A Bar in Motor City

 Motor City
Gianni Cipriano

Motor City
"I love Detroit. It's one of my favorite places in America. It's got wonderful people, the people are really beautiful. I wasn't here when it was at its peak with the automotive boom, there was a lot of life. Then, they had race riots, I had to read my history to see what happened. In the late 60's, a lot of money left the city, a lot of companies left, they pretty much abandoned it and when money leaves, and there's no jobs, people start to leave, so Detroit slowly has been going down and its very unfortunate."

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