Chernobyl

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   firearms2011 (26 months ago )

   This reminds me of Detroit, Michigan of the depressed auto industry, when mostly foreign built cars today are purchased by Americans driven in our cities and freeways.

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   ozarkhighlander [deleted] (26 months ago )

   Very haunting; a grim reminder for us all.

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   beachygirl1 (26 months ago )

   @firearms; When is the last time you were in Detroit? Your comment is ridiculous. Detroit has its areas of decay, just like any big city does, but it looks nothing like a nuclear war zone. Do you express your political views everywhere you go...no matter how inappropriate? BTW, these are amazing photos.

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   archittt (26 months ago )

   Beachygirl you are correct doesn't look a thing like Detroit. There are no drug addicts, Crack Whores, Pimps, homeless drunks, or de-institutionalized insane, stripped stolen cars or anything else hanging out in these empty buildings.

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   EMSurfer (26 months ago )

   Firearms makes his ridiculous political comments probably while driving a Ford truck made in Mexico, without realizing many foreign automakers like Toyota build their cars in the United States of America. Try asking the US automakers to bring their assembly plants back to Detroit instead of building in Mexico.

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   kim_hester (26 months ago )

   Archittt...Your comment is SO Right On! Ever wonder why Arse-Hats such the Beachygirl comments enough to piss off someone, yet leaves no information to back up the "alleged political abuse." Yes, that quote was a joke! But, I did check out your photos am am wondering what that awesome car on your pix? I looks a lot like the GTO, but bigger, and a convertable...appreciate the info, thanks! And, YES, beachygirl, I've been to Detroit in the last year, and it is miserable...and it has the highest crime rate in the u.s.a, last time i checked! ==============

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   John Huston (26 months ago )

   EMSurfer comes from Emerald City and had kids with the Scarecrow. Firearms Keep on Posting. Hope EM moves to Warez Mexico and drives around there a lot.

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   kim_hester (26 months ago )

   Ooops! I, myself, ended sounded like an arse-hat in the last post. Sorry. It shouldd have read, "But I did check out your photos, AND am wondering what kind of car the awesome convertible is in your pix?? IT looks a bit look like a GTO, yet bigger...." I would appreciate the info, Thanks! And, YES, beachygirl, I have been been to Detroit within the year, and it is Miserable. Also, it has one one the highest crime rates of any city in the U,S.A!

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   Bon's Flickr (25 months ago )

   Sadly, I was thinking the same thing as others when looking at these pics. Short of the radiation, there are a lot of places that resemble this in Detroit, but there are great places too, Comerica Park, the Fox, the Ren Cen, Greek Town. It's the suburbs of Detroit that I find much scarier than the city proper! THese photos are sad because they had to abandon these places due to the radiation, not the loss of business or lack of care. Both situations have their own misery attached, but I can't say anyone can compare Detroit to Pripyat if you don't live here or near here, which I do.

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    Karan Makvandi (25 months ago )

    Now that I see these pictures i found out how realistic are the scenes of Chernobyl in video game CallofDuty 4

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    A. Hernandez / Blue Roan Art (25 months ago )

    Amazing photos. I found the graffit sihouettes to be the most haunting ... they creat a feeling of a modern day Pompeii. So sad

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    slagreznor (25 months ago )

    *HIGH FIVES archittt*

    @firearms2011 you're so right. those pics were posted on yahoo! not long ago.

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    cr1sscr0ss (25 months ago )

    What man creates, man destroys.

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    fivehole9947250 (25 months ago )

    detroit might be down in the luck department. but man can they play hockey. go ask the losers in az

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    jdoss19 (25 months ago )

    If you live in Detroit and feel this way, please leave.... If you feel this way and don't live in Detroit, keep your mouth shut.... It may be the dirty D but it is home....

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    jdoss19 (25 months ago )

    Good Job fivehole....

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    Dthdlr (25 months ago )

    I'm curious about all the animals (deer, squirrels, porcupines, birds), that I saw in pics of this town 10 years ago. What happened to them? At the time, they were reclaiming the town.

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    andrewjm222 (25 months ago )

    True destruction

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    slagreznor (25 months ago )

    @beachygirl1 Google "apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic detroit".
    Now, Click IMAGES.

    idiot.

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    3alasa (25 months ago )

    wow it looks the same as in call of duty

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    slagreznor (25 months ago )

    www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/01/detroit-in- ruins/

    It's really sad to see such incredible architecture in ruins, literally.

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    oxalisb (25 months ago )

    firearms2011, that would've not happened if the auto industry wopuld've thought more about the consumer than their own pockets.

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    Crabby Golightly (25 months ago )

    And the human cost? Check out Paul Fusco's images of the children who have paid the ultimate price for nuclear energy.
    www.crabbygolightly.com/mt/2011/03/what_chern obyl_wrought...

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    mst333 (25 months ago )

    www.kiddofspeed.com/chernobyl-land-of-the-wol ves/author.html

    very informative information on Chernobyl

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    axemancda (25 months ago )

    I wanna know how long after we bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima did the japanese move back in to those cities, doesn't seem like they were too worried about nuke fallout, or nuke contamination in those days, if those cities are now inhabited, and there is no discussion about mutant japanese or anything like that, or maybe it was just never reported, anyone have a clue, why or how those cities are now a viable part of japan today???!!???

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    Lucy5725 (25 months ago )

    Agree regarding good information on Nuclear Power destruction. Pictures can be worth a thousand words.

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    njchmela (25 months ago )

    I'm not sure what's more sad, a city left unlivable by an accident like this, or cities left unlivable by capitalistic greed of sending jobs elsewhere. Both effect the lives of people, but one's done intentially and can be fixed.

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    the truth now (25 months ago )

    @ beachygirl1... maybe before you try and give people lessons on things you seemingly don't know everything about... you should at least have a little correct info. on what you are talking about in the first place... the Chernobyl Disaster was not the result of nuclear war... it was an accident caused by human error, uncareful soviets, and an outdated poorly designed power structure.

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    evileyefleagle (25 months ago )

    oxalisb....Detroit is the example for all post ww2 big union cities like...Chiago, Cary, ccCleveland etc.

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    elimin8h8 (25 months ago )

    Re: radiation doses check the link

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_compared_to_o ther_radioac...

    Really sad pictures, especially the human silhouettes ala Nagasaki/Hiroshima.
    Amazing how quickly these comments turn into some personal 'idiot' or 'ridiculous.'
    And we expect our politicians to get along better than first graders.

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    debbiesylvester (25 months ago )

    it amazes me how most ppl posting are bashing detroit, these pics represent what will eventually happen at every nuclear power plant, not nesecarily in our lifetime but somewhere down the line. it was a power we were not ready for and more than likely should never have invented. oh and keep your ignorant remarks in mind when your town looses most of its industry to foreign shores just because its cheaper to produce the products there, and ppl become homeless bc they are loosing their homes because they have to choose between food for their children or the house payments that before they could afford, and there are no funds to fix up or tear down places that need attention so desperately. you cant tell me that your city or town doesnt have a corrupt person in office. they are everywhere. but like i said keep your comments in mind bc if it happens to you, we will help you just a much as you helped us. i might not be from detroit but im close enough to give a darn.

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    bubbles1998 (25 months ago )

    Looks like Niagara Falls, NY or even Buffalo. New York state politics have the same affect as nuclear meltdowns. Get the heck out of here!!

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    gladrags2011 (25 months ago )

    I don't want to join in and side with anyone on this Detroit topic. Agreed, many dead cities do resemble Chernobyl. However, I find personally that, 1st Amendment rights or not, it is total arrogance to compare anyplace in the world to Chernobyl or Fukushima! Please children play nice or don't play at all.

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    smartypants3515 (25 months ago )

    Detroit would have been better off without the unions. They milked that cow to death. They abused the American auto makers and in turn us as well. The reason why foreign auto makers are doing well manufacturing here in America is because they do not have the same bloodsucking union that was in Detroit. I'm all for Americans making good money but most unions only truly benefit the few fatcats at the top who are screwing the car companies and their own union members. Fix the union problem and Detroit may be able to make a comeback. God Bless America.

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    lynnkt2 (25 months ago )

    I'm originally from Detroit, Michigan and it doesn't look anything like the above pictures now, but since a lot of people are moving from there and heading here to the Suburbs I wouldn't be surprise. I will never go back to living in Detroit, I never liked Detroit! I like where I am now but the ghetto people are moving this way.....it's like a herd of buffalo migrating to better land but messing it up for the others that were already here!

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    Msrising (25 months ago )

    Well I'm from Detroit and the comments others make does not really matter too much. What you have are those who just don't know, who assume the worst and one cannot forget the color barrier that many must still overcome. Detroit is mostly black as I am however the problems within Detroit did not come from the citizens themselves as we must all know over the past ten or twenty years the population has changed so blame the circumstances on the people who really need to take the blame and that would be the govenor, engler to be exact as far as the street walking insane, the drug addicts and winos make up a portion of this population but lets be real, colored people have little control over what can cross borders and coke is not made here, Most buildings are owned by whites that do not reside here nor do they pay their taxes, hookers are everywhere just ask your mother whoever said that, and well most of us are doing just fine and not crying over spilled milk you see things have always been dire for us colored folk so this is not an issue. It's only an issue with those who thought they had something they didn't really have. The american dream came crashing down on whites the most us blacks of detroit have always had it worse than our next door white counterparts so yeah, people can talk shit but we are the ones that get to laugh at your losses and say so, how does it fee? lmao

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    otherjoseph (25 months ago )

    No matter the subject matter, Americans manage to make it all about themselves.

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    mutant freak (25 months ago )

    i love you.god forgives you.forgive yourself.

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    mutant freak (25 months ago )

    BEAUTIFUL to me.

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    ♥jennifer evans♥ (25 months ago )

    everyone is too busy talking about detroit and putting eachother down to realize what this post was originally about in the first place! Its very sad, society in the US today....look at the photos, remember history, read about it again, have some humanity, and maybe some respect to the disasters that have happened, the people that have died, and another bit of evidence of man kind destroying their own!

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    alicia348 (25 months ago )

    Don't be ignorant. Detroit has had it's issues, yes, that's undeniable, but everyone loves to hate it. I don't understand why. I live here, I'm white. I love it more than anything and plan to live here for the next 10 years or so. Chicago and New York have their fair share of issues too, they're just not broadcasted for the world to see. If you don't like it, fine, you don't have to, but at least be informed..

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    Spaz_Girl76 (25 months ago )

    @Axemancda - The people never left Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Many people that were there when the bombs went off got sick and died from radiation (or people that went there within a few weeks of that time), but for the most part, it was a relatively quick blast of radiation, not a constant or long term leaking of radiation. Most radioactive materials have a very short half life

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    berrygirly (25 months ago )

    These pics are so sad! I wonder if this will happen in Japan as well?

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    Pasley Aviation Photography (25 months ago )

    Captured very well, it just pulls you in, I'm stunned

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    HENDRICKSFAN01 (25 months ago )

    If Detroit ever wanted to come back, they need to drop the Unions that gouged the american citizens for higher wages. I could care less about Detroit and the Auto worker Unions that killed it's own industry.

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    farmgirl1998 (25 months ago )

    People...keep your eye on the ball....you're missing the point here....if you don't have anything good to say...

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    messy1972 (25 months ago )

    Anyone comparing this to detroit is a complete asshat or just a dunce who obviously has a wonderful life (as well as being the definition of "ignorant American". Detroit is not uninhabitable due to nuclear radiation. If you really can't see the difference then you should thank God for the wonderful life you have.

    These pictures are amazing. They are also very haunting. The "townpeople" left by the artists would freak me out.

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    messy1972 (25 months ago )

    @Farmgirl: She's right, you are all getting off the point. Maybe you were all too young to remember seeing it in the news possibly.

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    gamfam8 (25 months ago )

    I can't believe that in the light of what happend to these people in Chernobyl, there are petty fights and sarcastic remarks being excanged back and forth. Focus on what these pictures represent to a world in danger of becoming extinct. It could happen anywhere, then you will want your fellow man to come out and help you...so everyone needs to play nice!

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    rennie7404 (25 months ago )

    @Crabby Golightly - those pics are some of the saddest I've ever seen. Someone else mentioned the animal population in the city; were they affected in the same way? And why is everyone picking on Detroit? I've only been a handful of times, but enjoyed myself. I live in Cleveland, which is on a downslide, too, but I still love it here. Does make me very nervous though that we have 2 reactors on the lake, another down near Cinci (I think), and if rumors are correct, another one to be built somewhere between Columbus and Cleveland. Kinda scary after looking at all these pics.

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    YAnn1958 (25 months ago )

    Is this what Japan has to look forward to? Very sad HAUNTING photos!

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    FlorioPhoto (25 months ago )

    Too bad we don't give a fcuk about hockey here in AZ Fivehole. Come down to a game here sometime and the attendance will prove it ...as well as the unknown of the teams future for the last few years. And the uncertain future that continues should also validate the lack of interest here.

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    Miss Fit Ranch (25 months ago )

    I was their I was in the US Army stationed in sinop turkey. I am back at the states. It was a very sad thing that happened. I still can remember like it was the day it happened the fish floating on the black sea and the birds droping out of the sky in mid flight. Prayers to all

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    bnevins (25 months ago )

    www.getinthevan.com

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    OldArmy_Goat (25 months ago )

    What a bunch of Garbage. THIS IS NOT ABOUT DETROIT.... These pics are the same that Elena Filatova took back in 2004. Check it out: www.kiddofspeed.com/ . Itll make ya feel sick for those people, another fine example of how man can try something thery dont know completely about and screw it up, And all your Comments about Detroit.... Its a Has Been city that is better off dissapearing. GM is one of the crumbling points of America with its overpaid crappy Union UAW Workers. This Article WAS NOT about Detroit, you bunch of self centered Yanks, it was about Chernobyl. Stop being such a Self Centered bunch of people, no one cares about your poverty stricken city in your unneccesary state. Need to focus on Japan, and the possibility of the Reactors in America, especially in Michigan, 3 of them are over 30-39 yrs old, concrete breaks at 50....Your all Screwed....

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    dawnv01 (25 months ago )

    I CURRENTLY live in DETROIT. I am a 40 year old White, Educated & Employed Female. It’s a shame you judgmental narrow minded people have nothing to do but put my city down. WHAT HAS DETROIT ever done to you? I bet A LOT more FOR you! People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones! You know what they say about Karma!!

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    islandbum3535 (25 months ago )

    God creates man, man creates machine, man destroys god, machine destroys man. God gave us the Power and Knowledge to do anything we set our minds to. It seems that as humans Power and Greed (that is nature for us) always takes over. Man always looses in the end, why does any country need such wepons? I feel at some point they will be the cause of our end!
    These pictures should be a wakeup call for all!

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    sweetleigh2011 (25 months ago )

    To debbiesylvester: I commend you on commenting as an adult. I am from Detroit, went to all public schools in Detroit and graduated from two Universities (one inside of Detroit). As a suma cume laude graduate and an 1811 High ranking LEO, I would like to say that ignorance is bliss to most people. There are many ignorant comments on this page. Mostly from people that were PROBABLY hit by the economic crisis and never thought they would be. The article wasn't about "Chernobyl vs. Detroit" and yet people still choose to bash Detroit. But Detroit is tough and Detroit won't go away. The idiots on this page that talk trash about Detroit won't step a foot in Detroit NOR can walk down its streets at night like I can and do. We are building, we are gaining momentum and we will leave you behind in the dust. It's Big Corporations that left Detroit in the past. What makes you think you are in any greater of a position? You are simple-minded and know nothing about Business and true corruption as it is spreading across the USA like a virus. The only thing that will keep our USA together is unity and a cooperative effort to "keep hope alive". To those of you that are constantly bashing Detroit (even when it's not the topic of the article), meet me here in Detroit so we can talk face to face and not hide behind the net. God Bless Detroit!

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    Robinspics1 (25 months ago )

    Anyone have info on the spill heading for the core of our earth? After 25+ years, just wondering if anyone has been down there to see how deep it is or what their ideas are of how long it will take to get to the core. I am guessing when it does, we will all know at once.

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    jackfrahn (25 months ago )

    If you want to read a first hand article about this then go here:

    www.kiddofspeed.com/

    Its a must read!

    Oh, and to the person that said this looks like Call of Duty its
    "STALKER" shadow of Chernobyl.

    website is here:

    www.stalker-game.com/

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    cman67 (25 months ago )

    These photos were shown on "Life After People" and they are old news. Also, why feel sorry for Detroit? There are cities all over the U.S. that are full of places like Pripyat. What the hell makes Detroit so special? NOTHING!

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    rookie26201 (25 months ago )

    Call Of Duty 4

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    evileyefleagle (25 months ago )

    Msrising....It is sad that you are happy that some white people are having a hard time. If the ilk of you have not had the Gov. teat in your mouth for so long you could have the good life instead of waiting for more handouts from the liberal left. I think that you now see that your savior, B. Hussein has lied to you big time. He will be gone soon and the teat in your mouth will dry up just like a cow when she goes dry, mean while keep blaming whites for your troubles and that is all you will have is troubles.

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    agarrison35 (25 months ago )

    I'm pretty sure that people who came here to read this article don't give a flying monkey's ass about Detroit. If you want to argue about that, then go somewhere else. I'd have to agree with what some of the others are saying, you have a home to live in, you haven't been forced from your town because of a nuclear disaster, and there are WAY worse poverty stricken places in the world than anywhere in the U.S. I was 3 when this horrendous incident occured, but I was still taught about it and the wake it left. I truly hope something like this never happens again.

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    detective13 (25 months ago )

    Destination Truth did an exciting episode about this place. They got reports of hauntings in the area. Destination Truth is my favorite show. Anyone else watch it?

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    poindxtr01 (25 months ago )

    archittt: ((high five)) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAA "like"

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    christalhooker (25 months ago )

    when did this become about detroit and not the chernobyl?

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    oconnor303 (25 months ago )

    spaz girl you don't know your facts unless you feel 250 years half-life is a very short time..do your research on this type of radiation

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    tbgamer78 (25 months ago )

    This is so haunting and eerie. I prayers go out to those poor lost souls who suffered from this senseless tragedy.

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    truck1978 (25 months ago )

    Being from MI, I'd rather be here than in Detroit.

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    Melissag908 (25 months ago )

    Wonderful photos, even if they are older. The images of ghost-like citizens is haunting.

    @Evileye: Wow, you are a psychopath.

    Not sure why the comments on Detroit. I didn't know they had a nuclear plant that destroyed them and made them uninhabitable. I thought it was just corporate and american greed that screwed up that city, but people could still live there if they wanted to.

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    DA BOMB2011 (25 months ago )

    HAHAHAHA Thats japan in 20 years

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    PHiiZZURP (25 months ago )

    Did anyone but me notice that the Pool picture and the ferris wheel is one of the maps from Call of duty 4. This is some great pictures ...

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    bermudafreze (25 months ago )

    The fission reaction in the Chernobyl reactor was moderated by graphite, which was a bad idea because graphite burns when it gets hot enough.

    The Fukushima reactor used water instead of graphite--doesn't burn, although they did get explosions from accumulating hydrogen gas.

    I don't think Fukushima will be as great a disaster as Chernobyl because they don't have to deal with the burning graphite--less radioactive material will escape, and the affected area will be smaller.

    And for the record, FBI statistics for the first half of 2010 show an annualized murder rate in Detroit of 32 per 100,000 population. That's on par with Baltimore and Newark (31 and 27), less than St. Louis at 35, and almost two times better than New Orleans at 62.

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    debbietiam (25 months ago )

    the real tragedy is that the loss of life, environmental damage and suffering caused by nuclear accidents in Chernobyl, 3 mile Island, Northern Japan and others did not have to happen. Greed and power will destroy all humanity in the end because most people are cowards and the folks that run the world only care about increasing the bottom line with no though to the harm caused to human life and our environment. These disasters should never happen because we have workable alternatives to petroleum and nuclear power that can easily be put on line if the will to do so was there. Instead lies are told about the difficulty and the cost of making the change to safer and more efficient power alternatives. If we must use nuclear power, then thorium is SAFER, LESS EXPENSIVE, AND SIMPLER FORM OF ENERGY GENERATION than uranium reactors. The only reason THORIUM was abandoned in favor of uranium is - YOU CANNOT MAKE NUCLEAR BOMBS. In my earlier Pollyanna day i used to believe that one day good will triumph over greed and evil but I know now that I am surely mistaken in that belief. Nothing will change, the power broker will continue to destroy lives and to destroy our world until one day the world is too polluted to sustain life or we blow it all to bits. There is no hope for humanity whatsoever! Zero, none, nada!

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    PHiiZZURP (25 months ago )

    Call of duty 4

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    MotorCityAce (25 months ago )

    @ Msrising.....the citizens of Detroit didnt do whats been done to the city?.....LMAO! Whites burned down the city? Your a complete idiot! Black people are the cause for the total destruction of the city of Detroit. Wake up girlfriend, white people left the city because your kind are theives, rapists, murderers, litterbugs, thugs...ect.ect. I can tell your a white basher who is jealous the suburbs are a total opposite of the city of Detroit. Just remember it was YOUR people who are to blame for everything thats been done to Detroit, and also remember it was a white man who built the home you live in! Whites dont pay taxes? Thats funny because black people make up 88% of Detroit now, so id say its blacks who dont pay their taxes. Fool!

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    jenX08 [deleted] (25 months ago )

    This is not Detroit, Call of Duty, or anything else!!! Love them or hate them this is not about them! REMEMBER CHERNOBYL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    lance341216 (25 months ago )

    @msrising, your a racist! You hate white people through and through. You say its not a matter of color of why Detriot is in shambles but..... look around. How many typically white communities do you see that are run down and filled with gangs, violence, drugs and high crime rates? Why dont you stop having that last laugh and clean up the filth around you. This is a grim reminder that man will stop at nothing to destroy the world.

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    mRuss22 (25 months ago )

    First to everyone complaining about Detroit and foriegn car companies.... More "Foreign" cars are built with more American parts and by American workers than most "American" cars. Its a fact... a sad fact.... made even worse by the fact that American car companies have been able to convince us otherwise.... only because most of us dont research it. Second... couldnt agree more with the people that are saying that this article wasnt about that to begin with. It was a terrible incident and frankly was and continues to be a crime against humanity. The effects from their negligence will last for generations. I work wth radiation and am well read in the subject. Will spare the lecture but check out some videos on youtube if interested. It is very sad for the people over there.

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    PHiiZZURP (25 months ago )

    Im russian I would know... but im just saying that we arent ignorant to the fact this was a tragedy. Americans do care and we are just simply trying to elevate our problems with the world so we can let people know "we feel the pain" So dont get butthurt when we address our problems because remember... Yahoo is an american company, if we didnt give a fuck this wouldnt have been posted.

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    acfear4059 (25 months ago )

    NAFTA killed Detroit and the American Manufacturing Economy

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    chuk_tsak (25 months ago )

    Chernobyl = Fukushima

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    Melissag908 (25 months ago )

    @acfear: The decline in the detroit manufacturing of auto's started in the 80's. NAFTA wasn't put into place until '94.

    Once again, find a feed on Detroit if you want to whine about the problems there.

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    insidethehatch (25 months ago )

    Yes Detroit has abandoned buildings. You know what else it has? A music scene that brought us many of the music industry's biggest and most talented stars including Jack White of White Stripes, Eminem, and Kid Rock, not to mention the city's history as the home of Motown.

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    lance341216 (25 months ago )

    oh, I forgot to add this. the last time I went to Detriot, the houses were boarded up, graffiti and bullet holes covered the landscape, homeless men and women were huddle in masses around every alley. This was in 1996! So dont go blaming what happend to the car and housing market over the last 10 years! Detriot was a crap hole way before recession.

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    RWhetstone1979 (25 months ago )

    To mRuss22: Regardless if foreign car companies build their cars here or not you have to realize that all of the profit still goes to Japan, Korea, Germany, etc. By building their cars here they can say "Hey we build our cars in the U.S. so it's good for your economy." When in fact that is total bullshit. Sure it creates U.S. jobs, but it does nothing more. I refuse to support foreign economies with my hard earned dollar, and if you do then you are a bigger fool than I.

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    mylittlebooboo (25 months ago )

    Why do you guys always use the term WHITE & BLACK... i dont think your mothers taught you how to respect people despite of how he appears, his color, his race or status in life...

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    dalrjr88 (25 months ago )

    very sad pictures, how did this become about anything other than what is sadly depicted in the pictures

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    islandbum3535 (25 months ago )

    I see very few see my point above! This feed is perfect example, our greed of wanting to snap back at the stupid!!! we have lost sight of what these pictures are really about! Who cares what one is saying about White people or anything else! Look at Chernibl.....This could be the world if we don't wake up

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    jdawn1982 (25 months ago )

    Hauntingly beautiful gallery. Thanks for sharing.

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    klmmicro (25 months ago )

    It is eerie to see the city standing with no people around. From a distance, it does not look that bad...just empty. The slow decay that is our construction slowly slipping back into where it was before us.

    Eventually the mess will be contained permanently, though it may not matter. The people have moved on with life and this can be left to stand as a stark reminder that nuclear power requires vigilance at all levels, from design to operation.

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    mylittlebooboo (25 months ago )

    You never stop blaming each other... pointing fingers to one another, instead of finding solution to resolve the prob...

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    loubusso (25 months ago )

    @firearms >> I drove foreign cars for years, because american autos were so poorly constructed. It was the fault of inefficient management and escessive union power. Now i drive a chevrolet and have driven them for a few years, Happily the quality has matched or exceeded those imports. Dealer service and support is great. HOWEVER, if "Detroit" looses its way again, I would have no problem switching again. A word to the wise, Detroit >> if you cant stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

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    Beth Baldwin (25 months ago )

    I am proud to live in Detroit. Yep, we have a whole lotta crime, a whole lotta crooked politicians, problems at our schools, our new Governor is raping our education system, yep...whole lotta problems. However, the 2009 list of most crime-ridden cities - the most recent avaialble - Detroit doesn't even make the top 20. We haven't held that distinction since the late 70's. Amazing how reputations can sully things, even when they are no longer true. It's because ignorant haters pass off false information as accurate and other idiots blindly believe it without checking their sources. You know what Detroit has? We have passion, art, incredible hospitals and universities, top notch sporting teams (OK, so the Lions still pretty much suck...), first class dining, an amazing history, a ton of heart and resilience. We've been beaten down by the corporations and politicians that beat down every city. We got more than our share of crooks over the years, but we are on the move back up, and progress is happening here. I'm a little "white girl" who grew up in the burbs of Detroit, true. But I spent 80% of my time and money in Detroit. I grew up knowing which neighborhoods were actually dangerous, and which ones were simply poor. You don't have to be afraid of poor, kwim? You don't have to be afraid of black, either. You really only need to fear stupidity and lack of common sense. I am going to be 43, and I have been hanging in the D since 1984, when I got my drivers license. I have never been robbed, attacked, harmed, had my car broken into, etc. I've hung out at places that weren't the places listed on a Detroit travel brochure. I didn't live in a suburban bubble where I went to Red Wings games and considered myself a "Detroiter". I have worked the soil in Detroit. I have constructed libraries and playgrounds there. I have gotten my hands dirty trying to make it better. I don't throw a check at a charity and call it done. I go. I solicit help and money and materials. I go and use the tools myself to get things done. I don't sit and bitch about what needs to be done or tear it down verbally... I do it. My husband works on the River, our friends live there, we entertain and socialize downtown, we pay taxes there.

    Honestly, shut the hell up if you don't live here and have nothing positive to say. Go fix your own damn city and leave ours alone. It's far too cool for you. Trust me. We don't want you here anyhow.

    I can tell you another thing Detroit has a lot of... people from Chernobyl and Pripyet. I have had several neighbors who were forced out of their homes with nothing, literally nothing, and they sought shelter HERE, in Detroit. Because we have a huge Russian population, a huge Jewish population, and they had the help they needed from their Detroit community.

    Why not get your internet-addicted, wrong-opinioned, spewing, sorry ass off the chair you are in and DO something besides running your mouth about things you know nothing about? Idiots.

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    nynhoskins (25 months ago )

    Why is it that when there is a disaster there is people that want to "fight" and act childish by putting other's comments down? This is stupid.. people need to grow up. Getting angry just because someone decides to compair this area to Detroit? REALLY?! People died in this and the only thing certain people care about is what it looks like. Instead of arguing over stupid things why not take the time to think of all the families that lost loved ones and hope and pray that this never happens to you? I have to agree with msbunglexx....

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    acfear4059 (25 months ago )

    so moving all the american manufacturing had nothing to do with NAFTA???

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    bigmac92 (25 months ago )

    No, I believe Detroit is worse!

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     RWhetstone1979 (25 months ago )

     acfear4059 (5 minutes ago | reply)
     so moving all the american manufacturing had nothing to do with NAFTA???

     It had everything to do with NAFTA. That is one bill they should had wiped their ass with, and then proceeded to burn.