Great article by Albom

Here's an interesting reply to Mitch's article by Jim Boyle...

http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/mitchalbomresponse17308.aspx

Dave

www.hurst-associates.com

I don't think that you are saying anything different than Albom, although I would agree that his chronology can be a little confusing (for lack of a better word).

Just to clarify, I'm not sayin' anything...  I'm just passing along the article. 

Now I'll say something: 

I've never been a big fan of Albom's writing style, but I agree with you that both his article and Boyle's article say similar things about the city.  I think the difference is tone.  While both articles do point out positive things about the city, I didn't read either as particularly positive in tone.  Boyle spends more time on specific neighborhood places that are positive - Albom spends more time on the sports (obviously, its in SI), big development, and ends with the general hopeful attitude of Detroit. But both also spend a lot of time in negativity - Albom about the city ruins, Boyle about Mitch's attitude.  Both seems somewhat self-defeating to me.

End of the day, I think these speak about different Detroiters - to me it seemed that both articles missed the demographic cohorts that the other picked up, and both are necessary to get a better picture of the whole. 

So, as I said, I was passing it along.

Dave!

www.hurst-associates.com