A state takeover of Detroit, once Americas third-largest city, looks likely
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you can say the same damn thing for Buffalo NY.
the city has a Great lake and what do they do with it.....?
build a fukking highway on it instead of developing it for economic profit and preserving it's natural beauty.
Ya go ahead and eat this up, meanwhile cats is
by buying up all the cheap property. Detroit is by the water and is within 4 hrs of Toronto; Cleveland, and Chicago, it'll get fixed sooner than later.
Exactly
Dillah810
Flat Girther
Back in the day, GM destroyed Detroit's public transportation system by buying all of the street cars and dumping them. By the time the auto industry left Detroit and wouldn't have the power to stop a transit system from being built, the city didn't have any money left to build one. Still have the People Mover tho.
the mechanic
Greasy philosophy
Ya go ahead and eat this up
you may have a point there...
Captain Crunch
Veteran
you may have a point there...
If you have 800+ in disposable income yearly, go and cop a home and sit on it for a few years.
Detroit Real Estate - Detroit, MI Homes for Sale - REALTOR.com®
They got homes for Snack Wrap prices
If you have 800+ in disposable income yearly, go and cop a home and sit on it for a few years.
Detroit Real Estate - Detroit, MI Homes for Sale - REALTOR.com®
They got homes for Snack Wrap prices
yeah but i heard a lot of those houses have huge back taxes that are owed
is anybody on this board actually doing it, $1 peso is crazy no matter how you look at it
the mechanic
Greasy philosophy
If you have 800+ in disposable income yearly, go and cop a home and sit on it for a few years.
Detroit Real Estate - Detroit, MI Homes for Sale - REALTOR.com®
They got homes for Snack Wrap prices
I was just looking into that online..im thinking a vacant lot tho to keep from get fukked over by property taxes
For Detroit, a Crisis Born of Bad Decisions and Crossed Fingers
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/u...sis-was-long-coming.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&hp
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/u...sis-was-long-coming.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&hp
Lessons for Detroit in a City’s Takeover
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/u...acs-years-of-emergency-oversight.html?hp&_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/u...acs-years-of-emergency-oversight.html?hp&_r=0
It's not unusual news.
I guess I could run for mayor of Detroit. I don't have any experience. I have never lived in Michigan. The only time I was there was a one hour lay-over at the Detroit Metro airport.
For starters, I would have to run it like a one-man show and throw the city council in the bushes, no lie. They would just get in the way.
Then, I would restructure the main services of the city, fire, police, schools, utilities, road maintenance, etc. so that they can operate within the current budget.
Then, I would work on ways of attracting businesses and residents back into the city.
Then, I would re-zone a section of the city and try to draw interest in a new state prison or federal prison. Jobs would be brought in for construction and then jobs would be created for prison employees. It's kind of a dark way to bring in revenue. If that doesn't work, then I would create a prison where other states could transport prisonrs from their over-filled prisons to this new prison and those states would get charged for housing each prisoner.
Then, I would re-zone some residential areas into a new business zone to foreign auto makers to open up a plant in Detroit and domestic auto makers could relocate plants to Detroit. Crazy but tax-break incentives would draw them in.
I'm not saying I have all the answers, but improving the quality of life would be a big thing. Getting rid of corruption in the city government is the one main thing I would bring in as an outsider carpet-bagger.
I guess I could run for mayor of Detroit. I don't have any experience. I have never lived in Michigan. The only time I was there was a one hour lay-over at the Detroit Metro airport.
For starters, I would have to run it like a one-man show and throw the city council in the bushes, no lie. They would just get in the way.
Then, I would restructure the main services of the city, fire, police, schools, utilities, road maintenance, etc. so that they can operate within the current budget.
Then, I would work on ways of attracting businesses and residents back into the city.
Then, I would re-zone a section of the city and try to draw interest in a new state prison or federal prison. Jobs would be brought in for construction and then jobs would be created for prison employees. It's kind of a dark way to bring in revenue. If that doesn't work, then I would create a prison where other states could transport prisonrs from their over-filled prisons to this new prison and those states would get charged for housing each prisoner.
Then, I would re-zone some residential areas into a new business zone to foreign auto makers to open up a plant in Detroit and domestic auto makers could relocate plants to Detroit. Crazy but tax-break incentives would draw them in.
I'm not saying I have all the answers, but improving the quality of life would be a big thing. Getting rid of corruption in the city government is the one main thing I would bring in as an outsider carpet-bagger.
Bankruptcy Lawyer Is Named to Manage an Ailing Detroit
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/u...n-orr-emergency-manager-detroit.html?hpw&_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/u...n-orr-emergency-manager-detroit.html?hpw&_r=0
Box Cutta
Bumbling Sidekick
So...the voters have completely lost the right to pick who manages their own city? Even if they fukked up for many years, even if they voted in fukking Hitler...I don't know if I can vouch for this.
This sounds like some colonial shyt from where I'm sitting....
Cacs literally just disregarding black voters. Disgusting. And it doesn't matter if this first dude is black. That's the first part of the illusion.
This sounds like some colonial shyt from where I'm sitting....
Cacs literally just disregarding black voters. Disgusting. And it doesn't matter if this first dude is black. That's the first part of the illusion.
Michigan turning into undemocratic Africa...all these majority black cities....with dictatorial management...
whats the one constant in all of these cities?
they are all ran by DEMOCRATS!
prove me wrong
If you have 800+ in disposable income yearly, go and cop a home and sit on it for a few years.
Detroit Real Estate - Detroit, MI Homes for Sale - REALTOR.com®
They got homes for Snack Wrap prices
That's exactly what the Blackstone Group is doing. It's a dirty game....I guess greed is good, Mr. Gekko