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Re:An American City Where the Government Barely Exists by darkmuch on Saturday September 23, 2017 @12:19PM (#15320375)
That's a grim thing to say for no reason.
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Re:An American City Where the Government Barely Exists by L_Rahman on Saturday September 23, 2017 @12:28PM (#15320417)
Unfortunately, it's also something that actually happened:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Oakland_warehouse_fire

36 people died.

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Re:An American City Where the Government Barely Exists by darkmuch on Saturday September 23, 2017 @12:31PM (#15320430)
Oh, i live nearby; I am definitely aware. That was also horrendously illegal.

I'm not sure why you would assume they violate code except to be dramatic. Concerts have been held in industrial places in secret, but if you hear about one it's typically above board.

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Re:An American City Where the Government Barely Exists by sliverstorm on Saturday September 23, 2017 @05:28PM (#15321841)
That was also horrendously illegal

And yet the original parent said:

the best part of Detroit is a trend of extremely creative people being able to do whatever they want with their respective spaces

Or did I misunderstand, and they are allowed to do anything zoning-wise but are still held to the appropriate codes.

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Re:An American City Where the Government Barely Exists by greglindahl on Saturday September 23, 2017 @12:24PM (#15320396)
You're right that it's grim -- I said it because of the title of this discussion, "people being able to do whatever they want", and remembering the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, CA.
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