This week, ModelD contributing writer, Jim Boyle offers his response to Mitch Albom's poetic wax on what it means to be a Detroiter. Personally, I agree with Mitch. Our provincial ways, weariness of outsiders, internal squabbling, and us against the world mentality, makes us exactly who we are.
Yet, there is another side to this story, and Jim Boyle does a nice job of putting a spotlight on it. While, as Detroiters, we love to be written off because we believe that it's exactly this view on which we thrive, maybe it wouldn't hurt to do something very un-Detroit. Instead of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy for ourselves by molding our National image as one in which we should already be written off, maybe we should make all the great things that we have going for us clear to everyone else, and in turn, create an image which positions us for success.
Here's the article...Hey Mitch: Detroit Primed to Play More Than Defense
Detroit Army
Detroit trying 'Broken Windows' community policing
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Police in Detroit have started an 18-month project that involves officers
cracking down on loitering, vagrancy, cracked windshields and other minor
offen...
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