  Hans57 Member Username: Hans57 Post Number: 206 Registered: 05-2006 |
Not exactly Detroit related. Apparently Detroit's not the most toxic city in the U.S. http://money.aol.com/bw/reales tate/most-toxic-cities-in-the- united-states | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 229 Registered: 08-2006 |
we're no. 8 though. 8. Detroit Contaminated sites: Approx. 1 for every 69 people 64,541 total (6th) Leaking storage tanks: 5,458 (5th) Corrective action reports: 70 (3rd) | ||
Hans57 Member Username: Hans57 Post Number: 207 Registered: 05-2006 |
When I scroll through the list Detroit is not on there. Where did you see that? | ||
Oliverdouglas Member Username: Oliverdouglas Post Number: 146 Registered: 02-2006 |
Hans: it's a badly designed page, you have to do a lot of mousework to get to the full list. We're better off than Portland and Minneapolis? | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 230 Registered: 08-2006 |
AOL got the list from Business Week. The real article is posted here. If you click on their slideshow, you'll see that Detroit ranks at number 8. | ||
Hans57 Member Username: Hans57 Post Number: 208 Registered: 05-2006 |
Well I'll be damned. At least were not first, and yes, Portland, land of splendor, beauty and progressive planning is worse than we are, ha ha. | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 130 Registered: 05-2007 |
How does New york City not end up on this list? I can't imagine they are all that non-toxic. Same thing with Cleveland. | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 2803 Registered: 02-2007 |
damn, i try to go to the BW site and it tries to download a "known threat" to my computer. evil evil site don't ever go there!•• oh, wait, i'm not bats | ||
Oakmangirl Member Username: Oakmangirl Post Number: 516 Registered: 08-2007 |
yes, Portland, land of splendor, beauty and progressive planning is worse than we are, ha ha. Look more closely at the numbers, not the over all ranking. Portland ranks worse than us because they have a lower population; it's a per capita stat. Thus, more residents there are affected because they have fewer people. Detroit boasts more contaminated sites and seven times more EPA corrective action reports required. Things aren't always as rosy as they seem. Ha, ha. | ||
Dds Member Username: Dds Post Number: 389 Registered: 10-2006 |
quote: Cripes. Here we go again. Let's see. If we air-lifted 200,000 non-polluting law-abiding people out of the metro area, would that make a difference in our rank? Wait. That's not right. Maybe I'll get back to you when I come back from Chicago where it's worse then here. |
