| La Dispute – Safer In the Forest/Love Song For Poor Michigan Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Being from Michigan and having lived about 20 minutes north of Detroit my entire life, I can say that you're not too far off. The Big 3 car companies employ such a large fraction of this state that when they each went through their own struggles, so did their employees. Everyone knows someone or has family that has been affected by unemployment due to the economy. It truly is sad to see so many towns with boarded up stores and deserted streets. You are right though. It's not just tragedy in this state. Plenty of places like Grand Rapids and other cities near Detroit like Royal Oak or Troy are doing very well and thriving despite the economy. You can actually feel a little safe walking downtown in GR. Detroit, Flint, and Pontiac are completely different. I would never be caught dead walking those streets by myself at night. While some parts of Detroit are nice and promising like downtown near the Renaissance Center, everyone who lives near Detroit knows that drive into the city down I-94 is just a sad sight with abandoned warehouse after abandoned warehouse and with plenty of burnt buildings. I think this song is really applying itself to the plight of Michigan more so than Grand Rapids itself. Truly an amazing song though. |
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