A Washington Post writer visits Detroit to find out if Forbes was right
that we're all so unbearably miserable here. Here's what they found.
Were they right? Discuss among yourselves. And be sure to read the comments section. There's some good stuff in
there (like, um, why was Comerica Park filled with red caps? Was there
a Reds convention in town or something?).
Excerpt:
An hour earlier at the DIA, a boy, maybe 4, stood looking up at a panel
of stained-glass windows by John La Farge. The word "Faith" sat at the
top of one. "Hope" at another.
"What does hope mean?" the boy asked, staring up toward the massive, illuminated images.
"Mmm, that's complicated," his father whispered, before dropping to a knee.
"Hope is when you think about the future," he explained. "And wish for good things."
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