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LuckyTheDog

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4. Detroit used to have that

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Reply #1)

Fri May 13, 2016, 10:20 AM

May 2016

Detroit used to host the Michigan State Fairgrounds. But it was too far from downtown and too tempting for developers, so it's gone. It didn't help that the folks who used to host the Michigan State Fair had been losing money for years.

Hart Plaza and Chene Park on the riverfront host a lot of events -- some of them really great. But parking is a bitch and the mass transit sucks.

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What cities need: More festivals, fewer stadiums and museums [View all] LuckyTheDog May 2016 OP

Festival's rock ghostsinthemachine May 2016 #1

Please no GummyBearz May 2016 #2

Well like everything like that ghostsinthemachine May 2016 #3

Detroit used to have that LuckyTheDog May 2016 #4

Yay to libraries and museum and no to noisy, smelly, crowded festivals. alarimer May 2016 #5

People are noisy and smelly, and I like it that way. Iggo May 2016 #12

Boo to morgue-like indoor snoozers. Yay to vibrant outdoor festivities. Bonx May 2016 #14

+1 n/t PasadenaTrudy May 2016 #15

Museums should participate in the festivals! csziggy May 2016 #18

Festivals are good. Here in New Orleans we have two or three every weekend. Katashi_itto May 2016 #6

You might want to reread your post WhiteTara May 2016 #7

Woot! Strained some brain cells with that remark, did we? Katashi_itto May 2016 #8

Look at the Pyramids The2ndWheel May 2016 #9

Ozymandias Katashi_itto May 2016 #17

Cities need aquariums, children's museums, indoor concert venues, casual dining, and not festivals NightWatcher May 2016 #10

Music festivals can be fun, but do not have any significant educational potential lagomorph777 May 2016 #11

How very republican in thinking FLPanhandle May 2016 #13

They don'y have to "turn a profit" LuckyTheDog May 2016 #16

Great. FLPanhandle May 2016 #20

What a load of crap. Odin2005 May 2016 #19