The rise and fall of Highland Park, Michigan
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- Опубликовано: 5 дек 2008
- Highland Park, Michigan is the site of some of the worst poverty and human suffering in North America. The WSWS recently reported a house fire in this small city which led to the deaths of three small children and their great aunt. When the city was founded in 1919, it was home to the flagship factory of Henry Ford and the highest average living standard in North America. In this piece the WSWS interviews Kurt Metzger, Director of the Detroit Area Community Indicators System, about the city's rise and decline.
i graduted fr HPCHS in 96 however i have now moved out of state, When i do visit home it maks me want to cry. I would have never imagined it would look like this now. HP was a very nice city once upon a time!!
as someone who grew up in detroit in its hayday, I am 69 now, it saddens me to see what has happened to detroit. I moved to europe in 1990 and live near munich with my wife. In the 50s, detroit was very middle class. no its no class. the blacks suffered the most because most of the low paying jobs moved to china. Herry ford brought prosperity to americas middle class. now we are just a 3 rd world country
I grew up in HP and went to HP high in '84. A lot of horror stories I remember as a kid, but I had some good times with my family.
Born at HP general, and left in 1986.
America needs to know the story of H.P.
Good Job! I have added this video to my channel for the benefit of my Urban Economics students at Wayne State University. --John Sase
I was born and raised in HP. My grandparents were the first black family to live on the East Side of Woodward and their home was destroyed before they could even move in. I blame it all on poor leadership. My grandma got the first Blackwell out of office. It's time to get the second one out.
I know highland Park I LIVED IN A CITY RIGHT BY Highland Park called Hamtramck...It aint all nice over there either
white flight
This is the city that I was raised and graduated in. And now I am Tommie Green, lol. I will do ANYTHING I can to give back to the city that made me the man that I am. It's all a matter of time. I Love You, HP, The Worst Is Over :)
Education is key... Its no longer cool to be dumb... this is what you get when you have one industry and a poor education system in a large city.
Brilliant analysis. Don't get mad, get even.
how did I know I would find you here.
lived next to HP in Palmer Woods and..... UGH!
@jimbobm3121 The deterioration started but it wasn't bad until the late 70s, going into the '80s. I use to get equipment from a local merchant up until 1974.
@McOddz313 Realtors were/are a big part of the problem here, also; they get "incentives" in many ways for taking "nice" neighborhoods and moving in people very socialized into the new Welfare-Warfare Statist Mentality put into the U.S. after the WWII. All the people are socialized as Dependents (welfare or warfare). As they "grow their own way" of seeing the world, they reproduce themselves. They eat the creative people alive.
Mad Max beyond the highland park. Max this time around must fight his way out of the decayed setting of Michigan.
this is crazy
LONG LIVE H.P. I believe in you and I know that THIS, TOO, SHALL PASS. The best is yet to come! "keep hope alive
-Mangia J. Robinson.
It looks like NOLA's 9th ward.
On an unrelated note - My God! You've got real socialists!
We've only got George Galloway :-(