Hell, Michigan

From the AP:

They're planning a hot time in Hell on Tuesday. The day bears the date of 6-6-06, or abbreviated as 666 - a number that carries hellish significance. And there's not a snowball's chance in Hell that the day will go unnoticed in the unincorporated hamlet 60 miles west of Detroit.

I've lived in Michigan all my life, and we Michiganders all know Hell is really 138.7 square miles of city known as "Detroit."

According to the AP are more than 12,000 abandoned homes in the Detroit area.

In 2005, University of Detroit-Mercy Dean of Architecture, Stephen Vogel, stated "Suburbanites are taking the bodies of their relatives out of cemeteries because they're afraid to come to the city. There are about 400 to 500 hundred (being moved) a year..."

Fleeing businesses and homeowners left behind about 38 square miles of vacant land - roughly the size of San Francisco and roughly 25% of Detroit's total land mass.

But, doggone it, we have casinos now, so come on by for an extended visit soon.