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UER Forum > Archived UE Main > Dismantling Detroit (NYT) (Viewed 723 times) yokes  Location: Toronto Gender: Male I aim to misbehave  |  |  |  Dismantling Detroit (NYT) < on 1/19/2012 7:58 PM >   Good video on the article http://www.nytimes...-detroit.html?_r=1 "A few years ago, there was a rash of power outages in Detroit, caused by people illegally cutting down live telephone wires to get to the valuable copper coils inside. The Detroit police created a copper theft task force to deter the so-called “scrappers,” young men who case old buildings for valuable metals, troll cemeteries to steal copper grave plates and risk their lives to squeeze any last dollar out of the industrial detritus. One freezing evening we happened upon the young men in this film, who were illegally dismantling a former Cadillac repair shop. They worked recklessly to tear down the steel beams and copper fasteners. They were in a hurry to make it to the scrap yard before it closed at 10 p.m., sell their spoils and head to the bar. Surprisingly, these guys, who all lacked high school diplomas, seemed to have a better understanding of their place in the global food chain than many educated American 20-somethings. The young men regularly checked the fluctuating price of metals before they determined their next scrap hunt, and they had a clear view of where these resources were going and why. They were the cleanup crew in a shaky empire. Somebody’s got to do it. One of the men, who had come up from Kentucky to scrap after losing a job in a coal mine, stands out in our minds. Taking a short break from the action, he looked up and said with disgust, “All that’s left here are the remnants of what was.” The next day we went back to check on the progress of their project. The entire building was gone. " "Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel absinthe_faerie  Location: Seattle Gender: Female  |  Re: Dismantling Detroit (NYT) <Reply # 1 on 1/19/2012 8:25 PM >   Wow, what an incredible video and article. Thank you for sharing. It is almost surreal.. I don't live in that area, nor have I ever been to that area -- however, I feel truly terrible to see such a once great city falling like that. fiftyone_eggs  Location: jerzey Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Dismantling Detroit (NYT) <Reply # 2 on 1/19/2012 8:36 PM >   Great video - thanks for posting! Every time I see a video like that I feel a tinge of guilt about enjoying UE. It makes me feel a little like Nero: fiddling while Rome burns. SlimSpidey   |  Re: Dismantling Detroit (NYT) <Reply # 3 on 1/19/2012 9:21 PM >   Posted by fiftyone_eggs Great video - thanks for posting! Every time I see a video like that I feel a tinge of guilt about enjoying UE. It makes me feel a little like Nero: fiddling while Rome burns. No I feel more like Herodotus photographing the history before it is gone, the scrappers are Nero... Banditt  Location: T. Gender: Male  |  Re: Dismantling Detroit (NYT) <Reply # 4 on 1/24/2012 12:59 AM >   It is a rather sobering reality that this is occurring, yet most people are completely unaware and/or unwilling to make the painful changes needed to turn this around. The rising economies of Asia are in a prime position and will certainly come to be the next prosperous empires. This morning, the Bank of Canada Governor, Mark Carney, stated to Parliament that it is not expected for the US to ever fully recover. http://www.cbc.ca/...ey-us-economy.html I currently work for an Asian company and business is good... nuff said. FLICKR bigXmack  Location: illinois Gender: Male  |  Re: Dismantling Detroit (NYT) <Reply # 5 on 1/25/2012 10:13 PM >   that was really interesting thanks UER Forum > Archived UE Main > Dismantling Detroit (NYT) (Viewed 723 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 125 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 741743644 pages have been generated.