RoboCop and real life ?
 

It's been a while since I saw a RoboCop movie but I do seem to remember that it was based in Detroit ... or where was it??? :rolleyes:

Anyway, when I was cruising real estate listings in Detroit, I kept thinking to myself. That is the real live location for RoboCop.

In the last 50 years the population has decreased by about 50%.
Crime seems to be bad.

Now, just imagine some huge corporation buys up blocks and blocks of gutted houses, puts the bull dozer to them and just builds a huge corporation complex in the middle of all this.

Since the city is having problem with crime (personal opinion ... I don't live anywhere near there) the corporation would just employ a small army of guards.


I really feel bad for some of these areas. They saw better days in the past and really do deserve better.

So, anybody interested in creating a REIT, getting some cash heavy companies? Imagine, being the King of your own city !


lolo, but this idea is already almost 2 years old ;)

Brilliant idea! You could open up an automotive factory...<p>

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mrXfh4hENKs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mrXfh4hENKs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><p>

Filming locations:

Building One, Studios at Las Colinas - 6301 North O'Connor Road, Irving, Texas, USA
(studio)


City Hall - 1500 Marilla Street, Dallas, Texas, USA


Dallas Public Library - 1515 Young Street, Dallas, Texas, USA


Dallas, Texas, USA


Detroit, Michigan, USA


Fountain Place - 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas, USA


Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA


Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA


Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA


Plaza of the Americas - 700 N. Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas, USA


Reunion Tower - 300 Reunion Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, USA

Seeing Robocop at the theater I realized something about martial arts and firearms - violence, when it is not the product of long difficult training and honor, is obscene. Firearms give anyone that power without the wisdom that restrains it.

Nah...there's a lot of people I'd love to shoot, but the thought of PRISON restrains me. http://www.hkskylineclub.com/new/smi...ticon/jail.gif








...