e-mail. I wasn't expecting a response, but to my surprise, they responded. And were actually quite friendly. I told of how much I loved UE (didn't even know there was a name for it then) and they kindly sent me to UER, which was how I got my start here. So to sum it up, I like them and I think what they are doing is important. And in reality it really opened the door for me and my own exploring, and introduced me to all of you. That's a win in my book!
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