So Bad I Vacation in Detroit

As always, cheery Detroit headlines. Like cops warning people not to enter into the city because it is so risky.  The mayor warning residents that things won't turn around overnight (shocking, I know). The chief of police resigning in a sex scandal. And Detroit residents have lost their faith yet again.

Washington, DC's Building Museum will show an exhibit on the disintegration of Detroit.

The urban worst-case scenario known as Detroit has been compared to Pompeii and circa 1946 Hiroshima. But the erstwhile Motor City wasn’t destroyed by a natural disaster or an atomic bomb. It succumbed to sheer carelessness. It’s as if a major metropolis shriveled in the dryer or rotted in the back of the refrigerator.

While the exhibit is only on view in Washington through February 18, it will be on view in Detroit permanently.

Once again, the city looks to its sports teams. The Tigers need to win, this can be their year. And as my brother pointed out, it could be vs. the Reds or the Nationals. Chances are slim. But it would be something. The conversation needs to change somehow.