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Hell's corporate headquarters
Where corporate HQs like Comerica move to better places in the SunBelt.
Gunbelt.
Where people don't live anymore.
Where urban revitalization is not.
The single-worst city in the country.
A population loss of over 50% in 5 decades. Current population of about 850,000 from 1.6 million and not even in the top 10 largest US cities anymore.
Where jobs are not.
Anything south of 8 Mile Road where you turn around as you approach the city limits.
A place called Flint is even better.
Where the first state government moved out over 100 years ago.
Even San Jose, CA now has a larger population.
The opposite of San Diego and Seattle.
Where corporate HQs like Comerica move to better places in the SunBelt.
Gunbelt.
Where people don't live anymore.
Where urban revitalization is not.
The single-worst city in the country.
A population loss of over 50% in 5 decades. Current population of about 850,000 from 1.6 million and not even in the top 10 largest US cities anymore.
Where jobs are not.
Anything south of 8 Mile Road where you turn around as you approach the city limits.
A place called Flint is even better.
Where the first state government moved out over 100 years ago.
Even San Jose, CA now has a larger population.
The opposite of San Diego and Seattle.
by krock1dk@yahoo.com March 23, 2007
Get the detroit mug.Was once the world's largest coporation but has been surpassed by Toyota. It has been the victim of stupid labor unions like the UAW that always threaten to strike if they don't get higher pay (even though the average starting salary for a worker just out of high school with no skills is about $25 an hour), healthcare benefits (which they DO get), retirement benefits (which they also get) and 401K. The union has destroyed this once great corporation. GM has been responsible for many job losses in the auto industry, not just in Michigan, but all across the U.S.A. Don't blame the company. Blame the UAW Union. They demand unfair promises from the company that cannot be kept, therefore forcing the company and the auto industry to outsource jobs to Mexico. GM is not so great anymore, thanks to the antiquated and worthless UAW.
General Motors is the largest employer in Michigan, the 2nd largest auto manufacturer and 3rd largest corporation in the world.
by krock1dk@yahoo.com October 25, 2007
Get the General Motors mug.DIA. The gargantuan international airport serving Denver, Colorado (DEN) located on the plains east of the city and nowhere near the city center of Denver. Its location is so remote and so far from Denver itself that it seems to be halfway to the Kansas border. Taxing on the runway to/from the terminal itself takes forever and seems to take like an hour. Right after you takeoff (depending on the direction), you can look down and see numerous cattle ranches in the area. To get just about anywhere in the metro area is a long drive due to of its remote location.
The airport covers some 60 or 70-square miles or so and is the largest airport in the country. It is so large that it is larger than Chicago O’Hare, Dallas Forth Worth and Atlanta/Hartsfield combined. The current facility was built to replace the aged Denver Stapleton Airport in 1995 or so that was much closer to the city center.
The central terminal is known for its white, fabric roof reminiscent of the white-capped Rocky Mountains or the “teepees” of the Native Americans who inhabited the area, depending on who you ask. Being inside makes you feel as though you are in a giant tent. The clean and spacious central terminal has the TSA screening booths, numerous car rental agencies, restaurants and the enormous baggage claim on the bottom level. The airport’s layout is similar to Atlanta’s. There are 3 concourses separated by some three-quarters of a mile or so and connected by an underground train. Frontier Airlines is closest to the main terminal while United is further out at Concourse 3.
DIA is the 2nd largest hub for United Airlines and is the only hub for smaller, classier and low-cast carrier, Frontier Airlines.
The airport covers some 60 or 70-square miles or so and is the largest airport in the country. It is so large that it is larger than Chicago O’Hare, Dallas Forth Worth and Atlanta/Hartsfield combined. The current facility was built to replace the aged Denver Stapleton Airport in 1995 or so that was much closer to the city center.
The central terminal is known for its white, fabric roof reminiscent of the white-capped Rocky Mountains or the “teepees” of the Native Americans who inhabited the area, depending on who you ask. Being inside makes you feel as though you are in a giant tent. The clean and spacious central terminal has the TSA screening booths, numerous car rental agencies, restaurants and the enormous baggage claim on the bottom level. The airport’s layout is similar to Atlanta’s. There are 3 concourses separated by some three-quarters of a mile or so and connected by an underground train. Frontier Airlines is closest to the main terminal while United is further out at Concourse 3.
DIA is the 2nd largest hub for United Airlines and is the only hub for smaller, classier and low-cast carrier, Frontier Airlines.
by krock1dk@yahoo.com March 29, 2008
Get the Denver International Airport mug.Something that is supposed to protect people but has turned into a conspiracy of beurocracies, dishonesty, waste—and has grown so big and so out of control and repeatedly oversteps its bounds. It has grown so big that it has invaded pro sports, the bedroom, your car, your body, healthcare, education, fitness (yes, fitness) and big business. It now is a giant vampire and now wants to suck your blood and control your life from the cradle to the casket.
Government sucks and we would be much better off without it. Although we need some of it, it works when it does what it is designed to do.
by krock1dk@yahoo.com August 22, 2008
Get the government mug.A Midwest state with 6.4 million residents, but only 60 last names. Indianapolis is the capital and largest city.
Indiana calls itself the Crossroads of America to those who live there, but is the road to nowhere if you don't.
by krock1dk@yahoo.com May 25, 2008
Get the Indiana mug.The state capital of Tennesse and its 2nd largest city. Music City, USA. Country Music Capital of the World. Home to the Grand 'Ole Opry. Nashville is probably best known as the center of the production of music, especially crappy Country/Western music. Nashville is currently constructing what will be the tallest building in the South and the tallest in the U.S. outside New York and Chicago. Nashville, the city with America's tallest building outside New York and Chicago? Yes. Whoda' thunk it?
Nashville is a happinin town, although comparitively small when compared to New York, L.A. or Chicago.
by krock1dk@yahoo.com October 15, 2007
Get the Nashville mug.Probably the world’s leading international airport and a notoriously bad airport in the Queens borough of New York City known for its congestion, horrid layout, traffic gridlock and smelly Pakistani cab drivers waiting to stiff you for a ride into Manhattan. The airport is a “culprit airport” for traffic congestion in the U.S. If it just barely rains in New York, traffic at JFK will be delayed for hours, causing headaches in other cities. In the winter it’s even worse. The airport is laid out in such an illogical manner than no one can figure their way around. It was originally laid out in a logical way, but rapid growth caused it to grow beyond what it could handle, leading to the congestion of today. JetBlue is the largest carrier out of the airport in terms of passenger traffic. JFK is the main hub for low far carrier, jetBlue Airways.
by krock1dk@yahoo.com March 29, 2008
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