Apocalypse DETROIT

In both situations, the subtext was the hope that complex, deep-seated economic problems could be solved with a single flashy, expensive gimmick with a vaguely futuristic aesthetic. It makes me wonder whether we will soon begin to see People Movers and Renaissance Centers on a national scale, as the problems facing the massively bloated, broke, suffering Neo-Detroit that increasingly is the United States itself become increasingly intractable–an amusement park in space, for example.