cont. thurs

on thursday we were talking about how greek town was either good or bad for the city of detroit and then comparing how the super bowl contributed to the effects. Greek town brings in the funds that is needed by the city and this also helps people from surrounding cities to want to go to Detroit where otherwise they would not go. When the super bowl came to detroit and they cleaned up certain areas so tourists could see the city as "nice" was not good in a long term sense for the city. It showed visitors a fake image of the city that they will never see again if they ever came back to visit. The money used to help set up a fake detroit could have been used in much more effective ways that would actually be long term. Some ideas would be painting over graffiti, cleaning up trash all over the city, re building old un-used structures, etc. Just something that would help the city stay nice for more than just a week.