aaronfoley
Aaron Foley
aaronfoley
Used to do Jalopnik Detroit when that was a thing. Now just kinda here and there.

I need to go take a picture of this .... Read more

Back in the late 60's and 70's it was the Hippies. Now it's the Hipsters. New chapter of the same book. Read more

We've hit a new low, people.

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I saw a couple of great documentary shows about Detroit maybe 2 years ago -I saw them On Demand so I'm not sure what channel they were originally on. Lots of people working hard to improve the quality of life for everyone -opening "pay as you can" restaurants, knocking down abandoned homes and planting gardens the Read more

This article is a masterpiece of cold, hard realism in a hard, gritty, cynical shell. I love it. The step by step guide to making your own Detroit Documentary is so fucking awesome. Thanks. This is great work. This ought to be a textbook example of how to do anger and sarcasm in article format. Read more

Nice work, Mr. Foley...
My Detroit vicarious thrill is tracking the prototype for urban anarchist community. The dream is so large, and the canvas so beautiful... Read more

This sort of news is simply humbling. For a whole city, which is quite a lot to think about and get your head around, declaring bankruptcy is maddening. I would say it’s fairly well known by the general public how an individual falls into bankruptcy but come on, a whole city that’s looked after by teams of people? Read more

I laughed so hard at the step by step Detroit documentary recipe, I almost shot chunks of egg and muffin out of my snout. Read more

I can almost see my house from here. :D*

I'm in Austin, feel free to take the fucking X Games. Read more

I live in Sanford, FL. We also have our problems -_- Read more

Detroit is not the exception; it is the model for the new American economy. Read more