Detroit passed the tipping point back in the Sixties. It’s too late to do anything but plow it back into the farmland from which it emerged a century ago.
It’s called White Flight.
mmmmmmmmm.....detroit... is this where the high spped rail is going to be linked according to Biden and Obama? Sounds great for the economy in this area. Is anyone home?
“Detroit passed the tipping point back in the Sixties. It’s too late to do anything but plow it back into the farmland from which it emerged a century ago.”
I agree. I have yet to hear a reason why Detroit is needed as a city...or even a town anymore. It seems more like NYC in Escape from New York.
I spent most of my life living in a Detroit suburb. About 25 years ago, I worked for a contractor doing weatherization work on lots of welfare ghetto houses. While the homes bore great testament to the artisans who built them, decades of neglect rendered them unsaveable. The was over 20 years ago. It’s only worse now.
My solution. Close entire multiple square mile tracts of land. Everyone moves out. Majority of buildings are not owner occupied anyway. Buy out the landlords for fair market value. Lease the land for 1-5 years to US Military, SWAT teams, Allied military, fire departments etc. as a urban training site. Then, using the lease money, tear down what’s left. Down to the sewers. Remove the basements and let the land lie fallow.