Originally Posted by poormanbiking

Like Roody, I'm a Detroit native. I was born just after the race riots. My parents has 2 cafes and one got shoot up the the ordeal. When my parents could afford to get out of Detroit we moved to Allen Park. For years my father said Detroit was going to hell because of the mayors office, I'm not agreeing or disagreeing I was too young to care.

The library picture had me wondering why the books were left behind.

The manufacturing of solar panels is a big deal around Toledo,Ohio, where I currently reside. Toledo is fighting the same issues but on a smaller scale with many auto jobs leaving the area including my own.