Frang
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I googled it after you said it was on the Niagara.. I never realised new York stretched that far east. Always thought ohio was the border
American Food
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Substitute Mersey for Erie, Irish Sea for Ontario and not much is different...obviously plenty is but you get the gist.
An interesting comparison. The American rust belt has gone two paths. One was clinging to the past and trying to make that work. The other was sinking to rock bottom and finding a way to reinvent itself.
Pittsburgh, PA, Columbus, OH, and Indianapolis, IN have restructured themselves to again thrive.
Cities like Cleveland...which is nearly a third of it's peak that were once a big influence because of their size, hasn't really found a way to redefine itself.
The Rock n Roll museum is cool...but the blighted city is crap.
Detroit...1950 had 1.8 million people. The biggest example of a city relic. The economy was cars. Today it's approaching 1/3 of that. For years Detroit had zero supermarkets. It was a big deal that one opened. Most of Detroit has been a food desert for years. Millions of dollars have been spent trying to revitalize that city.
It's been an urban desert for decades. I should promote a fixer upper program in Detroit.
Frang
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It's a shame a city so steeped in automotive history is now in such shape.
Automation and union overreach accelerated things.
UAW is the villian at the end of the day.
Cars being built in other cities are down to the UAW. They chose extortion over viability.
GwladysPhil
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Yes bro, saw a post on social media where people prefer flats?
Drums are easier to eat and there's more meat on them.. madness.
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Big Fat Sam
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Donald will sort it.
sdk
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Probably safe to assume we're of separate bloodlines and that you're free of the horrors afflicting my own. We just learned to walk on our hind legs a couple of generations ago.
sdk
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Mentioning that name when the topic is food is likely to cause a dangerous spike in bulimic behavior.
Don't let your har-har shtick cause a public health crisis.
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Big Fat Sam
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I'll tell you what though, when I went to Texas last year I was in absolute food heaven. The barbecue, as you can imagine, was insane. Then as if it couldn't get any better, the all-you-can-eat buffet in the Bellagio in Vegas was possibly the food highlight of my life. 80 dollars all in for as much as you can eat/drink, including loads of craft beers. What an experience.
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Big Fat Sam
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Stretches all the way to Canada, brother. The finger lakes in New York State are also a beautiful place to visit.
The correct phrasing is: all y'all
Not saying they’re bad—wings are good—but wings aren’t “chicken” or “fried chicken”, they’re a different food choice entirely.
Surely there were other factors at play. Suburbanization and erosion of the tax base—white flight and white blight (TM if that’s not already in parlance)—economic trends over the long term. These all play a role. UAW probably over funded pensions and raised human capital costs but the fact is that international car sales work well with local labor and less shipping. And, in general, American autos are inferior in design and quality compared to the Axis power autos.
Also, sometimes cities shrink.
Flats?