Comments on: 10 Facts About Detroit http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:16:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/comment-page-1/#comment-1809243 A Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:21:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/#comment-1809243 What about Faygo? What about Faygo?

]]> By: Justin O http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/comment-page-1/#comment-1809237 Justin O Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:17:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/#comment-1809237 I'm from Detroit.. Well just south, and the stereotype Lloyd talks about is actually quite true. I mean, there are so many little gems in Detroit that make it a beautiful place, and Detroit is a community that really pulls together.. But it is really, really ghetto and broke down. Though, it seems like it's slowly turning back into the amazing place it was 50 years ago. I’m from Detroit.. Well just south, and the stereotype Lloyd talks about is actually quite true. I mean, there are so many little gems in Detroit that make it a beautiful place, and Detroit is a community that really pulls together.. But it is really, really ghetto and broke down. Though, it seems like it’s slowly turning back into the amazing place it was 50 years ago.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/comment-page-1/#comment-1809194 ted Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:43:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/#comment-1809194 What's a deskhand, Foreigner1? What’s a deskhand, Foreigner1?

]]> By: Lloyd http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/comment-page-1/#comment-1809150 Lloyd Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:06:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/#comment-1809150 I've never been to Detroit, but the stereotype of it being nothing but a huge, abandoned ghetto is unfair. Thanks for posting a positive piece. I’ve never been to Detroit, but the stereotype of it being nothing but a huge, abandoned ghetto is unfair. Thanks for posting a positive piece.

]]> By: atanguay http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/comment-page-1/#comment-1809005 atanguay Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:55:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/#comment-1809005 Yaaa! Go Detroit. Yaaa! Go Detroit.

]]> By: Foreigner1 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/comment-page-1/#comment-1808939 Foreigner1 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:53:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/#comment-1808939 I think this about that ship is quite interesting. I vaguely remembered something about this, had to look it up and found it on Wiki: "On October 23, 2001 the J.W. Westcott II, sank in the deep water under the Ambassador Bridge while caught in the wake of a much larger ship she was serving. The captain and one other crew member were killed and two others were rescued. The ship was later salvaged, refurbished and put back into service." Another neat factoid found on continuouswave dot com is: "A special feature of the Westcott is the clear plexiglass roof of the pilot house. The see-thru roof allows the helmsman to maintain visual contact with the deskhands on the freighter some 25 feet above him." I think this about that ship is quite interesting. I vaguely remembered something about this, had to look it up and found it on Wiki:

“On October 23, 2001 the J.W. Westcott II, sank in the deep water under the Ambassador Bridge while caught in the wake of a much larger ship she was serving. The captain and one other crew member were killed and two others were rescued. The ship was later salvaged, refurbished and put back into service.”

Another neat factoid found on continuouswave dot com is: “A special feature of the Westcott is the clear plexiglass roof of the pilot house. The see-thru roof allows the helmsman to maintain visual contact with the deskhands on the freighter some 25 feet above him.”

]]> By: gurnorg http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/comment-page-1/#comment-1808933 gurnorg Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:45:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/#comment-1808933 PS I was born there and knew everything on the list EXCEPT the salt mines. i realized that there were a lot of salt mines in the upper peninsula of Michigan but i didn't know about the ones in Detroit. PS I was born there and knew everything on the list EXCEPT the salt mines. i realized that there were a lot of salt mines in the upper peninsula of Michigan but i didn’t know about the ones in Detroit.

]]> By: gurnorg http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/comment-page-1/#comment-1808931 gurnorg Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:44:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/#comment-1808931 The article forgot to mention that VERNORS is also the Oldest Soda pop in the world. It was invented during the Civil War and was sold at Dr. Vernors shop ever since. The reason it doesn’t get much credit as the worlds oldest soda is due to A) it isn’t available a lot of places outside Michigan (though that is starting to change) and B) It was bottled and commercialized a little later than some other soda pops and for the first few years was only available at the one store. The article forgot to mention that VERNORS is also the Oldest Soda pop in the world. It was invented during the Civil War and was sold at Dr. Vernors shop ever since. The reason it doesn’t get much credit as the worlds oldest soda is due to A) it isn’t available a lot of places outside Michigan (though that is starting to change) and B) It was bottled and commercialized a little later than some other soda pops and for the first few years was only available at the one store.

]]> By: RPB http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/comment-page-1/#comment-1808845 RPB Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:31:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/10-facts-about-detriot/#comment-1808845 I'm assuming you meant Detroit and not Detriot. I’m assuming you meant Detroit and not Detriot.

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