Why rebuild Detroit?

[Reeve]

My friend was an exchange student in the US couple of years ago. He had sex with a black woman in Detroit.

Holy nonsequitur, Batman!

[Vizardlorde]

How about Hunger Games Detroit?

Just trying to brainstorm good ideas here.

As long as the showhosts look ridiculous like in the movies I'll watch ^-^

[Cyberowl]

How about Hunger Games Detroit?

Just trying to brainstorm good ideas here.

District 13!

[Dellis0991]

How about Hunger Games Detroit?

Just trying to brainstorm good ideas here.

No.....we have enough death here as it is

[Puupi]

No.....we have enough death here as it is

Good, so you only need to add the hunger. You are like 50% done!

[Raivosoturi]

Just build a wall around it and sell action packed trips there to thrillseekers

[Kujako]

As long as the showhosts look ridiculous like in the movies I'll watch ^-^

So... get Graham Norton to host it?

[Adam Jensen]

Because it's kinda embarrassing for a first world nation to have a massive semi-abandoned third world city in our bourders.

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Just build a wall around it and sell action packed trips there to thrillseekers

Fuck that shit, I've had enough Detroit to last me a lifetime.

[Reeve]

Because it's kinda embarrassing for a first world nation to have a massive semi-abandoned third world city in our bourders.

Many of our cities have semi-abandoned neighborhoods. Here's Houston's 5th ward:







That's like a mile and a half from downtown. Actually, that last one is like a half mile from Downtown. Yet Houston is a thriving metropolis, and no one would ever consider shuttering it.

[Mnevis]

Why pump money into it?

I was under the impression that the state has been essentially stealing from Detroit for years. The feds certainly pumped money into the big automakers, but who's pumping money into rebuilding Detroit?

Definitely not an expert on Michigan politics, but I think the idea that anyone outside Detroit is working really hard to save the city doesn't ring true.

[Adam Jensen]

Many of our cities have semi-abandoned neighborhoods. Here's Houston's 5th ward:







That's like a mile and a half from downtown. Actually, that last one is like a half mile from Downtown. Yet Houston is a thriving metropolis, and no one would ever consider shuttering it.

I'm not saying we should shutter it. I'm saying we should fix it. Houston is thriving despite these neighborhoods, but Detroit is struggling. We shouldn't close or raze Detroit though, we should try to fix it. And what I was trying to say is that we should fix it because its an embarrassment for a first world country to let a city get as bad as Detroit is.

[bayushisan]

Detroit has a ton of problems, not the least of which is an utterly corrupt to the bone city council, mayors that cared more about blaming the suburbs than actually fixing the problems of the city, and catering to political bosses over doing what was right for the people, regardless of how popular or unpopular it may have been.

It's going to take tough love to save Detroit but it can be done. As one of the people who wants to see it saved, I'd really like to see some practical ideas on that front.

[Daelak]

Detroit has a ton of problems, not the least of which is an utterly corrupt to the bone city council, mayors that cared more about blaming the suburbs than actually fixing the problems of the city, and catering to political bosses over doing what was right for the people, regardless of how popular or unpopular it may have been.

It's going to take tough love to save Detroit but it can be done. As one of the people who wants to see it saved, I'd really like to see some practical ideas on that front.

White flight sucked away a lot of potential property tax, that factually happened, that's not blaming, that was reality. What political bosses and what catering? Stop talking in vague buzzwords.

[Vizardlorde]

turn 7 mile area into a prison to house the dangerous elements? When you have gangrene you amputate.

[Puupi]

Many of our cities have semi-abandoned neighborhoods. Here's Houston's 5th ward:

That's like a mile and a half from downtown. Actually, that last one is like a half mile from Downtown. Yet Houston is a thriving metropolis, and no one would ever consider shuttering it.

Don't you have bulldozers there? Smash those dangerous "buildings" down and clean the place.

[Heladys]

Why don't companies and the country cut the losses, and abandon Detroit? If it doesn't work, start anew, instead of beating a dead horse.
Why pump money into it?

Because it'd be more expensive and incur more liability to burn it or leave it alone.

[Xargoth6634]

I feel the same way about New Orleans, not because it's crime ridden, (It's really an awesome city) but for natural disaster reasons.

[Reeve]

Don't you have bulldozers there? Smash those dangerous "buildings" down and clean the place.

Those dangerous "buildings" are owned by people, and the city can't just go bulldoze willy-nilly. People hold onto the properties in the hopes that someday they'll be worth something, and can't be asked to maintain them in the meantime, because they hope someday someone will want to buy the property and will be willing to bulldoze it themselves.

[Puupi]

Those dangerous "buildings" are owned by people, and the city can't just go bulldoze willy-nilly. People hold onto the properties in the hopes that someday they'll be worth something, and can't be asked to maintain them in the meantime, because they hope someday someone will want to buy the property and will be willing to bulldoze it themselves.

Don't you have laws and regulations which specify structural and aesthetic requirements for buildings?

In Finland you couldn't have those kinds of piles of shit around. If the property isn't managed/upkept properly, the city/state has the right to demolish it. Buildings like those are environmental/safety hazards.

[someotherguy]

I feel the same way about New Orleans, not because it's crime ridden, (It's really an awesome city) but for natural disaster reasons.

I think rebuilding New Orleans is an abomination. A city under the water level? crazy!!!!
For same reasons I believe long term investing in NYC is unwise, if you believe the water is rising.