A Tale of Two Boom Towns

VDH writes:

In August 1945, Hiroshima was in shambles, while Detroit was among the most innovative and wealthiest cities in the world. Contemporary Hiroshima now resembles a prosperous Detroit of 1945; parts of Detroit look like they were bombed decades ago.

Rather puts things in perspective, no?


Hiroshima, 1945? No. Detroit, 2010