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.
They had some photos of people exploring from roof tops. So many vacant lots it looks like almost a rural small midwestern town from the 16th floor of some buildings.
One local TV news show talked about wild animals moving back, a beaver making a dam, etc. The trees taking back buildings. Let nature take it all back. Wild animals are more civilized then these welfare parasites.
GM and Chrysler need to get cut off from federal money NOW. I am not that crazy about Ford letting the vermin roll them.