Conservatives are really missing what is happening in Detroit. Rather than seizing control and creating a success, many would rather sit back and point fingers.
If I had the money I would be snatching up property in the Delray neighborhood. Its one of the worst neighborhoods but is going to be one of the most valuable when the new bridge goes in. The property will be taken through eminent domain but Michigan has decent ED laws and a good attorney could maximize your gain.
How sad is it that this guy, probably a flaming lib, has more of the classic American pioneering spirit than others here who can’t recognize it in the first place?
I bet the taxes are a killer.
A paragraph from the article:
“There was no way I could live in the house when I first bought it, so I moved out of Will’s to Forestdale, a verdant block in Poletown that was walking distance from my new home. Twenty-five years ago, a wild and virtuous teacher named Paul Weertz bought a house on Forestdale after his downtown home burned down. Through the years, he’s transformed the block into an arcadian oasis on Detroit’s east side, where old Poles and young white artists live next to black doctors and immigrant mothers from Hungary or Mexico. He raised his now-grown children there, convinced friends and colleagues to move in, and saved the block from crack houses, fire, and neglect. Nearly all the homes still stand, a rather incredible accomplishment considering much of the rest of the neighborhood looks like a mouth full of broken teeth.”
This could be an opportunity for FReepers to move in and fix up the place.
Really?...so...let me get this straight...the people who systematically ran detroit into the ground are still there because A)most of the voters can’t afford to move out, and B) the politicians they enabled are still in power and will continue to be in power unless marshall law is declared by the state governor. (not gonna happen) So exactly what is going to stop all of Obama’s people from looting your (or anyone’s) new valuable property? Goodwill?!!