[relictele]

What made Detroit's experience so stark was the lack of regional planning and the ease with which developments were able to incorporate into new cities in order to avoid sharing their tax revenue with the city, said Margaret Dewar, a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Michigan.

Another ivory tower denizen weighs in. Central planning, so beloved by collectivists, is the answer! Did Margaret Dewar think about informing the Detroit municipal government of her bright ideas?

[kabar]

Well, at least their voting rate tops 100+% every four years.

[wideminded]

There are more than 12,000 abandoned homes in the Detroit area,

Sometime in the past year I have read a figure of 40,000 abandoned buildings in Detroit.

[bert]

The solution to dorothy’s problem is really pretty simple. Have her husband set out rat traps and make her kids wear gas masks to ward off the lead fumes.

[goldstategop]

Liberal racists like to blame white flight for Detroit's decline. The truth is Detroit is mismanaged and stifled by bureaucracy, high taxes, and crime. Certainly not an invitation for would be new residents and people in the city want to get out if they can. And the city is still shedding people every year.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[junta]

On one hand its whites as absolute devils and the hate crimes fiasco not reaching its logical conclusion of open season on white people fast enough, and on the other hand white people not wanting to be around us pleasant peaceful people. Grow up people

[N3WBI3]

the farm idea is pretty dumb Im sure much of the land in Detroit has stuff in it I dont want to end up in food but there are some other good ideas floating around..

1) Give the land an abandoned house is on to the homeowner next door if they are willing to tear down the other house. This will reduce the number of blighted homes and increase the value of the homes which are remaining.

2) Make Detroit a city of parks, if 1/4th of your land is unoccupied see if you cant get some key owners to shuffle around and build open space, low maintenance parks.

3) just give away the land, and petition the state for grants and low interest loans for people willing to dvelop it..

None of this will work if your city is not being governed well and they need a mayor like Rudy to come along and make sure no more windows get broken..

[CharacterCounts]

It's not "white flight" - for the past 10 years it has been black flight to the suburbs which are becoming increasingly integrated.

Minorities with the cash to get out, have.

The main reasons for the flight are poor schools and very high property taxes. Just like any other business, minorities want the best government services for their (tax) dollar.

[ken21]

pueblo, colorado is the same.

democrap, union.

[Darren McCarty]

so are taxes.

Detroit's property tax rates are over twice the rates of Grosse Pointe and four times the rate of my area.

As far as the foundations and buildings comment at the end of this article, that's the saddest part of this article. Most of those old buildings are a lot better than those built today. Unfortunately, thanks to blight, disrepair, and everything else, it's gone down the crapper.