Detroit spent big to renovate 30 homes under federal program, got low sale prices ($8.7M)

AP ^ | 5-29-14 | AP Staff

[cripplecreek]

Second busiest freight crossing on the continent. Its why a developer wanted to buy Belle Isle a while back and turn it into a tax free territory. It wasn’t legal but it was an indicator of the potential.

Lots of money in town this weekend with the Grand Prix coming to town. Its a great town for sports too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTLa-HE91B8

[cripplecreek]

White boy in a rough part of town.

[Jack Hydrazine]

If you had only carried a black AR-15 you would have blended right in!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Could work but what about crime that drives potential homeowners away?

[Jack Hydrazine]

That’s why you buy homes together on a street block. That way everyone can keep an eye on each other’s property. Installing HD video cameras with night vision on the block would be good, too.

Have home security systems, plus neighbors carry all the time, going to the range often, and having a good relationship with the local police department beat cops, and posting warning signs (not neighborhood watch signs) that tell criminals they will suffer severe consequences if they choose to do crime on this block.

[PGalt]

Nice clip; good post/tagline. BUMP!

[Jack Hydrazine]

It took many decades to bring Detroit to its knees so it is important that those who choose to settle this wild frontier have to be in it for the long haul.

[cripplecreek]

My neighbor's grandson transferred to Detroit from NY for Quicken. Almost all of his neighbors are employed by JP Morgan, Ernst & Young, Quicken, and Compuware.

He says his neighborhood is like a small town. Its not gated but the employers pay for private security to back up police. He says they go out and walk at night and chat with neighbors whop are out on their front porches. It helps to have a top notch pro 2nd amendment police chief in town.

I've long felt that Detroit would be an ideal conservative project.

[ExCTCitizen]

‘How government makes a profit’ is a new book in the fiction section of your local bookstore.

[Auntie Mame]

Well, they can always make it up in volume.

LOL!

[Mikey_1962]

Some streets were so devoid of homes, I thought I was out in the country. Actually, I wasn’t very far from downtown Detroit.

Yep, the Near East Side is bad.

The Lower East Side where I grew up is devastated.

My block has 5 houses left out of 120 forty years ago.