http://www.jermilsadler.com/blog/2010/04/my-old-mail-route/
I used to deliver mail in Detroit while I was waiting on something for this job I had in Virginia. During that time, I just trudged along delivering mail and avoiding the sharp teeth of mangy, stray dogs.
Within a month after returning to Michigan from Korea, one of the first things I did was drive around my old mail route and see how the neighborhood was doing. I recognized the house of the guy from this story and got an icky feeling as I relived that phone call and the chills I got when I still had to go up to his door and put mail in his slot (don’t go there).
Anyway, I noticed the neighborhood was a MESS! Houses that used to have whole families in them were now a roof in the dirt. One of the biggest houses on that route had been reduced to stone steps and scorched stakes. Some of which could have been a child’s bedroom wall.
Seeing all that left me with a funny feeling. 4 years ago, that mail route was decent enough that I didn’t feel any type of apprehension walking down the sidewalk Monday through Saturday. This time, since the neighborhood looked so decrepit, I felt like any type of wild jungle beast could jump out of any of those raunchy and decaying houses.
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Damn, man…
Those pictures tell a thousand stories!
Wow, you would think that there was a disaster there. Michigan is going through some hard times.
I remember I used to see kids playing in the streets and just doing what kids do. There was none of that when I went back. It left me with a sick feeling.