Like North Korea

This picture reminds me of another place where there is no light.

The picture was taken from the bridge over the Dequindre Cut, looking west toward downtown along Lafayette Boulevard It's on my way home from downtown. You can see the RenCen at left, and Blue Cross headquarters in the center.

But you can't see much else because the lights are out all the way up and down Lafayette. And they have been since at least Halloween, when I remember wondering how kids in that area (Lafayette Park is just off to the right) would navigate trick or treating.

A friend who lives in the shadowy apartment building you can see silhouetted at left center says the lights have been out a year.

 Mitch Albom tries to find hope, but sometimes, a picture speaks a thousand words.