Hardcore Pawn

[AmericanHistoryX]

Detroit remains one of the most racially segregated cities in the United States.[137][138] Blacks moved to the city en masse to escape Jim Crow in the south and find jobs.[139] However, they soon found themselves excluded from white areas of the city—through violence, laws, and economic discrimination (e.g., redlining).[140] White residents attacked black homes: breaking windows, starting fires, and exploding bombs.[137][140] This pattern was later magnified by white migration to the suburbs.[138]

A traditional boundary between black and white is Eight Mile Road, which separates the city from whiter suburbs to the north
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Anybody dig this show on A & E?
It's portrait of human life on the part of the planet called Detroit.
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It's not like the Detroit portrayed in the 80's, this is the new Detroit


 

[innsaneink]

So no Lenny & Squiggy?
Or was dat Millwarkeeeee??
Come on already!!

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

exactly Ink. The modern day Happy days.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

but yes, its not for everyone.
As a sociology major I find myself gravitated to the human psyche in Detroit under this one roof. And it's only a plane flight away. Mind boggling. I understand a lot more the culture and the rise and roots of eminim - 8 Mile the film. Tad bit more interesting than 'Home & Away'

 

[GoldXR50Leroy]

So no Lenny & Squiggy?
Or was dat Millwarkeeeee??
Come on already!!

Laverne & Shirley was indeed based in Milwaukee, 'what made Milwaukee famous made a loser out of me',can't think of any sitcoms being based in Detroit although the Motor City did give us soul music with MOTOWN, by the way Penny Marshall has come a long long way from her Happy Days cameo and is now a respected Director!.

 

[GoldXR50Leroy]

A traditional boundary between black and white is Eight Mile Road, which separates the city from whiter suburbs to the north

Isn't this where Eminem lived and made a movie based on his growing up there?.

Despite the downturn in the Auto industry and it's resulting effects on the local economy there is still the potential for investment in the city to pay off, real estate is cheap, very cheap nd if you're a good landlord and don't evict non paying tenants then there's a chance you won't get murdered.