You can read the article "Deconstruction: The Fate of America? -
The Changing Landscape of America" over at New Geography. Of
course Detroit is only one part of the argument of
Deconstructionism. There is no better example than the City of
Detroit. Once the home of Henry Ford and the American automobile
industry, Detroit has fallen on hard times. Its population has
fallen from nearly 2 million residents to less than 900,000
today. With a budget deficit of $300 million per year, Detroit
can no longer provide basic services to its own residents. There
are 33,500 empty homes and 91,000 vacant residential lots. More
than 300,000 buildings are vacant or in shambles. It is
estimated that 40 square miles of Detroit lies abandoned.You
know I look forward to Reason taking a look at Cleveland hosted
by Drew Carey (former star of The Drew Carey Show and host of
The Price is Right). Carey is a Cleveland native so it may well
be fitting that this production will have his imprint on it.
It's certainly the story of many str