well clearly we think urban agriculture has great potential. and, one of the things we have in detroit is access to huge amounts of land. if we re able to produce even a small percentage of the food which is consumed in detroit and circulate the revenues from that food within our community, then we re able to create a more vibrant, healthy, economically strong community. so we think it has tremendous potential. who will live in the detroit of the future? there s no question, is there, that detroit will come back? in one form or another, a city this magnificent, this storied, this american, cannot, will not ever disappear into the weeds. there are too few places this beautiful for it to be allowed to crumble like angkor or rome.
At this point, you may be asking, what about all the cool stuff i hear about detroit? that s what you re thinking. the vibrant, new do it yourself culture of urban renaissance, young entrepreneurs, artists transforming the city one block at a time. where s that? well, that is happening. young, idealistic true-believing hard-working creative people are indeed doing their best to bring light and hope and beauty to this greatest of cities. you ve got to start with the deeply felt and absolute belief that detroit is indeed a great city, and that it is worth saving. as utterly screwed as detroit may be, you have to be a twisted, unpatriotic freak to not believe that. behold the future. what, like cooking in a back alley?
There are probably no easy answers. things will change. they are changing, but for now, let s just wreck some cars. [intense music] detroit s the city of champions. the whole world knows that detroit is the american city whose products have revolutionized our way of living. and only in michigan, when you find the men and women whose talent made us the arsenal of democracy in wartime and the economic pace-setter in peacetime.
You tell people you go to detroit, and chances are somebody from the home team is going to say, be sure to get a coney. i never really understood that. i mean, i m like 30 minutes from a place called coney island where presumably, they know something about freaking hot dogs, right? maybe the early greeks or macedonians who first experienced that golden land by the shore then took what they saw with them to florida, michigan, and beyond. maybe they knew something. they ve been doing coneys at duly s for over 90 years. that s almost as long as the hotdog s been around. and i can t tell you how deep this creation runs here. deep dish in chicago, cheesesteak in philadelphia. you ll find some ambivalence. not here. how are you, sir? good. now, if i were from detroit, would i be eating this with my hands or with a fork? probably with your hands. all right. i ll do my best.
how are you? good to meet you. i love you. awesome spirit on you, man. god bless you. hi, how are you? a gentleman and a scholar. ain t nobody do it like you. you hear me? see you later. cheers. cheers, man. yup. you want one? that s the benefit of a college education right there. people seem to like you in this town. who hates you in this town? who hates me in this town? nobody. politicians? i m guessing there are a number of politicians and former public employees who are not too happy with you. i don t know. you know, yeah. [all laugh] yeah, but let s face it. there s a whole lot of people out there who would be perfectly happy with just letting detroit go. it already went! look at this. see those lilies there? uh-huh. i call those the ghost gardens. like they re all over like the houses that used to be,